The Life of the World to Come
Abbot Vonier was a Benedictine monk who lived from 1876 to 1938. He was elected Abbot of Buckfast Abbey, England, in 1906, and served in that capacity until his death. During his lifetime Vonier gained fame as the rebuilder of Buckfast, which had been left in ruins following the Reformation, and as the author of some 15 books of popular theology – works which developed “a vast company of admirers who welcomed every new book of his with enthusiasm.”A bestselling author in England of the 1920s – that golden age of Catholic letters when Chesterton, Knox and Belloc flourished – Vonier was a gifted intellectual who regarded his literary activity as part of the mission with which Divine Providence had charged him. His great desire, and achievement, was to instruct in the Catholic Faith, to reveal its glories as available here and now to every Christian.Zaccheus Press plans to bring Abbot Vonier’s finest works back into print for a new generation of Catholic readers.