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No 163 - 2000
Editorial
THE Douai Magazine has been in existence since 1896. It has undergone several transformations since its founding. The subtitle Quidquid agunt homines Duacenses really sums up its scope. The Latin could perhaps be loosely translated Whatever Douai people do.
In the early years it was published three times a year; later this was reduced to twice, and for the past thirty years, to once. A large gap occurred in its appearence, between 1907 and 1920. The numbering is rather complicated since twice there has been a 'new series'; thus vol 1 no 1 has appeared three times. Since we intend to continue in the best traditions of the whole past, and there have been 162 isssues so far, this one is going to appear as number 163.
Recent issues have contained a large amount of school news and to a great extent the magazine took on more and more the character of a school magazine. It might have been assumed by some that with the demise of Douai School in 1999, and the introduction of the Douai Abbey Newsletter in 1997, it would now disappear. Not so: it is important that we continue in existence, albeit reduced in size and less ambitiously produced than of late. We remain an important means of communication with all the many friends of Douai. We have in mind the Oblates, those who support the Pastoral Programme, those who come to us for retreats, the parishioners of the parishes we administer, the past pupils of our schools and many others who may not fit into any of these categories, but are interested to know about us and who wish us well. We shall include not only news but also articles of greater length than is possible in the Douai Abbey Newsletter. In this issue two articles illustrate that Douai monks have always been ready to travel to third world countries when called to do so in the service of the Gospel. In the nineteenth century Bishop Austin O'Neill OSB was one of many Douai monks who served in Mauritius, and in the twentieth Fr Edmund Power OSB followed the call to preach retreats in India. Moreover the twenty-first century sees Fr Peter Bowe OSB also going to India, a visit which will be reported in full in our next issue.
We are not going to charge for this magazine, but it is expensive to produce and we will be very grateful to those readers who would like to make financial contributions towards its production costs. We hope you will find this edition informative and enjoyable.
Index
Bishop Austin O'Neill OSB 1841 - 1911 by Abbot Geoffrey Scott OSB
An English Monk in India by Fr Edmund Power OSB
On Sabbatical in Dublin by Fr Finbar Kealy OSB
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