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Towards the Unknown

Posted on Tuesday, 5 March, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Not being a Vatican watcher, I was more attentive to the first signs of spring here in France and took the boat out to sea for the first time this year. It was uneventful. As always at the beginning of … Continue reading →

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Boom Vang

Posted on Saturday, 2 March, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Another sailing search term came in – mirror dinghy boom vang options I usually term the boom vang as the downhaul as opposed to the two other devices for trimming the shape of the mainsail, the outhaul and the cunningham. … Continue reading →

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Not the SSPX but non-European

Posted on Saturday, 2 March, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I’m beginning to like this new blog I have discovered, at least for the time being and without having corresponded with this fellow. He wrote About that deadline… yesterday. Having known the Society of St Pius X in France and … Continue reading →

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Interesting Blog

Posted on Friday, 1 March, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Someone with the initials JV recently commented on one of my posts and said: You certainly have a keen sense of what is at issue, for the the future of the Roman Church. Sadly, most RCs are blinded to such … Continue reading →

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Sede Vacante 2013

Posted on Friday, 1 March, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

A few days ago, I reminisced about the vacancy of the papal see in Sede Vacante 2005. How does it seem this time? After the death of John Paul II, when I was already far from being in that Church as … Continue reading →

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A Couple of Articles

Posted on Wednesday, 27 February, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I got the heads-up this morning in my mailbox. Shock Therapy – Could the next Pope learn from Benedict? I find this article of little interest, as I have found many analogies of little help. I think of the Ordinariate … Continue reading →

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Mainsheet length

Posted on Tuesday, 26 February, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Another search term came in – mainsheet length, mirror dinghy centre main. There are two ways of setting up a main sheet in a dinghy. Most modern boats have a central mainsheet: This arrangement requires four pulleys because one loses … Continue reading →

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Papal Speeches

Posted on Tuesday, 26 February, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This is becoming a new fad with: John Paul III – who goes the whole hog Politburo Papacy – a suggestion for leadership of the Church by a group of nine patriarchs or a pope and eight cardinals. Unnamed Pope … Continue reading →

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The Old Soviet Empire and the Fax Machine

Posted on Tuesday, 26 February, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Another reflection comes into my mind as I find with Damien Thompson’s thinking. It is modern communication that is making all the difference. There is an old story that does the rounds according to which the real factor in the … Continue reading →

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De quoi devenir chèvre…

Posted on Tuesday, 26 February, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

The French have a wonderful expression – devenir chèvre, become a goat – for the way a human being reacts to an impossibly complicated or illogical situation that causes frustration and anger. It is often what we are confronted with … Continue reading →

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