Author Archives: Fr Anthony Chadwick

The dialogue of reconstruction continues

Posted on Tuesday, 9 May, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Pruning the Rose-tinted spectacles by Fr Jonathan Munn. I love the eloquence of his writing and his vast culture not only in the sciences and mathematics, but also in art and beauty. He quips at me for “cruelly” accusing him … Continue reading →

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John Bruce has another go…

Posted on Monday, 8 May, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

See Money And Numbers I don’t know what Mr Bruce means by “recently”, because it is a long time since I concerned myself with his ongoing narrative about continuing Anglicanism and the Ordinariate. I have just left off and done … Continue reading →

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Le lendemain…

Posted on Monday, 8 May, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I’m sure my readers would like to know what I think of the results of the French presidential election and the victory of Emmanuel Macron. As with the events surrounding President Trump, I am confused and saddened by the conflicting … Continue reading →

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The Early Nineteenth-Century Church

Posted on Saturday, 6 May, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I am a member of Churchcrawling – A Passion for Churches on Facebook, run by Fr Allan Barton. An article came up about a church in Manchester with a kind of architecture I have never really liked. It is the … Continue reading →

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Post-Truth

Posted on Saturday, 6 May, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

What is truth? – asked Pontius Pilate. From when I was a small boy, I vividly remember my father coming into my bedroom asking me whether I had been reading after lights-out time. I lied and said “no”. My father … Continue reading →

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Captain Bligh

Posted on Thursday, 4 May, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I mentioned the issue of punishment in the Royal Navy at the end of the eighteenth century in connection with Captain Bligh and the mutiny of the Bounty. I have of course, like many others, been influenced by the films … Continue reading →

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J. Wickham Legg

Posted on Thursday, 4 May, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

On my morning rounds, I found “Good, or ancient, or Catholic” quoted from J. Wickham Legg. The exact source is not given, but a search on Google reveals his paper read before St Paul’s Ecclesiological Society on 27th October 1887, … Continue reading →

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What’s in the jar is what it says on the label…

Posted on Wednesday, 3 May, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have always appreciated Fr Jonathan Munn’s reflections on the Church. Before applying to Bishop Damien in 2013, I contacted Fr Jonathan and told him about my experience in the TAC. I remember Arbishop Hepworth’s claims of 500,000 faithful worldwide, … Continue reading →

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Back from Synod

Posted on Monday, 1 May, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have just got back from Synod, and I am thankful not to have been stranded on the road, because my van needs repairs to the diesel injection pump which causes the engine to shut down as soon as I … Continue reading →

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Eucharistic Devotion

Posted on Friday, 28 April, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Reading one of Cardinal Ratzinger’s books in the 1980’s, I was quite struck by his reminiscences of Corpus Christi processions in Bavaria in places like Altötting and other towns. The tradition spreads into Switzerland in some places, and Fribourg where … Continue reading →

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