Tag Archives: Romanticism

Benedict Option Revisited

Posted on Wednesday, 26 October, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Rod Dreher has just published The Religious Right: A Eulogy. I have no personal experience of American religion other than a short year with an expatriate American community called the Oblates of Wisdom in Rome in 1985-86. American Roman Catholicism … Continue reading →

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Totalitarianism via Corporate Management

Posted on Sunday, 16 October, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I don’t have a lot of experience of the corporate world. I work for it by translating stuff from French into English, and I sup with the Devil with the very long spoon of the internet and e-mail. Occasionally, an … Continue reading →

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Mendelssohn

Posted on Friday, 14 October, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Felix Mendelssohn (1809 – 1847) needs no introduction as a Romantic composer whose output is quite phenomenal. He continues to be rediscovered in the musical world, and many of his works were published as late as the 1960’s. Because of … Continue reading →

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Sensuality

Posted on Thursday, 6 October, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

There is something of the Epicurian in this posting. As Oscar Wilde once said: The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things … 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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LSD and Wisdom

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

I have been watching a fascinating documentary about the Hippies of the 1960’s. It is fascinating and the same themes come up again and again. I am struck by the shallowness of many of the people involved at the time, … Continue reading →

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A New Dawn

Posted on Tuesday, 4 October, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This entry more or less started as I took my boat out yesterday afternoon on the sea from Veules les Roses. The north-east wind was light and there was little swell. I close hauled into the wind and the tidal … Continue reading →

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Benedict Option

Posted on Thursday, 29 September, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have seen this expression – Benedict Option – being bandied about on the internet. Here is an article by the American conservative Rod Dreher – Benedict Option FAQ. I am sceptical about anything coming from across the Atlantic, because … Continue reading →

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The Romantic Christ

Posted on Wednesday, 28 September, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Romanticism is very difficult to define and many attempts to define it resemble the cold rationalism from which it reacted some two hundred years ago. The subject fascinates me, not only as a historical state of mind in given circumstances … Continue reading →

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Post-Modern Goliards

Posted on Saturday, 24 September, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

The theme has fascinated me for a long time. I feel profoundly dissatisfied with the development of conservative mores. I notice the fascination many of my contemporaries have for the generation born in the 1920’s and 30’s who lived their … Continue reading →

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