Tag Archives: Percy Dearmer

Arts & Crafts: An Influence in Anglican Aesthetics

I would like to share with you something that has been close to my heart for much of my life, a brief and inspired artistic and aesthetic movement that lasted from about 1880 until World War I. Whether or not … Continue reading

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The Spirit of Dr. Dearmer on Huron Street

Br. Stephen of the Cistercian Abbey of Our Lady of Spring Bank has written an article about his recent experience of Whitsunday Evensong at St. Thomas, Huron Street.  He gently reminds his fellow Roman Catholic traditionalists that they ought to … Continue reading

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St. Cuthbert of Lindisfarne

March 20 is the feast of St. Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne (d. 687).  The following is taken from Percy Dearmer's The Little Lives of the Saints. * * * AWAY up North beyond the Border, in the wild country of … Continue reading

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Percy Dearmer on the Lenten Array

As a follow-up to Fr. Chadwick's recent post on the Lenten Array, here are a couple of extracts from Percy Dearmer's The Parson's Handbook. * * * From The Parson's Handbook (Sixth Edition), pp. 511-514: Lent.—The Lenten array should be … Continue reading

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Defining a Liturgical Patrimony: Cistercian Lessons for Anglican Ordinariates

Brother Stephen of the Cistercian Abbey of Our Lady of Spring Bank blogs at Sub Tuum and has authored this piece on potential liturgical developments in the Anglican personal ordinariates.  It is reproduced here with his kind permission. * * … Continue reading

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