I have had a very interesting email conversation today with Ali Tebbs, arising out of this post. Ali and her husband Mart were core members here at Othona West Dorset back in the 1970s and they knew Adela Curtis' nieces, Phil and Eve, who then lived next door. Ali and Mart went to St Catherine's Chapel back then because Phil and Eve encouraged them to do so. Ali told me that not only were the candelabra copied from St Catherine's but also some large candle holders, which we still have but don't always have in the chapel at Othona. I did a bit more digging around and rediscovered a newspaper article from the dedication of the chapel at Burton in 1938 and this article mentions both the candelabra and the candlesticks and also that Phil did drawings of them.
I'm very grateful to Ali and Mart for responding to the post and for sharing their memories of Phil and Eve from years ago and the connection with St Catherine's chapel. It brings it all a bit closer.
Thank you for more insights and reflections Liz, and especially for the writing from Howard Thurman which I had not encountered before. Happy Epiphany!
Thank you Mark. I am finding much of his work offers hope in these uncertain times. He has such a strong sense of the deeper oneness that connects us all - deeper than the divisions and the fear.
I have had a very interesting email conversation today with Ali Tebbs, arising out of this post. Ali and her husband Mart were core members here at Othona West Dorset back in the 1970s and they knew Adela Curtis' nieces, Phil and Eve, who then lived next door. Ali and Mart went to St Catherine's Chapel back then because Phil and Eve encouraged them to do so. Ali told me that not only were the candelabra copied from St Catherine's but also some large candle holders, which we still have but don't always have in the chapel at Othona. I did a bit more digging around and rediscovered a newspaper article from the dedication of the chapel at Burton in 1938 and this article mentions both the candelabra and the candlesticks and also that Phil did drawings of them.
I'm very grateful to Ali and Mart for responding to the post and for sharing their memories of Phil and Eve from years ago and the connection with St Catherine's chapel. It brings it all a bit closer.
Thank you for more insights and reflections Liz, and especially for the writing from Howard Thurman which I had not encountered before. Happy Epiphany!
Thank you Mark. I am finding much of his work offers hope in these uncertain times. He has such a strong sense of the deeper oneness that connects us all - deeper than the divisions and the fear.