An Unlikely Cornerstone: The Life & Times of Abbot Victor Farwell

Victor Farwell was without doubt a slow starter in monastic life.

To his contemporaries he seemed an unremarkable also ran,

whose lack of academic talents would hold him back.

Instead it spurred him on, and he developed rare gifts of

human in sight and understanding. in time this slow starter

led the way, gaining the confidence of his own community

and the other monasteries who followed his lead for decades.

Here is his story.