Monthly Archives: January 2014

Does Christianity need Liturgy?

Posted on Sunday, 19 January, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

The question has been in my mind since I read Mosebach’s book and gave some general comments in Mosebach’s Heresy of Formlessness. What kind of Church would there be if there were no liturgy? Mosebach has a captivating anecdotal style, describing … Continue reading →

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Predictions about the Future of Christianity

Posted on Sunday, 19 January, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Two interesting links have been sent out this week by Dr William Tighe, one to the future of Christianity being conservative Evangelical – Atheism is doomed: the contraceptive Pill is secularism’s cyanide tablet.The other is Why Millennials Long for Liturgy. … Continue reading →

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Mosebach’s Heresy of Formlessness

Posted on Friday, 17 January, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

A month ago, I wrote Does the Liturgy ever Exist in a Natural State? and this project brought me to buy Martin Mosebach’s book The Heresy of Formlessness. I have just finished reading it. Though an accomplished novelist and writer, Mosebach … Continue reading →

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Two Years Old

Posted on Friday, 17 January, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Set up on 17th January 2012, this blog is two years old. Its first post is Invitation, expressing my anxiety to be away from the old Ordinariate / TAC polemics that plagued the English Catholic blog I closed down. It … Continue reading →

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A Post-Christian World?

Posted on Wednesday, 15 January, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have mulling over the article Pope Francis and Archbishop Welby Face Enormous Hurdles in a Post-Christian World by David Virtue for a little while. First of all, what is a millennial? Broadly speaking, it is the generation of people … Continue reading →

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Brother John Charles Vockler

Posted on Sunday, 12 January, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have received word from Australia, via the Archbishop and Bishop Damien Mead, that Brother John Charles is very ill in hospital. He has been anointed and we have been asked to pray for him. We are not certain whether … Continue reading →

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Make or Buy?

Posted on Saturday, 11 January, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I am lucky enough to have spent most of my childhood making things and (re)inventing my own way of life. There have recently been some kind comments about my chapel on Facebook as well as a question about whether I … Continue reading →

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First Boat Outing of 2014

Posted on Wednesday, 8 January, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This January is incredibly mild as a result of Storm Hercules which is blowing strong winds to Europe, causing widespread flooding and damage from giant waves hitting the west coast of France, Ireland, England, Spain and Portugal. This weather system … Continue reading →

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Congress of Saint Louis

Posted on Monday, 6 January, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This comes with a hat-tip to Fr Stephen Smuts and my wishes to him for a happy New Year. The following is simply copied from his blog. * * * Bishop Chandler Holder Jones points out the historic recordings of … Continue reading →

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Balls, Q?

Posted on Sunday, 5 January, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

It is usually a nightmare to get an eighty-foot mast under a sixty-foot bridge. Usually, the only way is to de-mast the boat, which is a major undertaking for a forty-foot ketch. Man’s ingenuity never ceases to amaze me. Two … Continue reading →

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