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Ampleforth Giving
Ampleforth celebrates Cardinal Basil Hume's life and keeps his legacy alive.
Ampleforth celebrates Cardinal Basil Hume's life and keeps his legacy alive.
In the year that marks the centenary of the birth of Cardinal George Basil Hume, we give thanks to Ampleforth for celebrating his life and his legacy.
A great humanitarian, Cardinal Hume believed that we should welcome all those in need, and “work together to do what we can to address the needs which we find".
His legacy lives on in the Centre's he founded to support disadvantaged families and young people to escape homelessness and poverty.
Cardinal George Basil Hume was a tireless advocate for those living on the margins of society, and believed that ‘Each person matters’.
He dedicated his life to helping others and Ampleforth students are ensuring this work continues. Hundreds more vulnerable people will find a warm welcome and be helped to overcome homelessness or poverty with this support.
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George Haliburton Hume was born on 2nd March 1923 in Newcastle upon Tyne, the son of a Protestant heart surgeon and a French Catholic mother, and was educated at Ampleforth College and Benet Hall, Oxford. He entered the novitiate of the Benedictine monastery in 1941.
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"My memories of Cardinal Hume are vivid and enduring. I am not alone in this. Cardinal George Basil Hume touched the lives of many, many people in ways that are not forgotten. I recall his deep compassion and awareness of the needs of others. This depth of soul was expressed in consistent and effective initiatives for the poor"
- His Eminence Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster
"When I rewrote my will recently, I was keen to help the Centre continue the excellent work they do in an area of Central London, that does have many social problems (that) the Centre has been able to address. I would like to think that by leaving a legacy to Cardinal Hume Centre they will be able to continue the excellent work they do"
- Paul Tobin, Legacy Pledger
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