Category Archives: Catholicism

Fr. Gene D. Phillips, S.J., R.I.P.

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The Jesuits Midwest  has announced the death on Monday, 29 August, of noted Waugh scholar Fr. Gene D. Phillips who was an ordained Roman Catholic priest and a member of the Jesuit order. He held a PhD in English Literature from Fordham University and … Continue reading →

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Waugh’s Conversion

Posted on August 22, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

In an article posted on a Roman Catholic evangelical weblog Aleteia.org, the details of Evelyn Waugh’s conversion to that religion are provided, mostly in Waugh’s own words from a 20 October 1930 essay in the Daily Express. Waugh had written the … Continue reading →

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Panegyric for Waugh in LMS Journal

Posted on August 17, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The Autumn 2016 issue of the journal of the Latin Mass Society contains the text of the panegyric delivered on 8 July 2016 by Archbishop Thomas Gullickson on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Waugh’s death. See earlier post. The journal … Continue reading →

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All Converts Together

Posted on August 16, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

A recent issue of the National Catholic Register, a Roman Catholic newspaper, journalist Rick Becker writes of his discovery and enjoyment of Mary Frances Coadey’s 2015 book  Merton and Waugh: A Monk, A Crusty Old Man, and The Seven Storey Mountain. He … Continue reading →

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Charles Ryder in the Chapel

Posted on July 23, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Rev. Terrance W. Klein, S.J., a priest in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dodge City, uses the last paragraphs of Brideshead Revisited to conclude an essay on prayer. This essay appears in the online edition of America: The National Catholic Review published … Continue reading →

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Biography Reviewed in Country Life

Posted on July 15, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The latest issue of Country Life magazine has a review of the new biography of Evelyn Waugh by Philip Eade. This is by James Fergusson, freelance journalist and author of several books. In addition to the usual discussions, Fergusson focusses in … Continue reading →

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Memorial Service for Waugh to be Celebrated Tomorrow

Posted on July 7, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The Latin Mass Society of the UK has announced that a service of Vespers and Benediction for the repose of the soul of Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966) will be celebrated tomorrow, Friday, 8 June 2016, in South London. The service will … Continue reading →

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Waugh Included in Catholic Book List

Posted on June 19, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The editor of a nondenominational Christian online news site, The Christian Review, has compiled a list of what he considers the best 100 Catholic novels. These include novels published between 1827 and 2011 and are listed chronologically. The somewhat subjective … Continue reading →

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Waugh and St Dominic’s Dursley

Posted on June 1, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Richard Barton has posted on the internet the text of a booklet published in 1989 in which he wrote the history of Roman Catholic worship in Dursley, Gloucestershire, from 1933 to 1989. Dursley is the town next to the village of … Continue reading →

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Brideshead Reviewed in Cambridge and Elsewhere

Posted on May 18, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Brideshead Revisited opened its run at the Cambridge Arts Theatre yesterday and is reviewed today in the Cambridge News. In the review, by Lydia Fallon, she finds herself  really wanting to love [the] play, but then leaving the theatre feeling a … Continue reading →

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