Caryll houselander biography definition

British lay Roman Catholic ecclesiastical writer

Caryll Houselander (29 September – 12 October ) was a British lay Roman Catholic ecclesiastical artist, mystic, popular religious writer and poet.

Early life

Born in Bath, England, Houselander was the second of two daughters of Wilmott and Gertrude Provis Houselander who were English Anglicans.^[1]

Several authors, including Maisie Ward in her biography Caryll Houselander: That Divine Eccentric, incorrectly state that Houselander was born on 29 October when, in fact, she was born on 29 September according to her birth certificate.^[2] In her remark in A Rocking-Horse Catholic (cited below, p.&#;41), she took the Confirmation name of Michael "after the Archangel on whose feast day I was born."^{[This quote needs a citation]}

When Houselander was six, her mother converted to Roman Catholicism and she in turn was also baptised.

Shortly after her ninth birthday, her parents se Caryll Houselander: An Appreciation | EWTN NYVUQ