Tag Archives: Reflections

Why We Fight…

Posted on Tuesday, 22 October, 2019 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Anyone who reads the news will have some idea of the gravity of the situation in England. Unfortunately, journalists nearly always have a partial and narrow understanding of the situation. Of course, I speak of the British Government and the … Continue reading →

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Science and Faith, a Warning

Posted on Saturday, 21 September, 2019 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have been haunted all day by the article Darwinism Is Dead, Now What? Towards A Rational Spirituality. We seem to have a compare-and-contrast exercise between materialistic atheism – Dawkins style – and the kinds of Christianity we sometimes encounter … Continue reading →

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“The old Anglican, patristic, literary, Oxford tone transplanted into the Church”

Posted on Wednesday, 18 September, 2019 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

My attention was drawn to Fr Hunwicke’s article The Anglican Patrimony. I find most of what this priest writes as irrelevant to my life as mine would be to him, but there is something here that provokes me to comment. … Continue reading →

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“Catholicism made me Protestant”

Posted on Thursday, 12 September, 2019 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I would like to draw your attention to an article that has appeared in First Things. I had better not reproduce it for copyright reasons, but there is no paywall. Catholicism made me Protestant. Read it there. I should attempt … Continue reading →

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Dystopia

Posted on Tuesday, 13 August, 2019 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have to admit that I often write from a worried point of view – about our future in the post-everything western world. I was particularly marked by studying Orwell’s 1984 for English literature at school – like most kids … Continue reading →

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Muscular Christianity

Posted on Saturday, 3 August, 2019 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This is one of my favourite Don Camillo films. In this except, Peppone goes to confession, for the first time since 1918. He has little to confess, and Don Camillo gives him Absolution. Afterwards, he says to himself “I’m going … Continue reading →

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Umberto Eco and “Ur-Fascism”

Posted on Wednesday, 31 July, 2019 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Following on from my little article on René Guénon, one first observation is to see the almost constant connection between “traditionalist” thinkers and the “far-right”. Already in Guénon (via Jean Hani), I noticed the theme of the Papacy and the … Continue reading →

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René Guénon and Politics

Posted on Monday, 29 July, 2019 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

We will shortly be going to our little caravan near the sea on the north-east of the Cotentin, near the great lighthouse of Gatteville. Holidays are a time for relaxing and going out in the boat a little more often, … Continue reading →

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Fr Hart, an American “Thomas Mann”?

Posted on Thursday, 25 July, 2019 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

In days gone by I had some quite serious differences with Fr Robert Hart, mainly because I defended my former Archbishop (John Hepworth) and what he was trying to do, namely bring the TAC into communion with Rome as a … Continue reading →

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Farnborough Abbey

Posted on Monday, 22 July, 2019 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

During my recent visit to England (for my Diocesan Council of Advice in London), I visited a friend of mine who is a medical doctor and a philosopher. I spent many hours discussing profound things, but also meeting his wife … Continue reading →

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