Author Archives: Fr Anthony Chadwick

Terrena despicere?

Posted on Tuesday, 28 March, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

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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European Deanery

Posted on Thursday, 23 March, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

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 →

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Twenty-Five Years Ago

Posted on Monday, 20 March, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

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 →

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Silver Jubilee of the ACC in England

Posted on Friday, 17 March, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

My brother in the priesthood Fr Jonathan Munn has written a thoughtful article on our Silver Jubilee this year of our Diocese. 29th April: a Jubilee for the ACC! Our Diocese was founded in 1992 by Fr Leslie Hamlett, a … Continue reading →

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Musings on Philosophy

Posted on Saturday, 11 March, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

It was in 1985 that I began philosophy in Rome, at the Angelicum University. Each morning, I would walk about two miles up from the Lateran, through a narrow street towards the north and past the Colosseum, to the Piazza … Continue reading →

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Who am I?

Posted on Wednesday, 8 March, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

There is another fine posting by my brother in the priesthood, Fr Jonathan Munn – Fatally self-defined. At first sight, it may seem to coincide with my own discussions of Asperger Syndrome and the way some use it as an … Continue reading →

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A Message on Lent by Archbishop Mark Haverland

Posted on Wednesday, 8 March, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I found this touching message by our Metropolitan on Facebook: * * * ‘Lent’ is derived from the Germanic word for ‘spring’ through Anglo‑Saxon. ‘Lenz’ is still the word for spring in modern German. ‘Lent’ also is related to the … Continue reading →

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Diversity?

Posted on Thursday, 2 March, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Lent has begun with the Ashes and the Mass of the Feria yesterday. I seem to have battled through a bout of “writer’s block”. Truth to be told, there are few comments on this blog these days, since my subject … Continue reading →

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Another Experience of Life

Posted on Saturday, 25 February, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Nothing that results in human progress is achieved with unanimous consent. Those that are enlightened before the others are condemned to pursue that light in spite of the others. Christopher Columbus I have just been re-reading my posting Aristocracy of … Continue reading →

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Priests on the Spectrum?

Posted on Saturday, 25 February, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Fr Ray Blake has written an article about the question of compatibility between high-functioning autism (or Aspergers) and the religious and priestly vocations. Wounded Healers I find the article sensitively written, though I doubt there are that many priests on … Continue reading →

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