Author Archives: Fr Anthony Chadwick

Optimism and Christian Humanism

Posted on Friday, 22 May, 2020 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This is not an easy time for either optimism or humanism when considering the depths of depravity to which human nature can plunge (with a thought of Calvin’s complete pessimism and that of Jansenism). I came across a very interesting … Continue reading →

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Ascension 2020

Posted on Thursday, 21 May, 2020 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Here is today’s Mass of the Feast of the Ascension in the Use of Sarum. I did not prepare a sermon but simply gave a few simple reflections. I hope they make sense.

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First Sail of 2020

Posted on Wednesday, 20 May, 2020 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

At long last, after a long and nasty winter and the lockdown back-to-back, I had my first sail of this year in my little Tabur 320. I made a series of short videos and they are joined together. Veules les … Continue reading →

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More on the Huntingford Helm Impeder

Posted on Sunday, 17 May, 2020 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Here is a video I have just made about the Huntingford Helm Impeder as described on page 58 of Roger Barnes’ “The Dinghy Cruising Companion”. I have already written on this subject on Huntingford Helm Impeder. A video is a … Continue reading →

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Fifth Sunday of Easter

Posted on Sunday, 17 May, 2020 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Fifth Sunday after Easter following the Use of Sarum – except for the idiots riding motorcycles at high speed during the ablutions and causing the dogs to bark! Perhaps it serves to show the incarnation of our liturgical life in … Continue reading →

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A poignant but honest look at the independent Catholic scene

Posted on Friday, 15 May, 2020 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

A website referred to an article I wrote quite a long time ago about the independent Catholic movement, as it is known most charitably. The article in question Can the Independent Sacramental Movement Be Revitalized? The article is long and rings … Continue reading →

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Why Long Hair?

Posted on Thursday, 14 May, 2020 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

My revolutionary rant for today – why I have long hair. This is a short talk about my own choice for keeping my hair long, my cultural and religious reasons, but above all my affirmation of individual freedom against collectivist … Continue reading →

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Fourth Sunday after Easter

Posted on Sunday, 10 May, 2020 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This is the famous fourth Sunday after Easter and the superfluity of naughtiness that causes so much mirth in the front choir stalls of cathedrals, parish churches and school chapels alike. The Latin of St Jerome is less humorous or … Continue reading →

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Tourism

Posted on Wednesday, 6 May, 2020 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

At the risk of repeating myself, I often have these thoughts about what mass tourism has done, quite apart from spreading infectious diseases like SARS-COVID-2. I have been around some of Europe and a few times to the USA for … Continue reading →

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Third Sunday after Easter 2020

Posted on Sunday, 3 May, 2020 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

My thoughts are dark because this plague and the necessary lockdown have put me in a bad mood. Again, I seek light from the likes of Novalis, Böhme and Berdyaev, at least a way to find hope in the Night … Continue reading →

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