Book Launch: The Absolute Uniqueness of Monsignor Alfred Gilbey

The Latin Mass Society is pleased to sponsor the launch of Alexander Haydon's new book on the life of Monsignor Alfred Gilby.

Fr Ronald Creighton-Jobe and Christopher Monckton of Brenchley (Viscount Monckton) will address the launch in the St Wilfrid Hall, London Oratory.

Refreshments will be provided. Copies of the book available to buy.

To reserve a place, please BOOK HERE.

Arouca Press is proud to announce the release of:

The Absolute Uniqueness of Monsignor Alfred Gilbey: The Final Interview

by Alexander Haydon; foreword by Christopher Monckton of Brenchley

The celebrated priest Monsignor Alfred Gilbey (1901–98) was Chaplain to the (male) Catholic undergraduates of Cambridge from 1933 to 1965, and from some time in 1965 to 1997 the sole resident member of the Travellers Club, Pall Mall, from where he pursued a unique apostolate. His book We Believe, a commentary on the penny catechism, which had sold more than 15,000 copies before his death, had by then inspired more than forty vocations to the priesthood and religious life. It has no doubt inspired many more since. As Chaplain he received unusually large numbers into the Church. His charismatic personality and extraordinary charm, combined with his elegance of dress and manners, enabled him to attract many to the Faith who might have been put off by a more active evangelical approach. In him devotion fused with culture in a peculiarly harmonious way.

Endorsements from Dr Joseph Shaw, Fr Ronald Creighton-Jobe, C.O. (London Oratory), and Henry Sire.