Author Archives: Fr Anthony Chadwick

Sarum Reconstructionism

Posted on Monday, 14 September, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This is interesting – A “Sarum Use” church plant and why it wouldn’t work. In the perspective of “all-or-nothing” in which he presents it, he is probably right. If however the Sarum Use were celebrated in the same spirit as some … Continue reading →

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When the Salt loses its Savour…

Posted on Friday, 11 September, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

These are the words that came into my mind as I read A Brief (Very Brief) History of Practical Liturgics by JV. He published an unfinished, or rather in-concluded, posting. I would probably have felt the same had I written … Continue reading →

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A People without Memory is a People without a Future

Posted on Wednesday, 9 September, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I hated history lessons at school, with a master droning on about events in nineteenth-century English politics that seemed so distant and irrelevant. Why is historical knowledge so vitally important? Simply, historical knowledge is an antidote to ideology and manipulation. … Continue reading →

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Episcopi Vagantes Simplified

Posted on Tuesday, 8 September, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

In A conservative blog for peace, we find On pushing progressivism in church and more. I think John is a tad simplistic for many questions: Episcopi vagantes summed up: “tossing about between Modernism, theosophy, and simple megalomania.” Ex-clergy or clergy … Continue reading →

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Up and Down the Canal

Posted on Monday, 7 September, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I returned today from my little weekend on the Somme, see previous article. The descriptions are under each photo. I am moored just upstream from where I launched upstream from the main lock at Saint Valéry sur Somme. There was … Continue reading →

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En Somme…

Posted on Thursday, 3 September, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I’m off sailing this coming weekend on the Somme Canal. I will certainly also have a lot of rowing, because the wind on inland waterways is usually behind your back or in your face. I will be launching “Sarum” at … Continue reading →

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A Long Time Ago

Posted on Wednesday, 26 August, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have just received this from an aunt in Canada – my family in 1960. I am the tiny tot in my father’s arms and my mother is holding my sister Wendy. We were on a visit to my grandmother … Continue reading →

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Square Pegs in Round Holes

Posted on Wednesday, 26 August, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

JV who often comments here has written an interesting posting for his blog – Unity or Coexistence? One cannot but wonder if some traditionalist Christians have simply missed the bus. JV is very lucid about these matters like in an … Continue reading →

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Seraphine

Posted on Saturday, 22 August, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Our little Seraphine left us this night. She was a Cairn Terrier of 14 who had suffered for some considerable time from kidney and liver failure. She was on a number of medications and something to ease pain due to … Continue reading →

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Sarum Movement?

Posted on Saturday, 22 August, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

The person running Rad Trad has promised a series: New Series: The Whole Sarum. This will be something to keep an eye on. This blog has on many occasions shown sympathy to other local traditions like diocesan rites and uses … Continue reading →

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