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The Basic Ecclesial Community
The notion of the Basic Ecclesial Community is usually associated with Jesuits in South America and “progressive” Roman Catholicism. Nevertheless, I have been doing a little research to discover the ideas behind it. Could it be an alternative form of … Continue reading
Why a Sarum Gathering
I woke up this morning to a great clarity of thinking about my project of a Sarum Gathering. Once I get a core group established and we begin work on the academic side, thought will have to be given to … Continue reading
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Anglican Catholic Gentleness
I would like to salute Fr Jonathan Munn in his sensitive and gentle comments to a posting by Cappellane, the posting in question being Tea With Fr. Munn. Gentleness and kindness, an irenic approach, are a fundamental part of Anglican … Continue reading
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The Bishop in the Anglican Catholic Church
Following on from my posting Church Bureaucracy, I wrote to our Metropolitan, Archbishop Mark Haverland and asked him to write something about being a bishop in the Anglican Catholic Church in the light of his experience. In his e-mail, he wrote … Continue reading
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Another Plea for a Church of Human Dimensions
My brother priest Fr Jonathan Munn has written another cri de coeur – Unashamed Idealism. I added a brief comment, suggesting that my old article Rigorism,Tutiorism and Probabilism had some relevance by analysing the roots of the legalistic and judgemental attitude … Continue reading
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Mobile Chapels
I’m in the mind to continue this theme. I remember reading a book by Fr Werenfried van Straaten about his work in eastern Germany just after World War II in the flattened and devastated cities. This is one of the … Continue reading
Honey, I Buried the Church!
The only thing is that a film by this name would hardly draw the crowds that once attracted people to comedy stories about inventive husbands shrinking their children! What inspires this article are two pieces, one on the Church of … Continue reading
Absolute Ordinations Revisited
It was in April 2012 that I wrote Absolute ordinations. I write again on this subject since someone has typed a question into my search box asking what “absolute ordinations” are. It’s a very good question. The short answer is that … Continue reading
Reflections on the Decline of Christian Europe
I have been on this subject before, and I may have some insight not being a sociologist or a “new atheist”. It is very difficult to get any kind of objective understanding of a situation that seems to elude anything … Continue reading
Dreary Mass
Interesting article by Damian Thompson – ‘Draw your favourite part of the Mass’, said the RE teacher. Big mistake. We priests seem to take it for granted that the laity are as much “into” liturgy as we priests are. Apart … Continue reading
The Blue Flower 