Fr John Abberton

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Gender	Male
Occupation	Catholic Priest
Location	Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Introduction	I was born in Sheffield and brought up in Halifax, Yorkshire.I was trained at Ushaw College, attended Durham University and was ordained in 1975. I am a member of the Marian Movement of Priests and a Secular Carmelite(ocds). I am also a reader of "True Life in God"
Interests	Reading, Art (painting etc), Classical Music, Cinema, History, The Yorkshire Dales
Favorite Movies	The Apartment, The Searchers, The Reluctant Saint, Warlock, The Quiet Man, Rio Grande, Going My Way, The Keys of the Kingdom, Shane, It's a Wonderful Life, Most of the films of John Ford and Frank Capra, and anything with the Marx Brothers or Laurel and Hardy.
Favorite Music	19th Century French Classical, Elgar, Bruckner, Bach, Schubert, Chopin, Puccini, American show music (Rogers & Hammerstein and Jerome Kern)
Favorite Books	The Imitation of Christ, Pride and Prejudice, Story of a Soul, Lord of the Rings, The Biography of St. Alphonsus, Postcard from the Volcano, Fatherless, Motherless, the books of John Guy (Historian)Robert Goddard and P.D. James(thrillers)and John Le Carre, the books of Thomas Eidson.