Monthly Archives: March 2020

Why are the Churches closed?!!!!!

Posted on Tuesday, 17 March, 2020 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Fr Jonathan Munn has written a touching reflection on his blog Pestilence and Penitence. As with our social life, people are indignant about being told to shut themselves in. There are still people in the streets in some places gathering, … Continue reading →

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Teach us Delight in Simple Things

Posted on Monday, 16 March, 2020 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

We in France have just had a stricter order to stay at home for fifteen days, which is something we are doing anyway apart from essential errands like buying something from the chemist’s shop. If we are wise, we have … Continue reading →

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One or Two Ideas…

Posted on Sunday, 15 March, 2020 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

As I celebrated Mass this morning, as always sine populo, I was aware of a great feeling of gratitude to be at Mass and receiving the Sacrament. Here in France, Italy and elsewhere, there can be no public Mass. We … Continue reading →

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In Time of Epidemic

Posted on Saturday, 14 March, 2020 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

The announcement is made and France goes into Stage 3 of the anti-epidemic plan as of this night. Only food shops, pharmacies, banks, tobacconists and petrol stations can stay open. All other public places are shut. We are asked to … Continue reading →

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Reilly’s Romantic Religion

Posted on Thursday, 12 March, 2020 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have just begun to read R.J. Reilly’s Romantic Religion which is certain to make something I wrote with a similar title pale into insignificance. However, when I wrote Romantic Christianity, I was unaware of the existence of Reilly’s book. … Continue reading →

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Romantic and Patristic Liturgy in Louis Bouyer

Posted on Tuesday, 10 March, 2020 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

The work of Louis Bouyer (1913-2004) was a unique contribution to French ressourcement theology. A convert from Lutheranism and a French Oratorian, he followed John-Henry Newman in many ways, inspired by Newman’s patristic approach rather than a slavish conversion to … Continue reading →

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Transitus Domini

Posted on Monday, 9 March, 2020 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I would like to share with you a blog version of a seminar I prepared when I was up at Fribourg. This is a subject that is highly appropriate for Lent as well as Holy Week and Easter. At the … Continue reading →

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Traditional Anglican Church in Britain

Posted on Thursday, 5 March, 2020 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have just received an e-mail from Fr Michael Gray of the Traditional Anglican Church in Britain, containing the following: We have been trying to make a fresh start on a web site since the previous one was corrupted. The … Continue reading →

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Anglican Catholicism, a twitch upon the thread

Posted on Tuesday, 3 March, 2020 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have been looking at a fascinating thread on the Anglican Ordinariate Forum on Facebook. Some of those people reflect well, among those of a more fearful disposition. I will try to give a general gist of some of these … Continue reading →

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Radical secularisation?

Posted on Sunday, 1 March, 2020 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have been having more of a look through the website of the Nordic Catholic Church, and in particular a short posting by Bishop Flemestad on The Church of the Future. The thought appears to be cogent, since it is … Continue reading →

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