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What is Catholicism?
This question comes up in my mind, and not for the first time. The idea came from a blog post written by a convert to Roman Catholicism with a highly critical attitude in regard to Continuing Anglicanism and even to … Continue reading
Another Anniversary
I celebrate the fourth anniversary of my reception into the Anglican Catholic Church, Diocese of the United Kingdom. Here is the blog post of the time Received into the Anglican Catholic Church. It is quite a shock to see my hair … Continue reading
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Tagged Anglican Catholic Church, Anniversaries, Personal life, Sailing
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He is risen, Alleluya!
I wish all my readers a happy Easter, after presumably having celebrated the various ceremonies of Holy Week and the Triduum. There is always a lot to do, between the Maundy Thursday Mass and the stripping and washing of the … Continue reading
The Stripping of the Altars
As the liturgy of Maundy Thursday instructed me to strip and wash the altars of my chapel, the thought came into mind of the title of a famous book by the historian Dr Eamon Duffy. His subject was the English … Continue reading
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Tagged Holy Week, Islam, Mystery of Evil, Prayer intentions, Religious fanaticism
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Hair Update
An old posting from January 2014 – Vestri Capilli Capitis – has been looked at four times today. I wrote about long hair on men. OK, mine has grown a little longer since then. Here’s a quick selfie from February … Continue reading
A Reflection for Holy Week
Doing my rounds this morning, I came across this article The Virtue of Despair. I immediately identified with the reflection of the nihilist philosopher Nietzsche: Out of such abysses, from such severe sickness one returns newborn, having shed one’s skin, … Continue reading
Diocese of Amritsar and Rome
I have just received some information from Dr William Tighe to answer a question I asked back in 2012 about the Anglican Diocese of Amritsar in India. “The Diocese of Amritsar is curiously mentioned by Cardinal Levada in his announcement … Continue reading
Terrena despicere?
Someone thoughtfully forwarded a link to me this morning – Reading Dreher with Schmemann and MacIntyre (and thus Marx). The subject is the so-called Benedict Option expressed in writings by Rod Dreher and others, especially in America. The article is … Continue reading
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Tagged Benedict Option, Monastic life, Romanticism, Spirituality
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European Deanery
I have this news from our Bishop which is now public: Establishment of European Deanery. On March 14th The Most Reverend Mark Haverland, Metropolitan of the Original Province and Acting Primate of the Anglican Catholic Church appointed the Right Reverend … Continue reading
Twenty-Five Years Ago
It was on the feast of St Benedict 1992 that I was ordained a subdeacon by Cardinal Alfons Stickler. The ceremony took place in the chapel of the Institute of Christ the King seminary at Gricigliano, and this photo was … Continue reading
The Blue Flower 