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Joseph Marmion 1858-1923 Born
in Dublin. He was a Benedictine monk whose mission was to bring God to
people and people to God. He studied at Clonliffe College Dublin and the
Irish College in Rome and was ordained in 1881. He spent a year in
Dundrum, County Dublin, as a curate and then was appointed Professor of
Philosophy at Clonliffe. The lure of a contemplative life took him to the
Benedictines in Maredsous in Belgium and he was professed as Dom Columba
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