95-year old Anglican Friar farewelled

Friday, November 13th, 2015

About 200 people turned up at Hamilton’s St Peter’s Cathedral this afternoon to farewell Br Brian Harley, a 90-year-old Franciscan Friar who spent the last 10 years of his life at Hamilton’s Friary of Divine Compassion.

When you consider that Br Brian had long had a love of what he called a “semi-erimitical life” – a life hidden from view, significantly devoted to contemplative prayer, and that he lived in a hermitage within the Friary… Read more

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