Tag Archives: Long Hair

Why Long Hair?

Posted on Thursday, 14 May, 2020 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

My revolutionary rant for today – why I have long hair. This is a short talk about my own choice for keeping my hair long, my cultural and religious reasons, but above all my affirmation of individual freedom against collectivist … Continue reading →

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Some Trumpish Levity

Posted on Sunday, 7 January, 2018 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I really do try to stay off politics on this blog, but I found this amazing cartoon on Facebook. The political correctness obviously refers to the notion expressed by Orwell in Nineteen Eighty-Four, whereby conformity to an ideology takes precedence … Continue reading →

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Hair Update

Posted on Tuesday, 11 April, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

An old posting from January 2014 – Vestri Capilli Capitis – has been looked at four times today. I wrote about long hair on men. OK, mine has grown a little longer since then. Here’s a quick selfie from February … Continue reading →

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Long haired priests

Posted on Monday, 5 October, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I hesitated writing about this, as it concerns something so trifling as not to merit much attention. Some people do ask the question, as attested by my stats page – Are priests allowed to have long hair? I suppose I … Continue reading →

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Hair Farming

Posted on Thursday, 20 August, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have written before about men’s hair, John Wesley and related subjects. I am not much of a one for “selfies” or drawing attention to myself. All the same, I approach the two-year mark since I “gave up barbers” (to … Continue reading →

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Haircuts as Punishment

Posted on Saturday, 7 February, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Someone truly understands the historical and psychological symbolism of long hair and cutting or shaving it to degrade victims! The French did this to women who had been involved with German soldiers or officers in 1944. Throughout the ages, prisoners … Continue reading →

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What readers are looking for

Posted on Wednesday, 4 February, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Just a little flit to my stats page. I was quite struck with “hippie charicature” (the word is spelt caricature). Quite a few people these days are causing problems for barbers by depriving them of business! Oh well, each to … Continue reading →

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When the boats are laid up…

Posted on Saturday, 3 January, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

What do we sailors talk about when our boats are laid up for the winter? Good use of Facebook can make it so different. I put out a New Year greeting showing the photo of John Wesley and I side … Continue reading →

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Nowhere near his holiness…

Posted on Thursday, 20 November, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I recently saw a picture of a splendid pontifical Mass in Poland and almost fainted on seeing the military hairstyle of the MC! I have no pretension to the holiness or evangelical zeal of John Wesley, but I seem to … Continue reading →

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Solve calceamentum de pedibus tuis

Posted on Tuesday, 27 May, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Solve calceamentum de pedibus tuis: locus enim, in quo stas, terra sancta est. We all know about Moses and the Burning Bush (Exodus 3), and how God commanded him to take off his shoes since the place of divine revelation … Continue reading →

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