1827–1919

Introduction

Born: Ap­ril 28, 1827, Barn­ing­ham, York­shire, Eng­land.

Died: Jan­ua­ry 29, 1919, Coal­ville, North Lei­ces­ter, Eng­land.

Buried: Mount St. Ber­nard Ab­bey, Coal­ville, North Lei­ces­ter, Eng­land.

Biography

Henry was the son of min­is­ter Tho­mas Col­lins.

He gra­du­at­ed from Ox­ford (MA 1854), and was or­dained an Ang­li­can priest in 1853, but moved to Ro­man Ca­tho­li­cism in No­vem­ber 1857.

In 1860, he joined the Cis­ter­cian Or­der, and in 1861, en­tered Mount St. Ber­nard Ab­bey, Coal­ville, North Lei­ces­ter.

He lived there un­til 1882, when he was ap­point­ed chap­lain to the Cis­ter­cian nuns at Ho­ly Cross Ab­bey, Stape­hill, Dor­set­shire. He served there un­til 1913, when he re­turned to Mount St. Ber­nard Ab­bey.

Works

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Dear Fa­ther, Bless Us as We Go
  2. Jesu, Meek and Low­ly
  3. Jesus, My Lord, My God, My All
  4. Jesus, Too Late Thee I Have Sought
  5. O ’Tis in the Land of the Bi­ble We Love
  6. O Ye Have Gar­nered, Teach­ers Loved
  7. Sweet Sav­ior, Bless Us Ere We Go

Help Needed

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Coll­ins (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),