VIDEO CLIPS

Moving pictures
from the past and present

                                                                               
 
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  1. The Opening of St Augustine's, Blacklion

  2. Seven Steps To The Altar

  3. An Interview With Frank Copping

  4. Visits to the site of St Columba's April 2002

  5. Reunion at St Columba's October 2008

  6. Reunion at Bishop's Waltham May 2009

  7. Street Child Africa—slideshow and talk by Fr Patrick Shanahan

  8. The Ordination of Tony Guilfoyle

  9. Belcoo Blacklion St Patrick's Day Parade 2010

  10. Sanctus : Missa Luba

  11. Modern day Lusaka, capital of Zambia

  12. Video clips made by the Pere Blancs




























 

 

 


1
The Opening of St Augustine's, Blacklion,
1st September 1955—Part 1

(source : Bernard Melling)

 
The Opening of St Augustine's, Blacklion, 1st September 1955—Part 2

 
The Opening of St Augustine's, Blacklion, 1st September 1955—Part 3

  
   
   

2
Seven Steps To The Altar (Part 1)
(source : Bernard Melling)

Ordinations held in Scotland, 3rd June 1949, conducted by Archbishop Andrew Joseph MacDonald OSB of Edinburgh.

You will recognise many faces from the past — such as

Fr Paul Moody
Fr Jospeh O'Brien
Fr Christopher O'Doherty
Fr Thomas Rathe
Fr Geoffrey Riddle,
Fr Angus Shelton
Fr Daniel Sherry
Fr Gerard Taylor
Fr Peter Walters
Fr Kevin Wiseman

On Pages 222-223 in the GALLERY section you will find 'screenshots' taken from this video. Click here to view them—and, perhaps, help us to identify the various individuals featured.

 




Seven Steps To The Altar (Part 2)
 




Seven Steps To The Altar (Part 3)
 




Seven Steps To The Altar (Part 4)
 
   
   

3
An interview with Frank Copping
(source : John & Margaret Morton)

PART 1 : The Priory

Frank is the sole surviving member of those seminarians who were interned at the St Denis camp (Paris) during WW2. John and Margaret Morton visited Frank at his home in Bury St Edmunds in July 2007 to record these reminiscences.

PART 2: Internment

Go to the Publications Appendix to read an extract from Fr Kevin Wiseman's account of the internment at St Denis: "Destined For A Mission".


  
PART 3: Back in Civvy Street  
   
   
4
Visits to the site of the former St Columba's College, September 2003


filmed by Margaret Morton and narrated by her husband John (a student at St Columba's 1949-50)
 

Interview with Mrs Christine Hughes who cooked for the staff and students at St Columba's and looked after the students' laundry until the College closed.

(Interview No. 1, by Mrs Josie Benton)
Source : Paul West
Walking the grounds : Mrs Christine Hughes, Mrs Josie Benton and Eugene MacBride, co-fiounder of The Pelicans.


Mrs Hughes (left) recalls her memories of the fire that damaged part of St Columba's in November 1963.
 
Mrs Christine Hughes and Josie Benton
discussing more of the old days at St Columba's

Mrs Hughes is 100 years old in December 2008
but her memory is as sharp as ever.
 
   
5

2008 Reunion at the site of the former
St Columba's College
filmed by Margaret Morton & narrated by her husband John


One of the photos that are displayed at the doorway
to what was once St Columba's College.



 




The Reunion Mass celebrated by Fr George Smith WF
(who is now based at a parish in Peebles).
 


 

 
 




The Reunion Meal was held at the Dryburgh Hotel.
   
   
   
   

 

  

8

Reunion at Bishop's Waltham, May 2009

Visit to Winchester College, Saturday 30th May 2009 (1)



 
Visit to Winchester College, Saturday 30th May 2009 (2)

 
Visit to Winchester College, Saturday 30th May 2009 (3)

 
A tribute to Archbishop Arthur Hughes WF (1)
given by Maurice Billingsley
(Our Lady, Queen of Apostles Church, Bishop's Waltham).

 
A tribute to Archbishop Arthur Hughes WF (2)
given by Maurice Billingsley (below).

  
A short service in the cemetery of the parish church
once an integral part of the grounds of The Priory seminary




  
 
Street Child Africa :
a slideshow and talk by Fr Patrick Shanahan WF

  
The Ordination of Tony Guilfoyl
Saturday, 17th July 2010
 
Belcoo Blacklion St Patrick's Day 2010

   
   

 
   
   


Lusaka, capital of Zambia

 
Fr Frank Barnes

 


Misjonarze Afryki-Ojcowie Biali_part2.avi

O.Franciszek Szczurek - Zambia_part1.avi


Msza ?w. dla przyjació? 11 XII 2010

 




Fr. Martin Onyango K'owacko M. Afr.



   





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