Author Archives: Fr Anthony Chadwick

New Blog

Posted on Thursday, 13 July, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

My old friend Patrick Sheridan has set up a new blog Ad meliora advocatus… He is obviously taking his time getting used to the WordPress system and is also figuring out what will be the “golden thread” that will give … Continue reading →

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Watch out for the Hun in the Sun

Posted on Friday, 7 July, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I received a phone call late last night from someone I hadn’t heard from for almost thirty years. I was quite sure he was dead after so many years without the slightest trace anywhere. Some years ago, there was a … Continue reading →

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Pocket Symphony

Posted on Thursday, 6 July, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I went to a concert yesterday evening in the public hall of Veules les Roses (where I often go sailing), where La Symphonie de Poche played some arrangements of classics and a few Bourville songs from the 1940’s and 50’s, … Continue reading →

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French Sailing Gatherings

Posted on Wednesday, 5 July, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

My old friend Roger Barnes has produced another fine video on the joys of sailing in France, Brittany in particular. I was at the Semaine du Golfe, and would have loved to join him for the Challenge Léger, a smaller … Continue reading →

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Fame!

Posted on Wednesday, 28 June, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

When I was at the Semaine du Golfe, I was interviewed by a reporter and photographer of a very distinguished French sailing periodical Voiles et Voiliers. Much of the site is behind a paywall, which is understandable because no one … Continue reading →

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Individualism and Selfishness

Posted on Tuesday, 27 June, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

1971 was a turning point in my life, and I found myself faced with the alternatives of what can be termed individualism and collectivism. A boy of 12 doesn’t have many choices in life: he follows rules and directives at … Continue reading →

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New Academic Work on Sarum

Posted on Tuesday, 27 June, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

My attention has been drawn to a Master’s thesis by James R. Joseph, M.A. of the University of Dayton: Sarum Use And Disuse: A Study In Social And Liturgical History. This thesis seems to be particularly of interest to those … Continue reading →

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Being Little

Posted on Monday, 26 June, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I just came across this photo of the recent sailing gathering in Brittany I went to in Sarum. I’m in a group of sailing-rowing boats, and Sarum is the one with the red sails. The photo will enlarge if you … Continue reading →

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The Nemo Syndrome

Posted on Tuesday, 20 June, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have occasionally written about Jules Verne’s epic novel Vingt Mille Lieues sous les Mers (Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea). Seeing the 1954 Walt Disney film with James Mason and Paul Luka was perhaps the greatest turning point in … Continue reading →

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Psychotic religion

Posted on Tuesday, 13 June, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

As a result of my recent posting on Palmar de Troya, I received an interesting e-mail from a former SSPX seminarian who remembers the events in 1975 at Ecône. Namely, a Canon Maurice Revaz (professor at Ecône) went to find … Continue reading →

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