The Coroner's Report determined that the former priest of the Diocese of London (who later became a Roman Catholic) on 8th November, 2020, "killed himself because he could not cope with an investigation into his conduct, the detail of and the source for which he had never been told" and which turned out to be unsupported by evidence, yet it proceeded despite there being "no complainant, no witness and no accuser" (para 10, p 6). The Coroner adds that, "nobody took responsibility for steering … [Read more...]
An interview with Archbishop Samy Fawzy, Primate of the Anglican Province of Alexandria
The Most Revd. Dr Samy Fawzy was inaugurated on Tuesday 8th June, 2021 as Archbishop of the Episcopal/Anglican Province of Alexandria and Bishop of the Diocese of Egypt at All Saints' Cathedral Cairo by his predecessor Dr. Mouneer Hanna Anis, the First Archbishop of the recently formed Province of Alexandria, Dr Mouneer was joined at the Service by Archbishop Justin Badi (Archbishop of South Sudan and President of the Global South), Archbishop Ezekiel Kondo (Archbishop of Sudan) … [Read more...]
Roberta Bayer on Sir Roger Scruton’s Our church
Roberta Bayer, Associate Professor of Political Philosophy at Patrick Henry College, and Board Member of the Prayer Book Society USA discusses the late Sir Roger Scruton’s book Our Church: A Personal History of the Church of England* One of the most interesting and prolific of conservative intellectuals in the English world wrote works on subjects ranging from art and aesthetics, to politics, philosophy and religion as well as wine and even hunting. He also wrote a book … [Read more...]
Surprising Church of England News 1, Resignation of the Bishop of Winchester
The Rt Revd. Tim Dakin, Bishop of Winchester There have been a number of surprising and even shocking news items emerging from the Church of England in the last few days. The early retirement of the Bishop of Winchester after he had already "stepped back" from his role last May. Not least surprising is the rather sudden announcement by the Bishop of Winchester (consecrated in 2011) that he is to retire early. He had already stepped aside from his position since May when he was threatened … [Read more...]
Anglican, Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox views on the Real Presence – a debate
A mild uproar breaks out ! After the posting of Anglican understandings of the Eucharist, a Reflection with choral Music a debate broke out of which the opening posts follow below From Messrs Liam Warner, Drew Keane and Alistair Macdonald-Radcliff (The original webcast that provoked them can still be heard via this link: https://soundcloud.com/user-140188366/corpus-christi-reflection-on-anglican-understandings-of-the-eucharist ) Pictured above (Above left to right: … [Read more...]
Reflection on Holy Communion – with choral music.
The Lord's Supper, Nicholas Poussin From his Second Series of seven paintings on the Sacraments, painted in a style that is very consciously not Baroque, for his friend the French ambassador to the Papal Court, Paul Freart de Chantelou from 1644 to 1648. To access the audio. please click the following link https://soundcloud.com/user-140188366/corpus-christi-reflection-on-anglican-understandings-of-the-eucharist Introit: Cibavit eos -- William Byrd (1540-1623) (Antiphon) … [Read more...]
Dr Crouse on “The practice of Christian love”
Dr. Crouse in Convocation Robes, The University of King's College Halifax “The practice of Christian love” Sermon for The First Sunday after Trinity by The Revd. Dr. Robert D. Crouse In this was manifested the love of God towards us, because that God sent his only-begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our si ns. Beloved, if God so loved us, we … [Read more...]
Archbishop Welby really is very, very, sorry
Justin Welby prostrate in apology at the Sikh Golden Temple of Amritsar What should the world be expected make of someone who said that they were complicit in the bombing of a city, a massacre in India, offending gay people, had inadequately responded to child abuse, has white advantage and is systemically racist? Then again, how does it affect things when he explains that he is also very very sorry about all this? Does it change anything when the person announcing these things … [Read more...]
Why do we go to church? A Trinity Sunday Reflection with Choral Music
Adoration of the Trinity (Landauer Altar) Albrecht Durer, 1511, Kunst Historisches Musee, Vienna To hear the audio click on the link below: https://soundcloud.com/user-140188366/trinity-sunday-reflection Introit: Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt, SWV 380 -- Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672) Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt, daß er seinen eingebornen Sohn gab, auf daß alle die an ihn glauben nicht verloren warden, sondern das ewige Leben haben. For God so loved the world, that he sent his … [Read more...]
The Overlooked Genocide: the fate of Christians in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region
Tigray Refugees, (Photo: Africa Report) Reports have been coming in since late last year of a major catastrophe leading to the mass murder of Christians in the Tigray region of Ethiopia but they have received astonishingly little attention. The horrors began last November after fighting broke out in Tigray as the Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed sent federal troops, with the support of troops from Eritrea, to fight the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, which he accused of holding … [Read more...]
Nominalism and the Good Life – a Reflection with choral music
The Triumph of the Virtues (Mategna) 1502, Musée du Louvre, Paris. To hear the audio please click on the following link: https://soundcloud.com/user-140188366/nominalism-lent-the-anglican-way-in-lent-3 (This was originally recorded during the season of Lent) Anthem: O Lord, the maker of all things -- William Mundy (c1529-1591) (from The King's Primer, 1545; a poetical version of Te lucis ante terminum) Anthem: The Lord is King, Z 69 (A setting of Psalm 93)-- … [Read more...]
Choral Evensong in the Season of Easter with Sermon
To hear the service please click here https://soundcloud.com/user-140188366/festal-choral-evensong-of-easter-with-sermon Hymn: The Strife is O’er arr. Michael Costello (b.1979)Robbie Marx, trumpet; Chris Schroeder, trumpet; Liam Hanna, french horn; Dave Day, trombone; Matthew Groves, bass trombone & Jeremy Lang, timpani. Jeremy Bruns, organ / arr by James Biery & Randy Adams Organ: Symphony no 4, op 32 IV. Romance, Louis Vierne, 1870–1937. (Only heard … [Read more...]
The First Prayer Book Royal Funeral: arranged by the Catholic Queen Mary for Edward VI
The First Prayer Book Royal Funeral: King Edward VI “Edward the sixth by the Grace of God King of England, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith and on earth under Christ supreme head of the Churches of England and Ireland and he migrated from this life on the 6th day of July in the evening at the 8th hour in the year of our Lord 1553 and in the 7th year of his reign and in the 16th year of his age”. So reads the inscription on Edward’s coffin as transcribed and … [Read more...]
Royal Funerals, St George’s Chapel and the Royal Vaults (3): King George V, VI and later
Queen Mary stands facing the Catafalque of King GeorgeV just before the Commital With King Edward VIII (later Duke of Windsor) to the right of the Catafalque 20th January 1936 Below King Edward VIII can be seen just after scattering earth on the Coffin Her Majesty The Queen just after she has sprinkled earth on the coffin of her father King George VI the Catafalque having just descended at the Committal on 15th February, 1952 Just behind the Queen (to her left) … [Read more...]
Royal Funerals, St George’s Chapel and the Royal Vaults Part 2
The Procession carrying into the nave of St George's the coffin of Prince Albert in 1861 Prince Albert and Queen Victoria and the Royal Mausoleum at Frogmore It was thought unseemly for women to attend funerals at that time lest they break down with emotion, so neither Queen Victoria nor their daughters Alice (later Grand Duchess of Hesse und Rhine, Great Grandmother of Prince Philip), Helena (later Princess Christian von Schleswig-Holstein) and Louise (Later … [Read more...]
Royal Funerals, St George’s Chapel Windsor and the Royal Vaults, Part 1
The Royal Vault as drawn in 1873 (With the coffins of George III and his family at the far end) The funeral of HRH Prince Philip has served to remind that it is not just Westminster Abbey that comprises a Pantheon of British Royalty. Such also is St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle. As the slow but impressive drama of the gradual descent from view of the entire catafalque at the Committal at very the end of the funeral of Prince Philip made clear, immediately below the chapel, … [Read more...]
Order of Service of the Funeral of HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
FUNERAL of HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE PHILIP DUKE OF EDINBURGH Saturday, 17th April, 2021 at 3.00pm During the service, a choir of four singers (three of whom are Lay Clerks of St George's Chapel Choir) will be conducted by James Vivian and the organ will be played by Luke Bond. Music before the service - Schmucke dich, o liebe Seele BWV 654 - Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) - Adagio espressivo (Sonata in A minor) - Sir William Harris (1883-1973) - Salix … [Read more...]
Reflection and Choral Evensong commemorating St Gilbert of Sempringham
Introit : Praise ye the Lord, ye children (Ps 113:1-4) -- Christopher Tye (1500-1572) Preces and Responses*: Wlliam Smith of Durham (1603-1645) Psalm 23: Dominus regit me -- Sir John Goss (1800-1880), The Lord is my shepherd; * therefore can I lack nothing. 2 He shall feed me in a green pasture, * and lead me forth beside the waters of comfort. Magnificat sexti toni -- Adrian Willaert (1490-1562) Nunc dimittis tertii toni -- Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611) Reflection on St … [Read more...]
Fr. Gavin Dunbar reflects on Michelangelo and the Conversion of Saint Paul
The Conversion of St Paul, Michelangelo, The Pauline Chapel, The Vatican (public domain) Scripture narratives are not just narratives. They don’t just tell us about persons and events: they are also reflections on the meaning of those events for faith; and this significance is conveyed by the way the story is told, by the selection of details, and the choice of words to describe them. A good preacher will bring out the significance of these stories for faith; and some of the best preachers … [Read more...]
Choral Evensong with Reflection for the Commemoration of St Thomas Aquinas
Image above taken from the upper tier of a polyptych (multi-panelled altarpiece) painted by Carlo Crivelli in 1476 for the high altar of the church of San Domenico, in Ascoli Piceno in the Italian Marche, now in the National Gallery, London, originally placed with Saint Francis at the opposite end of the altarpiece with both looking up at the Lamentation over the Dead Christ, which was originally in the centre panel of the upper tier (now in New … [Read more...]
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity – Address and Vigil service
The sisters of the Community of Grandchamp in Switzerland were invited by the World Council of Churches and the Pontifical Council for Christian Unity to produce the liturgical material for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity this year. The link below may be used to access the Audio of a webcast from the 2nd of three Vigils held over the course of the week of Prayer for Christian Unity, in this case held jointly (online) by the congregations of The Grosvenor Chapel Mayfair and the … [Read more...]
New Archbishop of Dublin makes waves – on women Deacons, Priests, same-sex unions and clerical celibacy
Considerable interest has been generated far beyond the shores of Ireland by the recently announced appointment of Dermot Farrell as the new Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, in succession to Archbishop Diarmuid Martin a former Vatican diplomat. The Archbishop elect gave a long interview to the Irish Times that has occasioned alarm among traditional Roman Catholics who understood him to have stated that he is "in favor of women deacons and married priests. He does not find in … [Read more...]
The Revd. Dr. Robert Crouse remembered
The Rt. Revd Anthony Burton, of the Parish of the Incarnation in Dallas, yesterday noted the tenth anniversary of the death of the Revd. Dr Crouse with this tribute on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bishopburton The Rev. Dr. Robert Crouse, one of the most influential Canadian theologians of his generation, died ten years ago tonight in his rural childhood home on Crouse Road, Crousetown, Nova Scotia, where his family had lived for more than 200 years. He was 80. He … [Read more...]
Choral Evensong upon the occasion of the Feast of St Aelred of Rievaulx
Illumination from a manuscript of St Aelred's Life of Edward the Confessor Showing St Aelred in monastic habit kneeling before King Henry II To hear the Audio please click on the link below: https://soundcloud.com/user-140188366/evensong-upon-the-feast-of-st-aelred-of-rievaulx Opening Anthem: Memento mei Paweł Łukaszewski (born 1968), Mark Dwyer, conductor Memento mei, Domine, dum veneris in regnum tuum. Remember me O Lord, when thou comest into thy kingdom. (cf … [Read more...]
Why follow the Anglican Way? A question answered in the writings of Dr Peter Toon
The Revd. Dr. Peter Toon (1939-2009) A long serving President of the Prayer Book Society and Editor of its Magazine WHY FOLLOW THE ANGLICAN WAY? The Anglican Way is both Ancient and Modern In religion what has been believed, taught and confessed for centuries and what has been prayed, tested and performed during two millennia is more likely to be a sound guide in our quests to find God than modern insights which pay no attention to “ancient wisdom.” In the Anglican Way, … [Read more...]
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