Monthly Archives: March 2012

Anglican Church Music to the Rescue

Posted on Friday, 30 March, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

If Not Sacred Music, but Sounds of Attack by Sandro Magister is anything to go by, the Roman musical tradition is on its last legs. On the other hand, the choir of Westminster Abbey is welcomed in Rome to sing … Continue reading →

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Castrati

Posted on Friday, 30 March, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

My old blogger friend Arturo has produced a very interesting posting On the castrati, concerning an old practice of castrating pre-pubescent boys so that their voices do not break. They continued to be able to sing with a high soprano voice. … Continue reading →

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Reflections about ‘vagante’ clergy and independent churches

Posted on Monday, 26 March, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This subject often comes up in the blogosphere, and reactions tend to be like those of orthodox Old Testament Jews in regard to people like the Samaritans. Uncanonical clergy are often seen as a kind of parasite and a threat … Continue reading →

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The Annunciation of Our Lady

Posted on Monday, 26 March, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I link here to a sermon by Canon Arthur Middleton, a distinguished Anglican priest and academic of Durham University. I recently had the great privilege of meeting him. The Feast, this year, is transferred because of the fifth Sunday of … Continue reading →

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Passion Sunday

Posted on Sunday, 25 March, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

In many churches, the statues and crosses are veiled in violet as from Passion Sunday, or the fifth Sunday of Lent. My chapel goes into Lenten Array just before Ash Wednesday and the images are veiled in off-white trimmed with … Continue reading →

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Holy Week in Normandy

Posted on Saturday, 24 March, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

In the extremely unlikely event that any of you readers would find themselves in Normandy during Holy Week, you would be welcome to come along. I have planned Holy Week and Easter as follows at the chapel of the Chaplaincy … Continue reading →

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Use of the Roman rite by Anglicans

Posted on Thursday, 22 March, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This is the first of a short series of modest articles on the theme of Anglican Papalism. I will endeavour to refrain from polemics, but it is possible to see the real issues without treading on other people’s toes, taking … Continue reading →

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Arts and Crafts: an influence in Anglican aesthetics

Posted on Thursday, 22 March, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I haven’t much time these days to write the kind of articles I really would like to write. However, I have ideas of one on the pot boiler about Anglican Papalism, which I will try to describe in a constructively … Continue reading →

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Friendly e-mails

Posted on Wednesday, 21 March, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have received many sympathetic messages over the past day following my announcement that I would no longer send any articles to the English Catholic blog. That blog remains as a “museum” or archive of information that can be searched. … Continue reading →

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Sailing off the Alabaster Coast

Posted on Wednesday, 21 March, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

O ye Seas and Floods, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Whales, and all that move in the Waters, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. One of the … Continue reading →

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