Author Archives: Fr Anthony Chadwick

More sailing reflections

Posted on Monday, 9 July, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This morning, I was musing about what it must be like to single-hand a thirty-foot yacht, to sail the boat on the open sea with no crew other than oneself and modern mechanical aids like the auto pilot. Many people … Continue reading →

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Monastic spirituality in parishes

Posted on Thursday, 5 July, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Doing my daily rounds of the blogs (perhaps when I should be in prayer), I came across On Silence and Sundays. It is a frequent observation that there doesn’t seem to be the slightest trace of spiritual life in most parishes, … Continue reading →

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Happy Independence Day

Posted on Wednesday, 4 July, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I wish my American readers a happy Independence Day. May your great nation be truly free!

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Of your charity…

Posted on Tuesday, 3 July, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Please pray for my church history professor who taught at my alma mater, Fribourg University. Father Guy Thomas Bedouelle OP (1940-2012) Fr Bedouelle died last 22nd May aged 71 years from a long illness at the Albertinum in Fribourg, Switzerland. … Continue reading →

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Traditionalist Disappointments

Posted on Monday, 2 July, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

As soon as I finish writing this posting, I will leave the subject I approached in the previous article. I note that faithful of the SSPX (cf. Le Forum Catholique and Rorate Caeli) are disappointed by the nomination of Bishop … Continue reading →

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First the TAC, then the SSPX

Posted on Saturday, 30 June, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Update from 2nd July 2012 – The choice of the Pope is Bishop Gerhard Ludwig Müller for the CDF. It’s now official. * * * I had a look at a traditionalist RC site this morning that said in effect … Continue reading →

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Nietzsche, Christianity and Weakness

Posted on Friday, 29 June, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

The German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) is best known for having said that God is dead. Our literalist minds would take him as meaning that God had been a living being and had ceased to live. Did he not mean … Continue reading →

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Eliminating Atheism by Force

Posted on Tuesday, 26 June, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Several blogs have come up with the tragic story of an Orthodox priest who had to bury his own son. This was Aaron Kimel, the son of Fr Alvin F. Kimel, an American priest who was originally Anglican, became Roman … Continue reading →

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The Sun sets on the Priesthood

Posted on Monday, 25 June, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This interesting article has appeared – An age of disarray and shifting allegiances. The content is harrowing, but has been matched by the French Roman Catholic dioceses for decades. Under the former Bishop of Poitiers, Mgr Albert Rouet, replacing the … Continue reading →

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Apostates and Excluded Clergy

Posted on Monday, 25 June, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have not written anything on the Anglo-Catholic since the end of August 2010, and I simply have not gone along with what some might term as “ordinariate fever”. Deborah Gyapong has written a sensitive (albeit timid) posting about priests … Continue reading →

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