Tag Archives: Pastoral matters

Neurodiversity

Posted on Wednesday, 4 January, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

One of my readers seems to be a little “put out” that I seem to dwell somewhat on Aspergers Syndrome on this blog. I am about to come out with another one, so he is free to switch to another … Continue reading →

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Great British Eccentrics

Posted on Friday, 23 December, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Many years ago, when I was at school in York, I was introduced to one of the songmen of the Minster. He had been there for years and was living in a little house belonging to the Dean and Chapter … Continue reading →

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No one need be alone.

Posted on Thursday, 8 December, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

One of my regular guests, JD, has his own blog and he has just written Advent Acedia. This damnable winter, and it doesn’t seem so long since I last sailed my boat at an extraordinarily mild beginning of November! We … Continue reading →

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The Fatal Flaw

Posted on Friday, 21 October, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

It is a constant theme: Anglicanism is intrinsically flawed by its comprehensiveness and doctrinal relativism because of the lack of a teaching authority (magisterium).  It is one argument that convinces Anglicans who are new to it to become Roman Catholics. … Continue reading →

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Variations on a Not-So-Original Theme, no Enigma…

Posted on Wednesday, 5 October, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Sorry, Elgar lovers. I came across Church or Corporation? It seems to give an American view of some of the things I have been discussing. It is said that the USA is just a few years behind Europe and Canada … Continue reading →

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Beware of the Anglo-Catholics…

Posted on Monday, 9 May, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have been away from the blog for nearly a week, dismantling a pipe organ, moving it and installing it in another church. It was hard work and that re-installation was followed by a visit to another church in the … Continue reading →

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The Conservative Rhetoric

Posted on Sunday, 6 March, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Perhaps if I didn’t read it, I wouldn’t get steamed up about it… Perhaps this applies as much to me as to the conservatives who are hammering on about abortion, euthanasia, same-sex “marriage”, transsexualism, etc. Going round some of the … Continue reading →

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The Challenge of Downsizing

Posted on Friday, 8 January, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Let’s boil it down to the simplest expression: the business is going flat so the management has decided on an advertising campaign to bring in more customers, otherwise they go bust. That is what Monsignor Charles Pope has noticed about … Continue reading →

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Rigid Priests

Posted on Wednesday, 25 November, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

There is a flip side of the article to which I linked yesterday. I have to admit that I hadn’t yet read the link Fr Blake’s gave to Pope Francis’ “remarks recently about priests of whom he is afraid“. I … Continue reading →

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The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit.

Posted on Monday, 23 November, 2015 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit : a broken and contrite heart, O God, shalt thou not despise. This verse leapt out to me as I read this pearl of wisdom – A Place for the Damaged. It … Continue reading →

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