Author Archives: Fr Anthony Chadwick

Soft Men

Posted on Friday, 24 November, 2023 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have a lot of esteem for Rod Dreher, an American now living in Hungary, and the author of a number of original and intuitive ideas for the future of Christianity. He writes his blog articles on the mostly paywalled … Continue reading →

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Beauty will save the world

Posted on Tuesday, 21 November, 2023 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have always been impressed by the Romanticism and idealism of Pope Benedict XVI, especially regarding the apology of Christian faith offered by beauty. The best-known quote is “I have often affirmed my conviction that the true apology of Christian … Continue reading →

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Self Reliance Revisited

Posted on Friday, 17 November, 2023 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I first came across American Transcendentalism (a subject on which I have already written) through the poetry of Walt Whitman (1819-1892) in Leaves of Grass. Parts of these moving verses were adopted by Ralph Vaughan Williams in the Sea Symphony. … Continue reading →

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Intellectual Masturbation

Posted on Monday, 13 November, 2023 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I came across an amazing article today – The illusions of abstract philosophy: Thought is never deep. I cast my mind back to university days and my times spent with a friend of Polish origins, English education and living in … Continue reading →

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My Interview with Dr Michael Martin

Posted on Thursday, 9 November, 2023 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I recently had the honour of being invited to dialogue with two Americans, Michael Sauter and Dr Michael Martin who runs a site The Center for Sophiological Studies which contains his old blog and The Druid Stares Back on Substack. Dr … Continue reading →

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Romantia

Posted on Sunday, 29 October, 2023 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This provocative title, Romantia, evokes an alternative world from the same kind of imagination as Novalis’ Christenheit oder Europa or indeed the ideas expressed in Chateaubriand’s Génie du Christianisme. Novalis is a pen name of Friedrich Leopold, Freiherr von Hardenberg, (1772-1801), … Continue reading →

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Sarum Ordo 2023-2024

Posted on Saturday, 14 October, 2023 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have just compiled a Sarum ordo for 2023-2024 in collaboration with Fr Andrew Scurr following the perpetual calendar of Dr William Renwick and the Pie. Please notify me in case of errors. https://civitas-dei.eu/Ordo_Sarum_2023-2024.pdf

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Redon

Posted on Sunday, 8 October, 2023 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

On my first day on the Vilaine, I took advantage of the Cran bridge opening at its scheduled time and motored towards Redon, a town in Brittany but inland. These are photos I took which give something of the Breton … Continue reading →

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Liminal Mariners

Posted on Sunday, 8 October, 2023 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have been sailing several times this year, living aboard for up to a week to ten days. There are three ways to go sailing: with a massive and extremely well organised and planned event like the Semaine du Golfe, … Continue reading →

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Metamodernism?

Posted on Friday, 18 August, 2023 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Whatever next? We had modernism, not only theological but also cultural and philosophical. Next we had post-modernism, a phase of relativism, nihilism and cynicism (the cost of everything but the value of nothing, to quote Oscar Wilde). Here is a talk … Continue reading →

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