Tag Archives: Liturgy

Use of Sarum in Toronto

Posted on Monday, 3 December, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have just discovered this video, though it has been around for a while. The liturgy in question was celebrated in St Thomas Anglican Church in Toronto, Canada. Some of the comments are quite waspish: Good effort, but trying to … Continue reading →

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Liturgy and Maturity

Posted on Friday, 30 November, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I reproduce this text with some reservation as it comes from the Australian Catholica forum, situated in the radical progressive perspective. Yes, they are for the ordination of women and LGBT people, yes, just like ECUSA. I’m not endorsing or … Continue reading →

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Monsignor Léon Gromier and Liturgical Reform

Posted on Thursday, 22 November, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

When I was in seminary in Italy, our liturgical expert Fr Franck Quoex handed some of us a photocopied sheet of an essay by a distinguished French prelate and MC of Pope Pius XII. About ten years ago, I published … Continue reading →

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Halloween

Posted on Wednesday, 31 October, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Of course the old Saxon word means Hallow Even, the Eve of All Hallows, the Vigil of All Saints. The Germans still say Heilig for holy or saint. But we must not forget that All Hallows and All Souls have … Continue reading →

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Who is Rubricarius?

Posted on Sunday, 28 October, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This is an interesting question that came into my search engine. He is a good friend of mine, but he will need to answer for himself (he is free to send a comment) lest I should break any confidences. Just … Continue reading →

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Sarum at Modern Medievalism

Posted on Sunday, 21 October, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Keep an eye on Modern Medievalism. James Griffin, who runs this blog, has put up some fine posts on the Use of Sarum this month. I celebrate Mass according to this rite each day, and have done so for the … Continue reading →

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Medieval Liturgy

Posted on Friday, 31 August, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

It is a while since I wrote anything on this blog’s primary subject, the liturgy and the Norman-English tradition. Lee on the BCP has this to say in regard to those who exclude the possibility of using medieval liturgical forms. The … Continue reading →

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Anglican Liturgy and Monastic Spirituality

Posted on Wednesday, 15 August, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Deborah Gyapong has published an excellent article quoting some private correspondence she was allowed to reproduce if the author’s identity was kept confidential. On the Anglican tradition’s monastic approach to spirituality. What is distinctive about monastic liturgy as opposed to what … Continue reading →

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Sarum Use in the Ordinariates

Posted on Friday, 3 August, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

On a Rorate Caeli post, NLM: “The Potentialities of the English Missal for the Ordinariate and the Roman Rite” there appeared an interesting comment: Actually the only thing that can give the Anglican Ordinariate any long-term prospects is the Sarum … Continue reading →

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The Mass of the Five Wounds

Posted on Friday, 15 June, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

The Roman Rite today celebrates the Feast of the Sacred Heart, which is absent from any missal prior to the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries – including Sarum. However, the medieval devotion to the Five Wounds of Jesus celebrates in a … Continue reading →

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