Tag Archives: Liturgy

Dearmer Revisited

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

This is not the first time I write on Percy Dearmer (1867-1936), and when I did in the past, I discovered that this man was highly controversial. Some of the comments in Dearmer and Modernism really shot me down. It was … Continue reading →

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Archaeologism or Tradition?

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

This is a question frequently asked about whether old and discontinued liturgical traditions can be restored. Actually, this question is one at the very base of the Paul VI liturgical reform in the Roman Catholic Church that claimed be be … Continue reading →

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Lenten Array

Posted on Friday, 10 February, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Lent is almost upon us, as we approach Sexagesima, which means that Ash Wednesday is only a week and a half away. Churches of the Roman rite only veil the statues and icons from Passion Sunday. We in the Sarum … Continue reading →

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Sarum Low Mass, how to celebrate it

Posted on Friday, 10 February, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

It is following the enquiry of a priest that I give more details of how I celebrate Low Mass according to the Use of Sarum. The rubrics are generally clear and easy to follow, but there are some points where … Continue reading →

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Local French Rites

Posted on Friday, 10 February, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This is a reposting and slight amendment of an article on the English Catholic, but which now has pride of place on a blog with the theme of local liturgies and “Northern Catholicism”. The Use of Sarum is largely based … Continue reading →

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The Use of Nidaros

Posted on Thursday, 9 February, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Fr Sean Finnegan, the English Roman Catholic priest known for having celebrated Sarum Masses in Merton College chapel in the 1990’s, has produced a posting on his blog on The Use of Nidaros. This is the pre-Reformation Norwegian use, which … Continue reading →

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Participatio actuosa

Posted on Monday, 30 January, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have adopted a Latin expression – participatio actuosa – which, without taking the trouble to check, seems to be an expression used in the Vatican II constitution on the liturgy Sacrosanctum Concilium. It concerns the roles of those present … Continue reading →

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Victorian Sarum

Posted on Saturday, 28 January, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

If anyone still mentions the Use of Sarum nowadays, it is certainly due to the Catholic and liturgical movement in the Church of England during the latter half of the nineteenth century. Most frequently, research into medieval liturgical usage was … Continue reading →

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The Spirit of Reviving Liturgical Rites

Posted on Sunday, 22 January, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

The biggest temptation, when proceeding with a practical revival of something like the Use of Sarum, is purism. It is the same aesthetic purism as a recent rebuilding of the famous Cliquot organ in Poitiers Cathedral. Instead of being content … Continue reading →

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Odo Casel and Liturgical Theology

Posted on Saturday, 21 January, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Here is another resend of an old Anglo-Catholic posting, which I think is of particular interest to a Platonic way of thinking. * * * What I am going to discuss is the theology of the European Liturgical Movement and … Continue reading →

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