Barbara anne constable biography of mahatma

Barbara Constable (–), professed as Dame Barbara Constable, was an English Benedictine nun, writer and transcriber. Her writing was a support to recusant Catholic communities and some of her transcriptions are the only known copies of Father Augustine Baker's works.^[1]

Early life

Constable, born in , was one of the daughters of Sir Philip Constable, 1st Baronet and Anne Roper; Sir Philip was a baronet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.^[1] Barbara Constable and her family were Roman Catholics.

Religious life

Constable arrived in at the monastery of Our Lady of Consolation in Cambrai, France, which had been founded in the s; she died there in ^[1] Her poor health made contemplative prayer more difficult so she wrote copiously as part of her religious practice.^[2]

Writing

Constable wrote and compiled devotional writing collections as well as transcribing the writings of Father Augustine Baker, spiritual d