
Columba Cary-Elwes
6 November 1903 – 22 January 1994
15 works on record
Biography
Dom Columba Cary-Elwes, OSB (born Charles Evelyn George Cary-Elwes in London) was an English Benedictine monk who professed vows at Ampleforth Abbey in York, England. As a missionary he travelled to Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya and has written books on Christianity. Cary-Elwes was educated by the Jesuits at Saint Michel, Brussels, and then at Ampleforth College, then worked in the family wine business until he was clothed in the Benedictine order at Ampleforth in 1923, his abbot giving him the name of Columba. In 1927 he matriculated at Oxford to study at the university's Benedictine foundation, St Benet's Hall. After graduating in 1930, Cary-Elwes studied theology at Blackfriars, London, until 1933, when he was ordained a priest. He then returned to Ampleforth, serving in several capacities.
In 1951, he was appointed Prior of Ampleforth, and in 1955, was selected to be the founding prior of the Priory of Saints Louis and Mary (later Saint Louis Abbey) in St. Louis, Missouri, where he served until 1967. Columba left in 1968 for East Africa to conduct spiritual retreats and inquire about establishing a monastic foundation in that region. During 1969, he taught at a major seminary in Nairobi. In 1970, he served as French interpreter during the Pope's visit to Uganda, after which he returned to Ampleforth. In 1972, he joined the Benedictines of Glenstal Abbey, Ireland, to help establish a monastery in Eke, Nigeria, in 1974, where he served as Prior beginning in 1975.
Columba was a close friend of noted historian Arnold J. Toynbee, and educated several of his sons at Ampleforth. In 1986, their correspondence was collected in *An Historian's Conscience*. During this period he also helped to establish a Catholic seminary in Cameroon. He later returned to Ampleforth, but made ecumenical and spiritual renewal visits to Catholic communities and clerical establishments in the Philippines, Australia, India, and Chile. He was appointed the Titular Abbot of Westminster in 1992.
Source: [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columba_Cary-Elwes)
Works

China and the cross

An historian's conscience

Law, liberty and love

China and the Crosss
The problem of reunion in England
The problem of reunion in England
1951
China and the Cross; a Survey of Missionary History
China and the Cross; a Survey of Missionary History
Monastic renewal
Monastic renewal
Work and Prayer
Work and Prayer
Ming qian lai Hua di chuan jiao shi
Ming qian lai Hua di chuan jiao shi
The liturgy: its use and value
The liturgy: its use and value
The sheepfold and the shepherd
The sheepfold and the shepherd
The beginning of goodness
The beginning of goodness
Experiences with God
Experiences with God
Symbols & other poems
Symbols & other poems
Experience With God
Experience With God