Tag Archives: Reflections

Elite Christianity

Posted on Thursday, 22 March, 2018 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I suppose this is yet another variation on the old theme. I am occasionally confronted with the view according to which I must relate to the “masses” and adapt my religion as a priest in order to minister to all … Continue reading →

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Benedict Option

Posted on Monday, 19 February, 2018 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

The idea has been around for some time. I will read Rod Dreher’s book, but it seems from what I have read on the Internet to be closely tied to Roman Catholic constraints and the situation in America. Some Europeans … Continue reading →

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I Knew It!

Posted on Sunday, 18 February, 2018 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

In the light of my most recent update of a comment on my Post-Enlightenment posting, I made a quick search for a relationship between Romanticism and the Scriptures, struck as I was when reading the Sehnsucht of German Idealism into … Continue reading →

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The Potomac two-step

Posted on Monday, 8 January, 2018 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

On receiving an e-mail from a correspondent in Belgium this morning, I was reminded of a film I once saw of Harrison Ford with a fictitious American President. The President reminds Ford about the realities of Washington politics and the … Continue reading →

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Another response to my brother priest

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

As promised, since I am well advanced with my translation orders that have to be delivered tomorrow. I have done about 26,000 words in only four days, but with the help of automatic translation – a very good and intuitive … Continue reading →

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Fr Jonathan Munn begins the year with a bang!

Posted on Saturday, 6 January, 2018 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Sorry for the corny title! Fr Jonathan has reached the end of his tether with Facebook. That is something I fully understand, though I have learned to use Facebook with great care and understanding it as a place for special … Continue reading →

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Further Reflections on Independent Sacramental Churches

Posted on Sunday, 5 November, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Dr William Tighe sent me an e-mail this morning with a reference to a book I bought some time ago – The Many Paths of the Independent Sacramental Movement (Independent Catholic Heritage) by John P. Plummer. I wrote Independent Sacramental … Continue reading →

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The Trio

Posted on Thursday, 26 October, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I am sure I will one day find another nickname for the little trio comprising Fr Gregory Wassen, Fr Jonathan Munn and your humble (or not humble enough!) servant. Perhaps we might one day organise a little seminar where people … Continue reading →

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Via Media

Posted on Monday, 23 October, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

The title might seem provocative, since Newman’s reaction against that idea figured in his decision to become a Roman Catholic in early nineteenth-century England and Rome. He came up against the “brick wall” of what amounted in the Church of … Continue reading →

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The Numbers Game

Posted on Friday, 13 October, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I would appreciate  help in finding elements of an answer David Llewellyn Dodds’ question “Without giving undue weight to the matter, I would be interested in knowing the membership/average attendance numbers of the seven Continuing Churches being discussed, should they … Continue reading →

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