Author Archives: Fr. Anthony Chadwick

About Fr. Anthony Chadwick

Father Anthony Chadwick was born in the north of England into an Anglican family. He was educated in one of the Church of England’s most well-known schools, St. Peter’s in York, at which he was nurtured in the Anglican musical tradition. After several years studying and working in London he studied theology at university level in Switzerland, Italy and France. Still living in France, he has been a priest of the Traditional Anglican Communion (under Archbishop Hepworth) since 2005. Fr. Chadwick is charged with chaplaincy work among dispersed Anglicans in the north of France, is married and lives in Normandy. His interests outside the Church and directly religious matters include classical music, DIY and sailing. As a non-stipendiary priest, he earns his living as a technical translator.

Manliness

The subject has been brought up – we want our priests to be real men. There is just a question I would like to ask. What is a real man? The internet abounds with caricatures of masculinity (of course within … Continue reading

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The Value of Symbolism for Modern Man

Someone sent me a link to a most extraordinary study about the kind of symbolism needed to deter a future civilisation from being poisoned by our radioactive waste! Now, this may seem way off topic on a religious blog such … Continue reading

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An Old Article by Rev. Alcuin Reid and Liturgical Diversity

Many of us have short memories and I find what I term conservative apologists again getting a good foothold in the conversion-to-Catholicism market. One thing that concerns me is the question of liturgical uniformity and diversity. Whatever conclusions we draw, … Continue reading

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Sarum What?

Hatchet jobs abound in the blogs, the Anglican Patrimony blog being no exception. There is an article under the title Sarum What? written by a Deacon Andrew Bartus, a member of the clergy of a distinguished TAC-ACA parish in California. … Continue reading

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The Origin of Mass Facing the People

I have come across an article in Fr Zuhlsdorf’s blog with its comments giving a wealth of information and links about the origin of Mass facing the people. I have a photograph of such a Mass celebrated at Maria Laach … Continue reading

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Clerics and Lay People, Bridging the Gulf

Earlier this afternoon, I had a long conversation over the phone with an English priest (who will go un-named). It soon became apparent that he and I have much in common – and helped each other see the events we … Continue reading

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Catholic Patrimony: Baroque in the Savoy

I promised you an article of some discoveries I made during my recent holidays in the Savoy, an area which has been a part of France since 1860. As a keen amateur of all things Sarum, gothic churches, riddle posts … Continue reading

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Two Weeks of August

I have just got back from my holiday in the Savoy area of France, and discover a wealth of new material on The Anglo-Catholic. I went to the Mairie of Talloires, the village near our camp-site besides the Lake of … Continue reading

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Fr. Chadwick’s Summer Vacation

At last, the day has arrived, and my wife Sophie and I are going on our summer holiday to the Lake of Annecy, in the east of France near Switzerland and the Italian border. This is the Savoy area most … Continue reading

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Informal Monasticism

One occasionally finds unconventional monastic communities, some in mainstream Catholicism and others in a completely “independent” situation. I have even come across people living in some kind of religious life inspired by that of hermits, even though in some cases … Continue reading

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What Sort of Catholic Church? (Part II)

Since writing What Sort of Catholic Church?, I have been inundated with comments from intégriste Catholics who appear to have set up a new home-made Sodalitium Pianum among themselves. It is understandable that they see it as their duty to … Continue reading

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Clerical Dress

We have had a number of observations about clerical dress, not liturgical vestments or choir dress, but what a priest or a bishop wears in the street. In Catholic countries, priests would wear the cassock, usually with a cope or … Continue reading

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Ordinariates and Business Combinations

The following article was submitted by Fr. Michael Gray of The Traditional Anglican Church (TTAC). * * * I suppose we are all familiar with being “taken over” as customers, perhaps as employees.  One day we banked with Abbey National, … Continue reading

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What Sort of Catholic Church?

Sandro Magister has written a new article — The Defenders of Tradition Want the Infallible Church Back.  He bases his observations on a newly-published book by the Italian philosopher Romano Amerio, who was also a Catholic traditionalist and critic of … Continue reading

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Elegy for a Dying Country

As I look out to sea from my little sailing port at Veules-les-Roses or from my boat as it bobs up and down on the waves, I see the horizon and the occasional ship. I know that beyond that horizon … Continue reading

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