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Vestments made for St Francis Xavier Church, Liverpool

28/2/2019

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There are two entries in the diaries of St Mary's Abbey, East Bergholt, which relate to vestments which were made and embroidered by the Benedictine Nuns there. The entries read:

A full set of white vestments were being embroidering for St Francis Xavier’s in Liverpool. [1918] Father Shaw, during his visit, ‘saw what was done; was more than satisfied & told us we had given him a glorious afternoon.’  This set consisted of Chasuble; two dalmatics; two stoles; three maniples and bourse, and a chalice veil. In 1920 the ‘truly magnificent’ cope for the ‘High Mass set’ was completed and paid for. It was ‘much appreciated & praised.’ 

I contacted St Francis Xaviers and they very kindly sent me these images of the vestments. The needlework is amazingly beautiful! 
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The Abbey at East Bergholt

11/2/2019

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This beautifully drawn pen and ink sketch depicts the buildings of St Mary’s Abbey, East Bergholt The Benedictine Community of the Glorious Assumption of Our Blessed Virgin Mary was exiled from Brussels in 1794 due to the pressures of the French Revolution. The nuns crossed the English Channel and settled in Winchester the same year, where they remained until they transferred to East Bergholt in 1857. This sketch was drawn by Countess Anna Waldstein when a Postulant at the abbey. 
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