No one wears a gown quite like Lady Mary. Enjoy some of her most beautiful outfits all the way from the series to the film. | Downton Abbey

When King George V and Queen Mary visit Downton in 1927 during their tour of Yorkshire, Lucy Smith makes her first appearance in #DowntonAbbey. As maid to, and illegitimate daughter of, the Queen’s lady-in-waiting, Maud Bagshaw, Lucy accompanies the royal family to Downton where she meets and falls in love with Tom Branson. Lucy is a gentle spirit and relates to Tom in that they were both raised up into the upper class. In A New Era, Lucy and Tom marry and move into the family estate of Brampton

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Monasteries Matter: “Actually what matters about the monastery is precisely that it is radically different from the the world. The apparent pointlessness of the monastery in the eyes of the world is exactly what gives it a real reason for existing. In a world of noise, confusion, and conflict it is necessary that there be a place of silence, inner discipline, and peace.” --Thomas Merton #monasteriesmatter #monks #trappists #newclairvaux | Abbey of Our Lady of New Clairvaux