{"id":3350,"date":"2007-01-17T20:53:00","date_gmt":"2007-01-17T20:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/standingonmyhead\/2007\/01\/quarr-abbey-and-father-joe\/"},"modified":"2007-01-17T20:53:00","modified_gmt":"2007-01-17T20:53:00","slug":"quarr-abbey-and-father-joe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/standingonmyhead\/2007\/01\/quarr-abbey-and-father-joe.html","title":{"rendered":"Quarr Abbey and Father Joe"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><div><a href=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_5BV_YADVD7o\/Ra7Tb8PzInI\/AAAAAAAAAJo\/WswpAqVu0xQ\/s1600-h\/quarr1.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_5BV_YADVD7o\/Ra7Tb8PzInI\/AAAAAAAAAJo\/WswpAqVu0xQ\/s320\/quarr1.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>When I was an Anglican priest on the Isle of Wight I spent a lot <a href=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_5BV_YADVD7o\/Ra7UHMPzIoI\/AAAAAAAAAJw\/-eDFTagPjz0\/s1600-h\/fr+joe.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_5BV_YADVD7o\/Ra7UHMPzIoI\/AAAAAAAAAJw\/-eDFTagPjz0\/s320\/fr+joe.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a>of time at Quarr (pronounced \u2018core\u2019) Abbey. Quarr is built just a few hundred yards from the ruins of a medieval abbey. The architect was Dom Bellot\u2013one of the monks who came to the Isle of Wight from Solemses during a persecution of religion orders in the beginning of the twentieth century.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>At Quarr I was priviledged to be friends with a monk who has now become pretty well known. Fr Joseph Warrilow. He\u2019s the monk made famous Tony Hendry\u2019s book \u2018Fr Joe- the Man Who Saved My Soul\u2019. Fr Joe was all that Hendry made him out to be\u2013a totally humble, joyful and loving saint. Hidden away in a monastery on the Isle of Wight\u2013he was one of many Benedictines I\u2019ve met who\u2019ve changed my life with their simple, down to earth holiness.<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>The Church at Quarr is a very holy place. You can feel the power of prayer there as soon as you enter. The church is dark, the walls punctuated with t<a href=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_5BV_YADVD7o\/Ra7VeMPzIpI\/AAAAAAAAAKA\/IeKU9UVs25A\/s1600-h\/quarr3.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_5BV_YADVD7o\/Ra7VeMPzIpI\/AAAAAAAAAKA\/IeKU9UVs25A\/s320\/quarr3.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a>he light from the narrow windows at just the right places. The liturgy at Quarr is traditional, simple and dignified. If you don\u2019t find God there you won\u2019t find Him anywhere.<\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<div>Quarr was my refuge when struggling with the call to become a Catholic. At the time I was the vicar of two country parishes on the Isle of Wight, just a few miles from Quarr. I would go there and pray and seek guidance. <\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<div>The crunch moment came when I was there one Autumn afternoon. I had taken a walk across the fields to the ruins of the medieval abbey, then stopped in the church for Vespers and Benediction. I said to God, \u2018Why this call to become a Catholic? I only wanted to serve you in the ancient Church in England.\u2019<\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<div>Then as I knelt in prayer, and the monks were chanting and the incense was rising,  the little voice inside said, \u2018But <em>this<\/em> is the ancient church in England\u2026ever ancient and ever new.\u2019<\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<div>Five months later, on a frosty February night, my wife and I went back to Quarr with a few friends to be confirmed and received into full communion with that ancient church.<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I was an Anglican priest on the Isle of Wight I spent a lot of time at Quarr (pronounced \u2018core\u2019) Abbey. 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