From St. Mary's Abbey, Buckfast
S.B. from Plymouth
THE BELLS
8.0 THE SERVICE
Address by the Rt. Rev. Dom. ANSCAR VONIER, Abbot of Buckfast
THE BUCKFAST ABBEY Choir
Directed by the Rev. RAPHAEL STONES, O.S.B.
Choirmaster, Mr H.WARDALE , Mus.Bac. (Organist)
DOWN in the little village of Buckfast, in Devonshire, a Benedictine monastery has arisen, whose strange history recalls some of the stories of religious communities in the early Middle Ages. Buckfast Abbey has been built entirely by the monks themselves ; slowly, for at times, during the war years, the work was carried on by not more than two monks ; but continuously, until now it is an imposing stone building, whose bells have achieved a reputation that listeners will probably not consider exaggerated when they have heard them broadcast tonight. The Abbot, who gives the address, is a noted preacher and one of the finest theologians in the Benedictine order.

8.45 THE WEEK'S GOOD Cause: Appeal on behalf of the British Sailors' Society by Admiral Sir WILLIAM GOODENOUGH, K.C.B.
FOUNDED a hundred and ten years ago, the British Sailors' Society maintains Sailors' Hostels in over a hundred ports throughout the world, 'in addition to a Sea Training Hostel, where British boys are trained for British ships. It also helps sailors in distress, and the widows and orphans of sailors' supplies floating libraries, and maintains port missionaries and an international Brotherhood. A special appeal is now being made for a new Sailors' Rest at Southampton and for extensions to the hostels at Cardiff and Swansea.
Contributions should be sent to Admiral Sir
William Goodenough , at [address removed].

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