A second death notice on Thomas Addis Emmet descendant
Brother Dominic Maria
Caldey Abbey from the Tenby Observer (South West Wales)
Brother Dominic Maria Morgan OCSO (Temple Emmett Morgan) was born in New York on May 10, 1922, of a well-known American family. He was of English, Irish and Welsh descent.
After studying briefly at a preparatory school in England, he was educated at St. Paul School in New Hampshire.
During World War II, he served in the US Air Force as a pilot, then returned to Cambridge Massachusetts, to study at Harvard.
He began visiting the centre for Catholic students and others, the St. Benedict Center, in Harvard Square. He was received into the Catholic Church there in 1947.
The movement based at St. Benedict Center took the name of Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in 1949.
After many vicissitudes, they moved to Still River, 50 miles away in Massachusetts in 1957.
The nucleus of the movement eventually adopted the Rule of St. Benedict, and later became St. Benedict Abbey at Still River, within the Swiss-American Congregation of the Benedictines.
Brother Dominic was extremely active in the movement from its very beginning, especially working on the farm at Still River. He was also a pioneer in the apostolate of selling Catholic books, which he and other Brothers took by car all over the United States.
In 1989, however, seeking a stricter way of life, he came to Europe and after spending some months at Mount Melleray (Ireland) he came to Caldey, where he entered on October 3, 1990.He was clothed as a novice on December 8 (Feast of the Immaculate Conception) 1990, and made his Solemn Profession on the same day in 1995.
We know Brother Dominic Maria as a most committed brother, but also someone who was very much his own man.
His greatest passion was to live out the Cistercian vocation and we all experienced his heartfelt devotion to Mary, the mother of Jesus.
His passion was not restricted to the spiritual life, but also manifested itself in his work in and especially around the Abbey. He managed to cast no fewer than 55 elegant benches, which he placed all over the island.
For many years, he was responsible for the fencing on our farmland, and last, but not least, he was the untiring faithful barber to our community.
In all this, Brother Dominic was able to express his love, not only for his Brothers, but also for the islanders and the many island visitors.We will miss him greatly, but in faith we know that his hope and faith are now truly brought to fulfilment in the Lord.
Brother Dominic Maria was interred in the Parish Churchyard of St. David’s on Caldey on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception on Monday, December 8.