The last issue of the Journal asked the prayers of its readers for the soul of Dom Adrian Mawson who died on October 27th, at Harrington, in his fifty-eighth year. He passed away with tragic suddenness whilst visiting the house of a parishioner.
Born at Bahia, Brazil, he was in the school from 1890 to 1897, and returned to enter the novitiate in 1901. After his ordination in 1909, he was in charge of the parish of Kirbymoorside, serving it from the Abbey, while engaged at the same time on the teaching staff of the college. He made a notable success of his work in the organisation and management of the O.T.C., of which he was O.C. for seven years.
In 1921 he passed from the monastery and served successively, as curate, at St Benedict and St Alban, Warrington, and as rector of Maryport and Harrington in Cumberland.
Dom Adrian had a genius for friendship, and in all the parishes in which he worked he soon endeared himself to his people. But most striking of all was his friendship with the younger members of his own monastic family. Although his work prevented him from seeing a great deal of them, he took pains to keep in touch, to get to know each of them, and he generally contrived to visit them during their summer holidays.
His body was brought to Ampleforth and, after a solemn Dirge and Requiem, buried in the monastic cemetery on October 31st. R.I.P.
ROGER ADRIAN MAWSON 27 October 1938
1880 13 Dec Born at Bahia Brazil
1890-97 Educ Ampleforth
1901 3 Sep Habit at Belmont
1902 4 Sep Simple Vows
1903 7 Jun Minor Orders
1906 6 Jan Solemn Profession
25 Mar Subdeacon
1908 25 Mar Deacon
1909 9 May Priest
Sep Kirbymoorside Mission
3rd Prefect & on the teaching staff
1914 $$ ? & OC Ampleforth OTC
1921 Assistant at St Benedict's Warrington
1927 Assistant at St Alban's Warrington
1929 Incumbent at Maryport
1935 Sep Incumbent at Harrington
1938 27 Oct Sudden death at Harrington
Buried at Ampleforth