Tag Archives: Christianity

Baseball – and the Religious Life

Posted on 18/03/2024 by Scott Anderson

In the age we live in the combination of two words ‘Orphanage’ and ‘Catholic’ is enough to conjure up a dark vision of cruelty and abuse. So it was refreshing to read Bill Bryson’s account of one such orphanage in … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged babe-ruth, Baseball, baseball-history, Catholic Church, Christianity, mlb, Religion, sports | Leave a comment

Fifty years on from the closure of Kelham

Posted on 22/02/2024 by Scott Anderson

I am indebted to Anne Malins who e-mailed me the article from the Church Times by Bishop Christopher Morgan on Kelham – which closed as a Theological College of the Church of England fifty years ago. I have sometimes claimed … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Catholic, Catholic priests, Christianity, church, Kelham, priests, Religion, Seminary | 4 Comments

The curious case of the Scottish First Minister

Posted on 03/04/2023 by Scott Anderson

The campaign to succeed Nicola Sturgeon as First Minister of the devolved Scottish Parliament provoked storms of ‘Christianophobia’. (I know the word doesn’t exist because the media et al. do not want to recognise it. ‘Islamophobia’ – ‘Homophobia’ – ‘Transphobia’ … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Christianity, Islam, liberalism, Religion, Scotland, uk | Leave a comment

Renewing the Catholic Parish

Posted on 19/07/2021 by Scott Anderson

In 2009 a group of Anglo-Catholic clergy in the Diocese of London, encouraged by the then Bishop of Fulham, now Monsignor John Broadhurst, met to discuss a plan for parish renewal. I have kept the aide mémoire circulated after their … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alpha, Catholic Church, Christianity, Evangelisation, Evangelism, EZ37, Ordinariate, Religion | Leave a comment

Religious education – or running scared?

Posted on 16/06/2015 by Scott Anderson

When I was at Grammar School in the 1960’s the demolition of Christianity had already started. Assemblies were perfunctory – a hymn, a Bible reading, and a couple of prayers. There was one period of Religious Education for every class, often ‘single-sex’ … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Charles Clarke, Christianity, education, faith, Islam, Judaism, morality, Religion, religious education, schools | 2 Comments

Another model for Ordinariate life and mission

Posted on 16/04/2015 by Scott Anderson

In the early days of the Ordinariate I tried to identify some ‘models’ which might be appropriate for groups with their pastors. My initial experience was of the ‘church-planting’ model, successfully applied at the Most Precious Blood at Borough in … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Catholic Church, Christianity, Evangelisation, growing new churches, model of mission, Ordinariate | 2 Comments

Forming priests the Kelham way: true patrimony

Posted on 08/10/2014 by Scott Anderson

With the Feast Of St Michael and all Angels on 29th September (St Michael, St Gabriel and St Raphael in the current Roman calendar) the thoughts of those of us who were trained as Anglicans for the priesthood at the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged C of E, Catholic, Christianity, church, clergy formation, clergy training, Kelham, priestly life, religious life, Society of the Sacred Mission, theology | 8 Comments

In the struggle against terrorism what hope is there for free-speech?

Posted on 04/10/2014 by Scott Anderson

Reports of Theresa May’s speech at the Tory Party Conference are beginning to cause some concern. For while the British people are united behind efforts to counter violent terrorism, some commentators identity an important shift in the Home Secretary’s thinking. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged abortion, Christianity, church, extremism, free-speech, Islamic terrorism, secularism, violence | 1 Comment

What shall we sing at Mass?

Posted on 26/09/2014 by Scott Anderson

I have been re-reading “Anglicans and Catholics in Communion”, a collection of articles and essays published by the Catholic League in August 2010. Looking back even over four years at the hopes and fears for the Ordinariates is fascinating, instructive, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Catholic Church, choruses, Christianity, hymns, liturgy, Music, worship songs | Leave a comment

Ordinariate Pilgrims of faith

Posted on 18/03/2014 by Scott Anderson

At the beginning of Lent around 500 people were present at Southwark Cathedral for their Rite of Election. Among these 500 are Catechumens – those who have come from unbelief and are to be baptised at Easter – and Candidates … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Catholic Church, Christianity, full communion, Ordinariate, pilgrimage, Rite of Election | 2 Comments

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