Author Archives: Fr Anthony Chadwick

Clerical Celibacy Debate

Posted on Friday, 19 September, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

The thread on De spiritali amicitia that veered onto the subject of clerical celibacy in the Roman Catholic Church is now removed from that posting. The comments in themselves are germane and deserve to be kept, so I have transferred … Continue reading →

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For the United Kingdom

Posted on Thursday, 18 September, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

The Scots have gone to the polls. I thought I should get this in before the results come out. I pray that the Scottish people will vote to remain with the United Kingdom and contribute to peace and our national … Continue reading →

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De spiritali amicitia

Posted on Wednesday, 17 September, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

It is quite a while since I wrote Aelred of Rievaulx and Friendship on the basis of the famous dialogue by Aelred of Rievaulx. Fr Hunwicke has just written two articles in this vein with the problem of homosexual “marriage” in … Continue reading →

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Article about “20th century Sarum”

Posted on Wednesday, 10 September, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have already mentioned St George’s in Sudbury in this blog. See Sarum in contemporary Roman Catholicism and Sarum in the Roman Catholic Church. The Rad Trad blog has just published Major Fetish in the Boutique: Sarum in the 20th Century with … Continue reading →

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Taking the Flak

Posted on Monday, 8 September, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

During World War II, many bombers carrying out raids in Germany and other Nazi-occupied territories got shot at by anti-aircraft guns. Those bullets and shells were collectively called flak. Pilots had to have nerves of steel to fly into the … Continue reading →

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The Epitaph and The Pit

Posted on Tuesday, 2 September, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Young Fogey has written Almost our epitaph here: the true cost of the Catholic abuse scandal. By way of digression, he has also been writing about speech in More Anglophilia, from the past? The mid-Atlantic accent and My accent. I … Continue reading →

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Sincerely Searching Priest

Posted on Tuesday, 26 August, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This would have escaped me if I hadn’t been looking at my statistics page and the sites that link here. There is a very “extreme left” forum based in Australia by the name of Catholica, which seems for the most … Continue reading →

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The Thick Façade of Civilization

Posted on Wednesday, 20 August, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have just discovered this wonderful article: The Thick Façade of Civilization It comes as no surprise to find out that the author is a man of the sea and sails a yacht. Bernard Moitessier anchored his boat in French … Continue reading →

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Emerging Totalitarianism?

Posted on Wednesday, 20 August, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This seems to be a balanced article – Orwell, Huxley and the Emerging Totalitarianism. It is a subject that preoccupies me. I have read both 1984 and Brave New World, and have read William Shirer’s monumental The Rise and Fall … Continue reading →

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The Blood of the Martyrs

Posted on Tuesday, 19 August, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Here is a passionate article from a Continuing Anglican source: Aussie Military Strategist: We’ll Fight Radical Islam for 100 Years. The Australian news article itself is behind a paywall, but Capellane gives the gist of it. Indeed our natural passions would … Continue reading →

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