CHRISTOPHER DONALDSON settled in Canterbury with his parents and attended the King's. School. In 1935 he was accepted for training for the priesthood by the Society of the Sacred Mission at Kelham, near Newark, and was there in the vintage years when T.S. Eliot was an occasional visitor. He was ordained by Archbishop William Temple in 1943. After curacies in the Canterbury Diocese he was appointed Rector of St Mary in the Marsh, Romney Marsh, and then Vicar of All Saints, Birchington on the island of Thanet. In 1963 he was asked by Archbishop Michael Ramsey to take over the ancient church of St Martin together with St Paul-without-the-walls which stands beside the cathedral, In spite of working full time with his staff in his capacity as parish priest he became heavily involved in the Ecumenical movement, being deeply touched by the ministry of Pope John XXIII and the Second Vatican Council. As the secretary of the Canterbury City Council of Christians he welcomed many notable...

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