Category Archives: General

Headin' For Beulah Land

Posted on September 2, 2010 by Fr. Christopher Phillips

"Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate; but thou shalt be called Hephzibah and thy land Beulah; for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married." (Isaiah 62:4). … Continue reading →

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Choir Dress

Posted on September 2, 2010 by Bishop Edwin Barnes

Our readers always seem to get more excited about "tat" than any other topic, so I thought I would stir the pot a little after an induction this week in Portsmouth diocese.  It was one of those curious occasions we … Continue reading →

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I Belong to…

Posted on August 31, 2010 by Fr. Christopher Phillips

For when one says, "I belong to Paul," and another, "I belong to Apollos," are you not merely men? What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, as the Lord assigned to each. I Corinthians 3:4,5 … Continue reading →

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Newman Beatification Altar

Posted on August 31, 2010 by Br. Stephen Treat, O.Cist

I just saw this rendering of the altar to be used for Cardinal Newman's beatification at Holy Smoke.  I went to the Papal Visit website just to make sure that it wasn't one of Damian's pranks.  It's not. Can someone … Continue reading →

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Dean's Court

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Bishop Edwin Barnes

Today was a Bank Holiday; these secular days off have replaced most Holy Days, and this one marks the ends of summer.  So we went, Jane and I, to a National Garden Scheme open garden.  These are very diverse gardens, … Continue reading →

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Receiving "Traditionalist" Anglicans One of Benedict XVI's PR Disasters?

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Deborah Gyapong

According to a review of a new book by some Italian journalists by the National Catholic Reporter's John L. Allen, Jr. Anglicanorum coetibus is seen as a worldwide public relations disaster.  Here's an except of his review (my emphases). * … Continue reading →

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Ordinariate Prayers from Bishop Peter Elliott

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Christian Campbell

Noting our discussion of heavenly patronage for the anticipated personal ordinariates, Bishop Peter J. Elliott, the episcopal delegate for Anglicanorum Coetibus in Australia, has written to offer these prayers for the success of the Holy Father's project now circulating in … Continue reading →

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Who Should be the Patron of the Ordinariates?

Posted on August 28, 2010 by Br. Stephen Treat, O.Cist

Our Lady of Walsingham. (Photo: Lawrence Lew, OP) [I thought we could use something on the lighter side, so I pulled out this piece from last fall on the patronage of the ordinariates.  I hope it is clear that tongue … Continue reading →

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Love Draws Me to Become Catholic

Posted on August 28, 2010 by Deborah Gyapong

When I attended by first plenary of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) six years ago, I confess I found myself rather dismayed.  Of course, most of it was a blur. I did not know anyone.  It's easy to … Continue reading →

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Row on My Friends, Row on!

Posted on August 28, 2010 by Fr. Ed Tomlinson

We Anglo-Catholics who seek unity with Rome find ourselves in a tight spot at present. In many ways we are like a tiny community of people huddled on a tiny raft tossed about at sea whilst a turbulent storm rages. … Continue reading →

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A Hope-filled Glimpse of the Future

Posted on August 26, 2010 by Deborah Gyapong

A couple of weeks ago, I discovered at our Wednesday evening "Evensaid" and Mass that one of the founding members of our parish had died.  We were all shocked as none of us had known — maybe even not Daphne … Continue reading →

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The Grace of God in Courtesy

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Fr. Giles Pinnock

As a hopefully complementary contribution to the earlier post on ‘manliness’, I’d like to draw wider attention to Fr John Saward's February 2009 piece on The Grace of God in Courtesy. Fr Saward begins by quoting Belloc: “Of Courtesy, it … Continue reading →

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A Patrimony of Passion?

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Fr. Ed Tomlinson

One of the great strengths of Anglo-Catholicism is the emphasis it places on worship.  This is seen in the commitment to daily mass, the use of daily offices, the recitation of the angelus, rosary and daily ejaculatory prayers, devotions before … Continue reading →

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Manliness

Posted on August 24, 2010 by Fr. Anthony Chadwick

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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Welsh Bishop for Canterbury?

Posted on August 23, 2010 by Bishop Edwin Barnes

Now where have we heard that speculation?  There was a Welsh Bishop at the end of Queen Elizabeth's reign who had great hopes of such a move.  Alas it came to nothing — for being chosen to preach before the Queen during … Continue reading →

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