Monthly Archives: March 2020

A Meditation of the Stations of the Cross for Passiontide 2020

Posted on Tuesday, 31 March, 2020 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This is a tremendous uplift for us all, from our Bishop’s chapel:

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Holy Week 2020

Posted on Tuesday, 31 March, 2020 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I will be recording the ceremonies of Holy Week. As I will be on my own, they will be considerably simplified from what would have been done at Salisbury Cathedral in the early 1540’s! I plan the following: Palm Sunday: … Continue reading →

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Pastoral Letter from my Bishop

Posted on Tuesday, 31 March, 2020 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I publish this Pastoral Letter from my Bishop at his request. I am thankful for his fatherly care for us all, clergy and laity. He has my prayers for his protection, his safety and his health. * * * Diocese … Continue reading →

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Rubricism

Posted on Monday, 30 March, 2020 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I am not pointing any fingers in any particular directions, but I have been aware since the early 1980’s of a certain fashion of interpreting the rules of the liturgy. It is something we could also call canonical positivism. In … Continue reading →

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Our Church’s outreach in these uncertain times

Posted on Monday, 30 March, 2020 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Fr Jonathan Munn has come up with an excellent initiative on our Diocesan website: Material for use during the COVID 19 epidemic There are recordings of Mass from private chapels, including our Bishop who preached a lovely sermon yesterday. My … Continue reading →

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Passion Sunday

Posted on Sunday, 29 March, 2020 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Here is my recording of Mass and Sermon for Passion Sunday. The rite is the Use of Sarum in Latin except the Epistle and Gospel. I intend to record also the Masses of Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, the Mass of … Continue reading →

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Learning Common Sense

Posted on Monday, 23 March, 2020 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

The UK is about to go into compulsory lockdown. We have been in lockdown here in France for just one week and Italy for quite a bit longer. Still, some people are in denial and spout all kind of conspiracy … Continue reading →

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Impressions of a quick shopping trip

Posted on Saturday, 21 March, 2020 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

After nearly a week of being at home, we needed a few supplies from a local farm shop where they breed pigs and sell their meat. I had seen scenes of cities in France and Italy without a soul in … Continue reading →

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Attend Mass by Live Streaming

Posted on Thursday, 19 March, 2020 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Those who wish to attend Mass at home by live streaming may do so: Fraternity of St Peter St Eugene, Paris, France – via their YouTube channel and Facebook page. Mass every weekday at 7:00 pm local time (6 pm in the UK). … Continue reading →

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Mass sine populo

Posted on Thursday, 19 March, 2020 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

There is quite a lot of discussion going on in various Facebook groups about what priests can do when the civil authority has forbidden all gatherings of people because of the present epidemic of coronavirus. Several years ago, I wrote … Continue reading →

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