Monthly Archives: April 2014

Off to England

Posted on Tuesday, 29 April, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I’m offline for a few days to visit my father up in the north of England. I will then be at our Diocesan Synod in Westminster next Saturday. This is a temps fort for our communion around our Bishop and … Continue reading →

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Vocation

Posted on Tuesday, 29 April, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have been in a discussion on the longhair forum, and a poignant message came in: I been getting stressed over growing long hair and so far to me I feel it’s not worth it. I thought of positive and … Continue reading →

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Being Yourself

Posted on Monday, 28 April, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

We are definitely in a new Romantic era as I listen to this young American! It is a temptation to dismiss the millennial generation, but actually many of them have broken away from the dictatorship of the old century and … Continue reading →

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The Sainted Popes

Posted on Sunday, 27 April, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I saw some of the ceremony this morning on television at the behest of my wife. I have walked many times up the Via della Conciliazione and across St Peter’s Square with hardly more than the company of pigeons. This … Continue reading →

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The End of Eschatology

Posted on Friday, 25 April, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

It reads like a begorrah reporter wearing bright green wellies and carrying a piglet under his arm, looking forward to certain journalistic ideas of reform in the Church, but there are quite a few independent reports of this incident. (By … Continue reading →

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Cecilian Movement

Posted on Thursday, 24 April, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have written a couple of articles recently about Don Lozenzo Perosi and his major compositions, in particular his oratorios and secular orchestral works. I mentioned his church music in passing, for its style is totally different. These works are … Continue reading →

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A reflection on Lent

Posted on Wednesday, 23 April, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Thinking about Lent now that it is over, I return to a favourite quote by Oscar Wilde as he suffered his incarceration in the 1890’s: Reformations in morals are as meaningless and vulgar as Reformations in theology. But while to … Continue reading →

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Beauty and Religion

Posted on Wednesday, 23 April, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Hat tip to Deborah Gyapong as she found another article inspiring. So do I. The person in question is particularly interested in the cinema. Indeed, it is frustrating to see a great film only to find that a portrayal of … Continue reading →

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La Risurrezione di Cristo

Posted on Saturday, 19 April, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Yesterday, I sang the praises of that great Italian musician and churchman Don Lorenzo Perosi. As we enter the Promised Land flowing with milk and honey, one of the Old Testament figures of the Transitus Domini, I present you one … Continue reading →

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O Filii et Filiae

Posted on Saturday, 19 April, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I wish you all a happy and glorious Easter in the joy of the Risen One. This setting of O Filii et Filiae is taken from the monumental oratorio of Franz Liszt, Christus. Like the peace and reverence of the … Continue reading →

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