Tag Archives: Spirituality

Church Hopping

Posted on Tuesday, 22 October, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I was certainly a little uncharitable about jibing someone for church-hopping when I have done it myself. I was originally Church of England, was Roman Catholic for about fifteen years, was in the traditionalist fringes for a little under ten … Continue reading →

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More Reflections on Freedom and “The Pit”

Posted on Sunday, 13 October, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I often return to the recurring theme in my life, and I still work at it and do all I can to “reality-check” it. This theme is one of the relationship between the human person (me or anyone else) with … Continue reading →

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The Fatherly Aspect of the Holy Father

Posted on Friday, 20 September, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I don’t write much about the Roman Catholic Church since the polemical days when the Ordinariates were founded and the muddy waters of the TAC became clear to the satisfaction of some and the disappointment of others. I followed the … Continue reading →

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Conversion and Falling in Love

Posted on Wednesday, 11 September, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Fr David Chislett has written a very interesting article – Conversion – real and ongoing – on conversion and the way Christians are committed to their faith and more so to the person of Jesus Christ. The different ways people … Continue reading →

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Stages of Spiritual Life

Posted on Wednesday, 4 September, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

A comment came in yesterday to ask for my reflections on James Fowler’s Stages of Faith Development. I answered This review seems very interesting. I haven’t read Fowler’s book, but I might be tempted to order it. The stages seem … Continue reading →

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Waxing Lyrical

Posted on Monday, 5 August, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Here is a lovely posting from Deacon Jonathan Munn who wrote St Benedict’s Priory Salisbury 2013: Incarnation about his retreat reflections at a moment when he is preparing to receive the gift of the priesthood. It is a beautiful meditation … Continue reading →

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Missing the Essential

Posted on Wednesday, 24 July, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have just come across the article Tragic Worship by Carl R. Trueman in First Things. This is something I have noticed in popular culture, notably the enthusiasm we have for celebrities like the ancients for heroes and demi-gods. I … Continue reading →

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Fourteenth Century Catholicism in a Dead Language?

Posted on Saturday, 29 June, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Yes, I look at the “progressive” point of view as well as everyone else’s. The so-called Enlightened Catholicism blog has done a trashing job on the traditionalists by contrasting the way Benedict XVI hoped to deal with the Society of … Continue reading →

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And the House was Filled with Smoke

Posted on Saturday, 25 May, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I am more used to the St John’s College Cambridge version, but this one is rather good. The text contains some of the best from the Prophet Isaiah (vi.1-4). The second stanza is the 3rd verse of Ave, colenda Trinitas, … Continue reading →

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Ignorance and Prejudice

Posted on Sunday, 19 May, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Bishop Damien Mead has just written up his experience in As it happened …. The Bishop’s Diary during CRE 2013, as the Anglican Catholic Church in England had a stand on the recent International Christian Resources Exhibition. People come in … Continue reading →

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