Tag Archives: Mystery of Evil

If might is right…

Posted on Monday, 8 July, 2024 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have had a little time to digest the events of the political world in my own country and the nation of France which has adopted me as a citizen. I voted for the RN of M. Bardella and Mme … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , | 4 Comments

Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive!

Posted on Saturday, 1 June, 2024 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

History does not repeat itself, but it seems to produce analogies of itself in more or less predictable cycles. This is the fourth time on this blog that I have introduced a posting by this famous and poignant quote from … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Woke!

Posted on Wednesday, 28 February, 2024 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have had a very unpleasant experience with the “woke” leviathan these last few days, albeit on a very small scale, a true microcosm of something that is killing thousands, and millions in the past in its various manifestations. It … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Stella

Posted on Friday, 1 December, 2023 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

From 1964 until 1967, I went to the local primary school, Castle Street School in Kendal. It was a run-of-the-mill nominally Anglican primary school for children of 5 to 11 years old. Pupils were prepared for the Eleven-Plus, a test … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The Night of Advent

Posted on Tuesday, 28 November, 2023 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

We come around once again to this night of Advent as the gloom of winter encircles us who live in the northern hemisphere (it is now the turn of the Aussies to get their boats out and go sailing). For … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Liminal Mariners

Posted on Sunday, 8 October, 2023 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have been sailing several times this year, living aboard for up to a week to ten days. There are three ways to go sailing: with a massive and extremely well organised and planned event like the Semaine du Golfe, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

What is the Church?

Posted on Saturday, 22 July, 2023 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

From my isolation as an Anglican Catholic priest here in north-western France, I am discovering a different notion of Christianity. It is plain that if I stick up a sign outside my house saying “Anglican Catholic Church” and advertising a … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | 8 Comments

Out of the Ashes

Posted on Tuesday, 11 July, 2023 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I am gathering my thoughts in regard to seeing the modern western world as something akin to France in the wake of the Terror. The guillotine did its grisly task and the bodies of the dead are buried in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | 5 Comments

Cancelling Humanity

Posted on Saturday, 14 January, 2023 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I came across this slightly unusual view of tradition and modernity – The problem of religious traditionalists. When I first saw the title and the first lines of the text, I thought this was an apologia for the “cancel culture” … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

The Mirror

Posted on Tuesday, 10 January, 2023 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Resentment, bigotry, prejudice… When we hear people talking with bitterness and trashing someone who did not deserve such treatment, it is heartbreaking. I have lived through the death of Pope Benedict XVI – from a distance. I have also lived … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment