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A Message on Lent by Archbishop Mark Haverland

Posted on Wednesday, 8 March, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I found this touching message by our Metropolitan on Facebook: * * * ‘Lent’ is derived from the Germanic word for ‘spring’ through Anglo‑Saxon. ‘Lenz’ is still the word for spring in modern German. ‘Lent’ also is related to the … Continue reading →

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Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?

Posted on Monday, 30 January, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Here is a very poignant article by Fr Ray Blake in England – My God, my God why have you forsaken me? When I was in Rome (1985-86) at the Nepomucene College, there was a priest who had been tortured … Continue reading →

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A Time with God

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

During my recent visit to the north of England, probably the first Sarum Mass ever in this Victorian church.

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The Island

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

I found this amazing film on YouTube: The Island (Остров in Russian) was made in 1986 towards the end of the Soviet regime and set in the barren icy wastelands of northern Russia. There is a poignant story behind the … Continue reading →

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Another Light in the Darkness

Posted on Friday, 20 January, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This delighted me – Starting Again, from someone who occasionally sends in comments and writes me e-mails from time to time. Like myself, Timothy Graham uses his real name on his blog and tells us who he is. This is … Continue reading →

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Roots of English Catholicism

Posted on Saturday, 7 January, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Some of you may know that I am away from home, presently in England. I am staying this weekend with an old friend of mine. My friend took me for a little drive and we stopped off at Hursley, a … Continue reading →

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Great British Eccentrics

Posted on Friday, 23 December, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Many years ago, when I was at school in York, I was introduced to one of the songmen of the Minster. He had been there for years and was living in a little house belonging to the Dean and Chapter … Continue reading →

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No one need be alone.

Posted on Thursday, 8 December, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

One of my regular guests, JD, has his own blog and he has just written Advent Acedia. This damnable winter, and it doesn’t seem so long since I last sailed my boat at an extraordinarily mild beginning of November! We … Continue reading →

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Wachet auf!

Posted on Monday, 5 December, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

The same theme keeps coming back into my mind as I live some very special moments in my life. I have deliberately chosen the title that reminds us of the Bach cantata to which I linked a week ago, Wachet … Continue reading →

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The Important Things

Posted on Thursday, 1 December, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have been through a time of sadness and anxiety, which I have shared with my father and my Bishop. Discretion demands that I should not give any details in this public blog, but rather to seek positive meanings in … Continue reading →

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