Monthly Archives: May 2017

A feast of Breton seafaring culture

Posted on Wednesday, 31 May, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I love this little slide show with traditional Breton bagpipe & drum music. It is the Grand Parade of last Saturday. My tiny boat is occasionally seen but was far from being the most eye-catching or interesting, among those splendid … Continue reading →

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Flattering…

Posted on Tuesday, 30 May, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This just came in from my editor, Dom Alcuin Reid. I will give a couple of comments after this review by the Jesuit priest Fr Baldovin. * * * T&T Clark Companion to Liturgy. Edited by Alcuin Reid. New York, … Continue reading →

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First Signs of Life…

Posted on Monday, 29 May, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I got back from home last night after a trailer tyre blowout on the motorway. I had no spare wheel, so I had to dismantle the wheel in question and use a tyre from my launching trolley as a “jury … Continue reading →

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Enthusiasm

Posted on Thursday, 18 May, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Fr Jonathan has gone and fired up my mind again between getting my “hard bastard” week in my boat ready, rebuilding rotten french windows and biting the bullet with a 8,000-word job last night that I wasn’t counting on. I … Continue reading →

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Semaine du Golfe 2017

Posted on Monday, 15 May, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Every two years, I celebrate the feast of the Ascension afloat, like two years ago at the Semaine du Golfe 2015. The almost landlocked gulf (Golfe du Morbihan) looks tiny on the map, crowned by the cathedral city of Vannes … Continue reading →

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Superfluity of naughtiness

Posted on Sunday, 14 May, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

– “Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls” (James 1. xxi – Epistle for the fourth Sunday after Easter). It always brings a smile … Continue reading →

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Liberalism

Posted on Wednesday, 10 May, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Another blockbuster has appeared on Fr Jonathan Munn’s blog – The Twelve Theses of John Shelby Spong. I too have toyed with the ideas of Bishop Spong, Tony Equale in Australia and the religionless Christianity of Bonhöffer. The latter at … Continue reading →

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The dialogue of reconstruction continues

Posted on Tuesday, 9 May, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Pruning the Rose-tinted spectacles by Fr Jonathan Munn. I love the eloquence of his writing and his vast culture not only in the sciences and mathematics, but also in art and beauty. He quips at me for “cruelly” accusing him … Continue reading →

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John Bruce has another go…

Posted on Monday, 8 May, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

See Money And Numbers I don’t know what Mr Bruce means by “recently”, because it is a long time since I concerned myself with his ongoing narrative about continuing Anglicanism and the Ordinariate. I have just left off and done … Continue reading →

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Le lendemain…

Posted on Monday, 8 May, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I’m sure my readers would like to know what I think of the results of the French presidential election and the victory of Emmanuel Macron. As with the events surrounding President Trump, I am confused and saddened by the conflicting … Continue reading →

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