Book contents
- Reviews
- The Dominicans in the British Isles and Beyond
- The Dominicans in the British Isles and Beyond
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Plates
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 The Makings of an English Multinational
- Chapter 2 From the Black Death to the Tudor Suppressions
- Chapter 3 An Unorganised Mission
- Chapter 4 A European Foundation
- Chapter 5 Apostolic Missioners
- Chapter 6 The Remakings of an Observant Province
- Chapter 7 ‘Jarrett’s Jam’
- Chapter 8 From ‘Acute Agony’ to ‘Rebirth’
- Conclusion
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 7 - ‘Jarrett’s Jam’
The Reshaping of the Province, 1914–1963
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 March 2023
- Reviews
- The Dominicans in the British Isles and Beyond
- The Dominicans in the British Isles and Beyond
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Plates
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 The Makings of an English Multinational
- Chapter 2 From the Black Death to the Tudor Suppressions
- Chapter 3 An Unorganised Mission
- Chapter 4 A European Foundation
- Chapter 5 Apostolic Missioners
- Chapter 6 The Remakings of an Observant Province
- Chapter 7 ‘Jarrett’s Jam’
- Chapter 8 From ‘Acute Agony’ to ‘Rebirth’
- Conclusion
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Summary
In the aftermath of the Great War, the English Province developed a much stronger educational apostolate through publications, newspaper articles, university lectures, and new houses in the university cities of Oxford, Edinburgh, Cambridge, and Stellenbosch in Southern Africa. This was complemented by the opening of a boys school at Laxton in Northamptonshire followed later by a prep school at Llanarth, and later still of a Conference Centre, Spode House, at Hawkesyard. Much of the growth can be traced to the leadership given by Bede Jarrett, Provincial for four terms from 1916 to 1932, who also initiated the mission in Southern Africa. However, the Province maintained its parish commitments, and by the end of the 1950s the Province was stretched too thinly to ensure the well-running of each house. Community and parish life at Pendleton deteriorated to the point where there was no option other than closure of the priory and withdrawal from the parish.
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- The Dominicans in the British Isles and BeyondA New History of the English Province of the Friars Preachers, pp. 273 - 330Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023