Author Archives: Fr Anthony Chadwick

Have Table will go

If you’re really desperate and have an outboard engine… Looks like fun, and you can have your dinner in style on the beach!

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Décroissance

There is something I would like to run by my readers, especially as I am passionately enthusiastic about the ideas behind the Arts & Crafts movement of a century ago. Rightly, it is not merely an aesthetic or artistic movement, … Continue reading →

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Ordinariate Use

The news is breaking that the English Ordinariate has its new Use for the Mass in parallel with the Roman rite they have been using until now. The best article on this subject I have been able to find is … Continue reading →

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Dinghy Cruising

I return to a theme to which I have given a considerable amount of thought over the past few years, that of dinghy cruising. I have taken my 10-foot hybrid to quite a few places, and am improving on its … Continue reading →

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Ember Days

This week, we have the Ember Days, though today we celebrate Saint Matthew and commemorate Ember Saturday. We are sometimes at a loss to explain the meaning of the Ember Days (obsolete in the Pauline Roman liturgy). Here is an … Continue reading →

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Episcopal Anniversary

I convey my warmest congratulations to my Bishop on the fifth anniversary of his episcopal consecration in the Anglican Catholic Church. I celebrated Mass of Ember Friday of September and the Vigil of St Matthew today for his intentions, and … Continue reading →

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The Fatherly Aspect of the Holy Father

I don’t write much about the Roman Catholic Church since the polemical days when the Ordinariates were founded and the muddy waters of the TAC became clear to the satisfaction of some and the disappointment of others. I followed the … Continue reading →

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Another Interesting 320 Makeover

The Tabur 320 (scroll down to find the 320 sailing dinghy among the various tenders and fishing boats). It’s a French boat designed by Georges Auzépy-Brenneur, a well-known naval architect and produced at 12,000 units in the 1970’s. It is … Continue reading →

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Arts & Crafts and our Churches

The Arts & Crafts movement of the late nineteenth century is one of my recurring themes. Here is what I have already written related to this subject. In its time, it mainly concerned the homes of the well-to-do, those who … Continue reading →

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Speech and Pronunciation

I was giving an English lesson this morning to a young French engineer in his place of work in Rouen. It seemed appropriate, as his main objective is speech and pronunciation, to introduce him to the various accents and dialects … Continue reading →

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