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Requiem for Dom Klaus Schlapps
Tomorrow, I will be celebrating a Requiem Mass in the Use of Sarum for Dom Klaus Schlapps who died last Sunday, probably around 11am GMT tomorrow. Those who wish may unite themselves spiritually with this Mass from wherever they are, … Continue reading
The “Classical Anglican” Golden Age
Classical Anglicanism™ in Retro Church is worth a read in the light of some of our recent discussions. I don’t have anything new to add, but it seems a fair evaluation. There is also Anglican Rose with a very interesting … Continue reading
Technological Prometheanism
Now, that’s a mouthful! It’s nothing new, but Pope Benedict XVI is giving warnings of terrible dangers of “technological prometheanism”, meaning something like the message of Mary Shelley in 1816 when she wrote Frankenstein. It has been a big concern … Continue reading
Dom Klaus Schlapps
I have just received the news that Dom Klaus Schlapps of the Abbey of Saint Severin in Germany died yesterday afternoon of a heart attack. This community had recently been accepted as a part of the Nordic Catholic Church and … Continue reading
Help, the Loonies are taking over the Asylum!
Sorry for the provocative title, but the current exchange of comments on Re-reforming Anglicanism? raises many questions about the validity of the assumptions of any of us. Just this morning, I read in a magazine about the fact that the municipal … Continue reading
Article on the Octave of Christian Unity
This is an interesting one in Virtue Online – Anglicanism, the Universal Church and the Octave of Christian Unity. Some parts of it could almost have been written by Soloviev! Towards the end of this long article, I see where … Continue reading
Re-reforming Anglicanism?
I always enjoy reading the Old High Churchman and the reasoned reflections of Archbishop Peter Robinson, a case in point being his most recent Keeping Things Tidy. As usual, I see the same binary choice being offered between an idealised … Continue reading
Please pray for Fr Laurence Wells
Fr Robert Hart informs us in his blog: Fr. Wells I have been informed by Archbishop Haverland that Fr. Laurence Wells is in the hospital because he has suffered a stroke. I urge prayers from all of you. He will … Continue reading
Facing a World without Christianity
I occasionally look at the blog of Fr Ray Blake, who is a Roman Catholic priest in Brighton. He bewails the increasing secularism in England through his entry of yesterday, Like the Monks of Egypt. I have very simple questions … Continue reading
Euthanasia and Young People
Euthanasia and Young People One evening, my mother and I were sitting in the lounge and we were talking about life and death. I said to her: “Mum, never let me live in a vegetative state in which I would … Continue reading
The Blue Flower 