2000 General Convent at Walsingham
Here are some photographs taken at our October 2000 General Convent held in Walsingham,
United Kingdom. This General Convent brought together our brothers and sisters from
Germany and the UK as well as one from the United States. We stayed at the Sue Ryder
Retreat Center and were kindly accomodated by the Church of England's National Shrine at
Walsingham. In Walsingham, we had the use of the Hermitage [Martyr's] Chapel. Additionally,
Fr. Gregory Geis, an Episcopal priest from Texas, was incardinated.  
Group photo of  OPR religious taken at the National
Shrine
From left to right: Abbot Klaus Schlapps of St.
Severin's, Dom Gregory Geis, Abbot Petrus Falk of
St. Kevin's and Dom [Dr.] Michael Schweizer of
Dresden
Fr. Gregory, Anglican priest,  becomes Dom
Gregory--his reception into the Order of Port Royal.
The ceremony was held at the Hermitage [Martyr's]
Chapel. Dom Petrus is laying hands on Fr. Gregory
Altar at Martyrs Chapel
[originally a hiding place for priests
during the Reformation]
Side Altar at Walsingham Shrine
Our German Abbots Dom Petrus and Dom Klaus
Dom Gregory and Brother Norbert, a Roman
Catholic Norbertine
The Holy Well at Walsingham
Another Side Altar at the Shrine
Martyr's Way in Walsingham
Slipper Chapel at
the Roman Catholic Shrine