Author Archives: Fr Anthony Chadwick

Bishop Brian Marsh on Portsmouth

I have written to Bishop Brian Marsh of the ACA and asked him in these terms: It would be very useful for me to be able to publish a testimony in retrospect about what the TAC bishops understood when they … Continue reading

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The Regrouped TAC and its presence on the Internet

I am approaching a tender subject, and some of the communications I am receiving suggest that I need to handle this with kid gloves. Some have paid a high price for following Archbishop Hepworth’s ordinariate scheme. Consultative bodies were established … Continue reading

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A Clarification

Deborah Gyapong has written this clarification as a comment in her blog. I reproduce it here in a spirit of fairness. My concern is not so much trying to convince people of a belief in the One True Church—which is … Continue reading

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Christmas Greetings and a Couple of Reflections

I would like to send my warmest wishes to all my readers on this holy day of Christmas. Since yesterday evening, I celebrated Midnight Mass with my wife after having blessed the crib and placed the infant Jesus in the … Continue reading

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Deborah Gyapong and Trashing

She has been bashing this one for a long time, but I have always treated her as a lady and have sometimes tried to “negotiate”. Personally, I am fond of her, but her decreasing tolerance has made me truly wince. … Continue reading

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Fourth Sunday of Advent

This is the proper from the Sarum missal, which does not correspond with the Rorate Mass in the Roman missal. This Rorate Mass, sometimes called the Golden Mass, was celebrated last Ember Wednesday. * * * Fourth Sunday in Advent. … Continue reading

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What can we learn?

It has been a few days that I have been aware of An Appeal from the Continuing Anglican Churches to the ACNA and Associated Churches. This text is now to be found in a number of websites and blogs. Perhaps … Continue reading

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Nostalgia and Reality

It is an emotion, as close as emotion as written words on the Internet can get, that sticks with us. I read in quite a few places a growing emotional attachment to a vision of the Catholic Church that would … Continue reading

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Advent 2012 Pastoral Letter from England

All this is very encouraging. Please keep the TTAC, its Vicar General and all the clergy and laity in your prayers. * * * Advent 2012 My Dear Friends, Greetings, to each and everyone one of you in the Name … Continue reading

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Sickness Strikes and Alien Nation

I have been more or less keeping up with the comments on my recent postings, and sometimes they get lively. Thank you, gentlemen. Last Tuesday I started one of the most violent bronchitis bouts I have had in my life. … Continue reading

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