His excellent course of instruction on the Catholic faith, We believe, is still malting converts to this day.'įr Ronald Creighton Jobe, who is to say the Requiem Mass for Mgr Gilbey at 1 lam on April 4 at Brompton Oratory: 'His worldly exterior belied an intense interior life. More than 80 priests are priests today because they were received into the Church by Alfred Gilbey.

He has had more effect on the growth of the Church in these islands than any other priest in his lifetime. The Hon Christopher Monckton: 'Alfred Gilbey received my father into the Church when he was at Cambridge, married my parents and baptised all their children including me and was present at our wedding. He was an outstanding Chaplain who influenced many generations of students.' He was always, and above all, 'our priest', who was at the service of any student, whatever his background or religion. Fr Gilbey, as he then was, made us wonderfully welcome at Fisher House, the Catholic Chaplaincy. Charity and courtesy in every situation characterised his pastoral activities.'ĭavid Watkin of Peterhouse, Cambridge: 'He was a saintly figure, a priest of extreme holiness.'Īrchbishop Couve de Murville: 'I was one of the first of the state-funded students who came to Cambridge after the war. Christianity, Roman Catholic Church In England, Fisher House, Cambridge, University Of Cambridge, Monsignor, Holy Orders, Catholic Church, Christian Theology, Sociolinguistics, Religion / Beliefįriends of Mgr Alfred Gilbey, who died last week, remember a uniquely holy manĬardinal Basil Hume: 'I first sat at Mgr Gilbey's feet at the age of 15 when he preached at a school retreat and ever since that time I have known that he was an exceptionally holy priest.

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