DOUAI ABBEY HISTORY

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Arms

Fig. 32.The Douai Coat of Arms.
Finbar

Fig. 33. Abbot Finbar Kealy (1990 - 8).
Geoffrey

Fig.34. Abbot Geoffrey Scott (1998 - ).



end

Fig. 35. The end of an era. The school standard, flanked by the Headmaster,
Dr Peter McLaughlin, and the Deputy Headmaster, Mt James Sheridan, is taken into the Abbey Church
as the school finally closes, 29 June 1999.
tower

Fig. 36. Walter's School Tower, 1903.
Wilfrid

Fig.37. Fr Wilfrid Sollom working on his patented eyebrow switch.
Photo by David Hatfull.


Sylvester

Fig. 38. Abbot Sylvester Mooney on his 100th birthday with Fr Alexander Austin and the Hawken children.
Bernard

Fig. 39. Fr Bernard Swinhoe. Photo by David Hatfull..
Gervase

Fig.40. Fr Gervase Holdaway. Photoby David Hatfull.


consecration

Fig. 41. Abbot Finbar Kealy with Fr Peter Bowe anoints the wall of the Abbey Church at its consecration, 1993.
station

Fig. 41. Station of the Cross in the Abbey Church.
glassl

Fig.43. Stained glass in the abbey Church.


JCB

Fig. 44. Towards the future: JCB investigating foundations for the new monastery buildings, 2003.

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