Monsignor Anthony Stark

Monsignor Stark continued his predecessor’s work with studies of the English Martyrs and the penal times. He encouraged the appointment of the Marists to Walsingham, assisted in setting up the Shrine Council and embellished the Slipper Chapel with the Annunciation window. Monsignor Stark served as the Master of the Guild from 1968 to 2010.

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Several of the long-established pilgrimages petered out as the Master’s health deteriorated but the yearly Mass at the Shrine of St Edward in Westminster Abbey, begun in 1975, continued. The Walsingham Walk continued independently under the leadership of Mr Peter Walters until 2018.