Monthly Archives: October 2012

A Few Constants

Posted on Thursday, 18 October, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I feel highly enriched by this conversation about independent sacramental clergy and their communities, and personal reflection helps me see clear. If we see things from the institutional churches, especially Rome and those Orthodox jurisdictions interested in attracting western converts, … Continue reading →

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Independent Sacramental Delinquency

Posted on Thursday, 18 October, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I can anticipate the question in some people’s minds, asking whether I have opened the flood gates and am prepared to condone the behaviour of all those who get themselves consecrated or ordained. I think I have been clear about … Continue reading →

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Blog Servicing

Posted on Wednesday, 17 October, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have done quite a gruelling job on this blog today, tagging all the posts so that they can be more easily retrieved and consulted. Ideally, a blog post is not a five-minute wonder, but a piece of writing in … Continue reading →

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A Serious Look at Old Catholicism

Posted on Wednesday, 17 October, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I am continuing my series of articles and reflections on what is being termed by many as independent sacramental Christianity so that the category may include both those who are orthodox and unorthodox by classical Roman Catholic standards. At one … Continue reading →

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Solving the Clerical Sex-Abuse Crisis

Posted on Monday, 15 October, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

There is a new article in Deborah Gyapong’s blog Proposed solution to the clerical sexual abuse crisis. She comments on a newspaper article about a bishop claiming to offer a solution to this crisis, and asks her readers to comment. I … Continue reading →

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Restored Medieval Church

Posted on Sunday, 14 October, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I think I have at some time written an article about St. Teilo’s Church in Wales. I link to a new article by Christian Campbell whose blog is becoming interesting as he distances himself from apologetics and some of the … Continue reading →

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Further on the “indie” conversation

Posted on Friday, 12 October, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have been writing a few articles recently about independent Catholicism, and Analysis of the Independents has attracted some attention from the persons running St. Rafe’s and Bože, the Slavonic word for God. As far as I can gather, in these … Continue reading →

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Joshua Slocum

Posted on Thursday, 11 October, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have just finished reading the famous book by the Canadian navigator Joshua Slocum, Sailing Alone Around the World. This master mariner who had spent his life at sea was the first to circumnavigate the world single-handed in a 37-foot … Continue reading →

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As far as it can go

Posted on Tuesday, 9 October, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

In England, we have people who call for “bringing back hanging” and there is a subculture in some European countries of neo-Nazi thugs and people convinced by all kinds of sick and anti-social ideas. As we say up in Yorkshire … Continue reading →

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Cynicism

Posted on Tuesday, 9 October, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I often come across comments in blogs, not only my own but also in those of others. The word cynical so often comes into my mind, as synonymous as the attitude of those who are jaded, generally mistrust the integrity … Continue reading →

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