Author Archives: Fr Anthony Chadwick

What readers are looking for

Just a little flit to my stats page. I was quite struck with “hippie charicature” (the word is spelt caricature). Quite a few people these days are causing problems for barbers by depriving them of business! Oh well, each to … Continue reading

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Don Gregorio

One or two people have written in on the subject of Fr Gregor Hesse (1953-2006). The bare bones of this priest’s life inform us that he was born in Vienna (Austria) and studied at the Angelicum in Rome to earn … Continue reading

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Nice Sailing Blog

I often look wistfully at my boat laid up in my back yard, wintered and covered with its tarpaulin. I had some nice weather a few days ago and opened the tarpaulin, and found that a little rainwater had seeped … Continue reading

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Tra le sollecitudini

The title of this post came into my mind, Italian for “between concerns”. It was the title of a piece of legislation by Pope Pius X about church music. Though I am concerned about church music, I am also concerned … Continue reading

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Political Philosophy

Political philosophy is an academic discipline in its own right, and like any other, takes years of study and work. I have studied other things in life, and am not inclined to go into this in a big way. Some … Continue reading

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Smoke of Satan

I have been discovering some new blogs. All blogs reflect the opinions of those running them. Mine does too. I could easily take offence at some of the comments concerning my person, but I take time to find out why … Continue reading

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Rocks and hard places

A dear friend wrote to me this morning observing that my blog had been quiet of late. I have to admit that I was quite stirred by the growing uncertainties of our world. We suffer from a saturation of information … Continue reading

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Rumours of Vatican III

Rumours flying around Rome of Vatican III I don’t know if this is true, but Charlie Hebdo‘s pencils will be poised for a feast of satires! They don’t only draw smelly old men in turbans with flies buzzing round their … Continue reading

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The Pipe of Peace

I have had some careful defusing to do over the past day, regarding the article Europeans are frightened in The Anti-Gnostic blog. The person running this blog is spiritually of Episcopalian origins. He is now an Orthodox Christian and tells … Continue reading

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Charlie Hebdo, Terrorism, etc.

I wrote several articles following the atrocity committed by three gunmen in Paris last 7th January. They claimed to belong to Al Qaeda, and later, that organisation confirmed that this was the case. They killed journalists and cartoon artists of … Continue reading

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