Author Archives: Fr Anthony Chadwick

Church and Culture

Posted on Wednesday, 11 February, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I would like to draw your attention to an article from a blog for which I have a lot of esteem – Sitz im leben. It is good to see this blog come out of a long bout of writer’s … Continue reading →

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Haircuts as Punishment

Posted on Saturday, 7 February, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Someone truly understands the historical and psychological symbolism of long hair and cutting or shaving it to degrade victims! The French did this to women who had been involved with German soldiers or officers in 1944. Throughout the ages, prisoners … Continue reading →

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Mirror Mods 3

Posted on Friday, 6 February, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Mirror Mods 3 by courtesy of David Sumner is now up and running. It shows the standard Mirror dinghy with a true gaff rig (as opposed to the original gunter rig). The mainsail is more easily reefed for strong wind … Continue reading →

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What readers are looking for

Posted on Wednesday, 4 February, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

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

Posted on Wednesday, 4 February, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

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

Posted on Sunday, 1 February, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

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

Posted on Sunday, 1 February, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

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

Posted on Friday, 30 January, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

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

Posted on Thursday, 29 January, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

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

Posted on Wednesday, 28 January, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

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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