Author Archives: Fr Anthony Chadwick

Bits & Bobs

Posted on Monday, 18 August, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have just learned of the death of Fr Jean-Marie Charles-Roux, the mysterious Rosminian priest who said the old Mass at St Etheldreda’s, Ely Place. He has just died in Rome at the age of 99 years. I went to … Continue reading →

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The Sea off Brittany

Posted on Monday, 18 August, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Nothing is more Breton than seafaring, whether it is “messing about in boats” or risking your life in a storm to earn your living as a fisherman. This is the sea at its most placid and pleasurable for a dinghy … Continue reading →

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The Churches the Baroque Forgot

Posted on Monday, 18 August, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I am just back from Brittany and a fine two-week holiday of sailing and visiting. One thing we found surprising here in west Brittany is the good condition of the many fine medieval churches and a relative absence of baroque … Continue reading →

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Don’t Proselytize

Posted on Saturday, 2 August, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I follow on from yesterday’s article with some stuff that is being sent out by e-mail. In particular, there is a link to a posting by the Young Fogey, our odd friend by the name of John Beeler – who … Continue reading →

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The Three K’s

Posted on Friday, 1 August, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Fr Jonathan Munn of our Diocese has just written Katholicism, Kripkean Dogmatism and ExKommunication. It is almost a case of telepathy as I was so tempted to react to a recent sanctimonious posting by Fr Zuhlsdorf on excommunication and hell. … Continue reading →

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And the House was filled with smoke!

Posted on Thursday, 31 July, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

My statistics page indicates that someone was looking for an anthem containing the words “And the house was filled with smoke”, which I believe come from the Prophet Isaiah. It is none other than John Stainer’s I saw the Lord. … Continue reading →

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Hanging Pyx Revisited

Posted on Thursday, 31 July, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Until now, I was unaware of an article on the subject of the hanging pyx, nearly two years old, but which very kindly mentions my humble chapel in France – The Hanging Pyx – a part of the Anglican patrimony. There … Continue reading →

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Organ Tuning

Posted on Sunday, 27 July, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

The fiancée of a friend of mine was giving a concert this evening in the church of Saint-Pierre-en-Port on the Normandy coast, and the man playing the organ accompaniment phoned me to ask me to come and tune the organ, … Continue reading →

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Gricigliano

Posted on Sunday, 27 July, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have just discovered this video: More videos of this amazing seminary can be found here. It certainly brings back memories of a very particular vision of Roman Catholicism with the old liturgy. The buildings are in better condition than … Continue reading →

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ISIS Crucifies Christians

Posted on Thursday, 24 July, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

As we approach the centenary of World War I, we are confronted by the full horror of the persecution of Christians by ISIS Muslims in Syria and Iraq. The more conservative newspapers and websites give the story. The story goes … Continue reading →

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