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Peter Spink (17 August 1926 – 22 November 2010) was an English Anglican priest, Canon of Coventry Cathedral, mystic, spiritual teacher, writer and founder of the "Omega Order", a mixed teaching and contemplative community.〔(Peter Spink obituary ) (The Daily Telegraph, 27 January 2011).〕 ==Biography== George Peter Arthur Spink was born in Gaddesby, Leicestershire, and, after leaving school, worked as a tea-packer and in coal mines. In his late teens he became a Christian and went on to train as a missionary, spending 5 years evangelising to the villages of northern India from 1949 to 1954. On his return to England he was ordained as an Anglican priest, spending the years from 1956 to 1959 as a curate in two parishes in the Midlands - one a large housing estate. It was here, that he became convinced of the importance of the healing ministry after laying hands on a seriously ill child who subsequently recovered.〔〔Beyond Belief'', 1996, pp. 96-97.〕 From 1959, Revd. Spink served as a chaplain to British embassies in Bonn, Vienna, Prague and Budapest.〔Beyond Belief'', 1996, endpaper.〕 On returning to England he became a chaplain at Coventry Cathedral, then Canon residentiary in 1970. From 1977 to 1980, he was warden at Burrswood Home of healing, an independent Christian non-surgical hospital.〔(Burrswood, a Christian hospital and place of healing ).〕 While at Burrswood he founded a small community in a formerly-derelict house in Tunbridge Wells, which became the Omega Order, a mixed ecumenical and teaching order.〔 In 1981, Spink left Burrswood to become the full-time Warden of the ''Omega Order'', which, in 1986, moved its headquarters to Winford manor〔The house is now the (Winford manor Hotel ).〕 in Winford, Somerset which it occupied until around 2000. He made several appearance on television, and was the subject of one part of the religious series "''Inner Journeys''" (HTV, 5 December 1993) where he described his spiritual quest for understanding. He converted to Catholicism around 2000.〔 In later life Spink suffered from Parkinson's disease and died in November 2010, aged 84. He was married to Ruby (née Cox), a fellow missionary in 1948,〔(Obituary ) (Bristol Evening Post, November 30, 2010).〕 and had a daughter, Kathryn Spink, a notable writer and biographer.〔〔(Kathryn Spink ) (official website).〕〔Kathryn Spink. ''Mother Teresa: A Complete Authorized Biography'' (Harper, SanFrancisco, 1998); ''A Universal Heart: The Life and Vision of Brother Roger of Taize'' (Gia Publications, 2006) etc.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Peter Spink」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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