Author Archives: Fr Anthony Chadwick

Counter Reformation Catholicism

I have already written on Counter Reformation Catholicism on the Anglo-Catholic blog. Though this blog has been in hiatus for some time, we can be grateful to its moderator for having kept the existing material in place. I woke this … Continue reading

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End of the World

One is inclined to be cynical about the credulous victims of the end-of-the-world hype that has been going around over the last few years. Yes, I have seen the film and I have the DVD in our collection. In it, … Continue reading

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Ordinariate News

There is quite a lot of news on Foolishness to the world and Fr Smuts’ blog about the Ordinariates and the new Deanery in Canada. I have met Fr Wilkinson and corresponded with him a few times, and congratulate him … Continue reading

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Ebbing of Christianity

I have been reading a number of articles about the ebbing of Christianity, the default position of people born since 1980 as agnostic or atheist and the surge of Islam. The various analyses are interesting and more or less convincing. … Continue reading

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A New Model of Church?

This is an interesting article from the Catholic Herald: Catholics today could see the birth of a new model of Church. Mass media seems to have changed everything, especially the Internet, blogs and social networking. Freedom of the press indeed, … Continue reading

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Sarum Sequence for the Second Sunday of Advent

Sequence for the Second Sunday of Advent (translated by Canon Warren). Let the choir devoutly bring Welcome to th’ eternal King, And with one consent renew The Creator’s homage due. Him angelic legions praise, On his face enraptured gaze. On … Continue reading

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The Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Use of Sarum, translated by Canon Warren The Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. At Mass. Office. Let us all rejoice in the Lord, celebrating this feast in honour of the virgin Mary ; over whose conception angels rejoice, and … Continue reading

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Sea of Faith

This morning, my enquiring mind has been poring over various texts concerning post-modernism and what it is generally understood to be. I try to synthesise everything in my mind and express something coherent.

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What Happened to St Aidan’s Des Moines?

The article By The Way, What Happened To St Aidan’s Des Moines? asks a question about the continuing existence of this parish of the ACA Diocese of the Missouri Valley. Archbishop Louis Falk was there, but is he still there? … Continue reading

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Fraternity of Saint Osmund

I am launching an idea for a dispersed community of prayer for those who wish to live a life inspired by the Rule of St Benedict and the idea of the Secular Oblature. It is not a monastery, nor is … Continue reading

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