Monthly Archives: May 2012

Changing heart

Posted on Thursday, 31 May, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have little time this morning for a blog post, but the thoughts are there and preoccupy my mind. I expressed my concern about ‘conservative’ Christianity, and a comment came from one of our regular commenters, an independent priest. A … Continue reading →

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May 2012 and the sea

Posted on Tuesday, 29 May, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Like my sailing blog in French, my postings are a little slow at present. There is little to report, and I see little need to repeat here what is reported elsewhere. Some blogs relate that Bishop Entwistle would be the … Continue reading →

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The vocations crisis

Posted on Friday, 25 May, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I am linking to a very interesting article that offers analysis about the dearth of priestly vocations in the Roman Catholic Church, whilst bishops and the Roman Curia continue to laicise and banish clergy for reasons other than child abuse. … Continue reading →

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Derek Olsen on the “core”

Posted on Tuesday, 22 May, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

The noise is abating, though in some blogs, the same mantras are being chanted over and over again. I won’t go on myself as it is pointless. Perhaps human learning is like training horses, with an electric cattle goad and … Continue reading →

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Innocence lost

Posted on Tuesday, 22 May, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I often stand in awe of children and those who make fresh discoveries. Their sanctuary is one to be left pure and above all undefiled by those who took their bite of the Apple and were banished. Notes on the … Continue reading →

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The Trouble with Adjectives

Posted on Tuesday, 22 May, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Facebook keeps sending me e-mails, usually vast amounts of “I’m really keen about that cause” and other pieces of junk, but now and again one gets a link to a blog or an article. Fr Sutter has written Ancient Worship…Timeless Faith. … Continue reading →

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A bruised reed shall he not break

Posted on Monday, 21 May, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he sends forth justice unto victory. I found these two comments in David Virtue’s most recent posting about Archbishop Hepworth. Whatever his position might be … Continue reading →

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Sarum Choir Dress

Posted on Monday, 21 May, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Someone wrote to me asking about Sarum choir dress, at least of secular clergy who are not cathedral canons. For the time being, I can only suspect that the Church of England did not invent a choir habit after the … Continue reading →

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Monastic silence

Posted on Friday, 18 May, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I made an allusion to silence in my previous posting, and I would like to qualify this badly understood word. It figures with a high profile in the Rule of Saint Benedict: Let us act in conformity with that saying … Continue reading →

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Old high churchmanship and moving on

Posted on Friday, 18 May, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have been giving a little further thought to the notion of “old high church” as opposed to attempts to replicate post-Tridentine Roman Catholicism in an Anglican context. Over the last few years, using internet and the computer, I find … Continue reading →

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