Author Archives: Fr Anthony Chadwick

Election address of Pope Celestine VI

Posted on Monday, 25 February, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

It is, of course, a pipe dream – but something we can indulge in from time to time. * * * Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Humbled by the decision of the Conclave to have elected me as Pope, … Continue reading →

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Sailing Question

Posted on Monday, 25 February, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

The sailing season is nearly upon us, though it’s still rather cold here in Normandy. Under 10°C with probably no more than 7 to 8°C in the water, there is a real risk of hypothermia even with a good wetsuit … Continue reading →

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Why do I care?

Posted on Monday, 25 February, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

A comment came in, attached to the Panier de Crabes posting, asking me why I care about the Roman Catholic Church. Surely, one Pope goes out and another comes in, business as usual for another 2,000 years. Why do I … Continue reading →

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Sede Vacante 2005

Posted on Monday, 25 February, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Just a few days shy of the coming sede vacante in Rome, I am brought to think of something I wrote back in 2005, when I had not yet joined the TAC and was living in the Vendée part of … Continue reading →

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The New Continuing Anglican Churchman

Posted on Sunday, 24 February, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

In the past, I have followed The Continuing Anglican Churchman of Fr Gordon Anderson of the Anglican Province of America, and I have occasionally corresponded with this fine priest who is also an artist. He has recently begun a new … Continue reading →

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Panier de Crabes

Posted on Sunday, 24 February, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Un panier de crabes, meaning a basket of crabs, is frequently an expression French people use when considering the Vatican. Crabs are good to eat, when they are fished out of the sea, boiled alive and eaten cold or as … Continue reading →

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Back from England

Posted on Sunday, 24 February, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

We returned home last Thursday after having buried my beloved mother, and having seen her body lying cold and flat in the coffin in the chapel of rest the day before. I said the Subvenite and the Libera me and … Continue reading →

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Interesting point of view by Sandro Magister

Posted on Wednesday, 20 February, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Sandro Magister has written an article Last-Ditch Appeal: The Pope Should Withdraw His Resignation making the case for a hypothesis of Pope Benedict XVI withdrawing his abdication before the end of this month. Of course he would lose all credibility. … Continue reading →

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Sunday Evening Worship with the Baptists

Posted on Monday, 18 February, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Sophie and I are presently with my sister near Bradford and Leeds, and we prepare to go over to my father’s house the other side of the country. My sister and brother-in-law are Baptists (my sister married a Baptist). Yesterday … Continue reading →

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Another Reflection for this Lent

Posted on Thursday, 14 February, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

It is customary during Septuagesima-tide to prepare ourselves for Lent, deciding which spiritual disciplines we are going to be more serious about, which sins and vices we are going to work against, what things which are neutral or good in … Continue reading →

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