Tag Archives: Roman Catholicism

Damage Control

Posted on Tuesday, 17 July, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Two things are quite significant today: the subject of my previous posting, namely the TAC in Australia and an interview granted by Bishop Fellay of the SSPX – Fellay speaks on the SSPX General Chapter. Can the previous status quo … Continue reading →

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Thanks, but No Thanks

Posted on Sunday, 15 July, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Thanks, but no thanks… These words express something very familiar in the old and now defunct issue of the Ordinariates for former Anglicans. Those who went to the Ordinariates, either out of desire or conviction that it was their duty, … Continue reading →

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Traditionalist Disappointments

Posted on Monday, 2 July, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

As soon as I finish writing this posting, I will leave the subject I approached in the previous article. I note that faithful of the SSPX (cf. Le Forum Catholique and Rorate Caeli) are disappointed by the nomination of Bishop … Continue reading →

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First the TAC, then the SSPX

Posted on Saturday, 30 June, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Update from 2nd July 2012 – The choice of the Pope is Bishop Gerhard Ludwig Müller for the CDF. It’s now official. * * * I had a look at a traditionalist RC site this morning that said in effect … Continue reading →

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The Sun sets on the Priesthood

Posted on Monday, 25 June, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This interesting article has appeared – An age of disarray and shifting allegiances. The content is harrowing, but has been matched by the French Roman Catholic dioceses for decades. Under the former Bishop of Poitiers, Mgr Albert Rouet, replacing the … Continue reading →

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Apostates and Excluded Clergy

Posted on Monday, 25 June, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have not written anything on the Anglo-Catholic since the end of August 2010, and I simply have not gone along with what some might term as “ordinariate fever”. Deborah Gyapong has written a sensitive (albeit timid) posting about priests … Continue reading →

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Rebuilding the waste places

Posted on Friday, 15 June, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I had just about given up on the The Traditional Anglican Church (England) website, when I found Canon Gray’s new monthly letter informing us of work going on in England. There are some aspects that I find very positive. This letter … Continue reading →

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Anglo-Catholicism, Modernism and Aggiornamento

Posted on Sunday, 8 April, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

The Holy Triduum always has its profound effect on me as on countless other Christians. We are speechless faced with the horror of human wickedness and the contrasting love of God in Jesus Christ – that one last hope for … Continue reading →

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Sarum in contemporary Roman Catholicism

Posted on Wednesday, 15 February, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This article by Fr Sean Finnegan is illuminating – The Legal Status of the Sarum Mass. It is quite amazing to see the interest in Sarum but yet blind hatred from some quarters. In particular a young man of questionable … Continue reading →

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Rome and Romanticism

Posted on Wednesday, 8 February, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

With a biretta tip to the Young Fogey, I recommend this interesting reflection from someone who obviously knows something about history. I have already addressed this theme in For a New Romantic Movement and this article takes things a little … Continue reading →

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