Category Archives: Catholicism

Waugh Quoted in New Westminster Hymnal

Posted on March 8, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

A quote from Evelyn Waugh’s 1959 biography of Ronald Knox is printed as a sort of epigram at the beginning of a new edition of the New Westminster Hymnal (originally published in 1939). The hymnal contains Roman Catholic versions of hymns used in … Continue reading →

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Waugh’s Chapels

Posted on February 29, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

A traditionalist Roman Catholic blogger has posted a short entry on the connections between the fictional chapel described at Brideshead Castle in Waugh’s novel and the actual chapel at Madresfield Court. The connection between these chapels is well known and … Continue reading →

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Evelyn Waugh and the Resolute Old Lady

Posted on February 25, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

In an article in Crisis magazine, Professor Regis Martin from a Roman Catholic college in Ohio is reminded of Waugh as he conducts a group of his students around Europe. This occurs as they are about to visit a church in the outskirts of Vienna … Continue reading →

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Waugh’s Religion

Posted on February 18, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

In the current issue of the U.K. paper The Catholic Herald, an article (“Seduced by the ‘Devil’ Hitler” by Francis Phillips) opens with a familiar quote from Evelyn Waugh: There is a well-known story about the novelist Evelyn Waugh. He … Continue reading →

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Julia Flyte and the Quality of Mercy

Posted on February 2, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

An article on the Christian concept of mercy in the recent opinion pages of the Times of Malta opens with a quote from Waugh: In Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited – that great Catholic novel on life, death, the fall from … Continue reading →

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TLS Posts 1935 Review of Waugh’s Edmund Campion

Posted on February 2, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The curent issue of the TLS posts the 1935 review of Waugh’s Edmund Campion in its Then and Now column. The review is written by A.F. Pollard, Professor of History at University College London and specialist in the Tudor period. … Continue reading →

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New Book on Roman Catholic Culture Praises Waugh

Posted on January 30, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

A Roman Catholic newsblog OSV Newsweekly has posted a notice reviewing a recent book by Robert Royal. This is A Deeper Vision: The Catholic Intellectual Traditions in the Twentieth Century. According to the reviewer (Russell Shaw), Royal’s book: …is an attempt — a remarkably successful … Continue reading →

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Two Essays Posted with Brideshead Themes

Posted on January 29, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Two essays have recently been posted which discuss themes developed by Waugh in Brideshead Revisited. The first is entitled “Is Downton Abbey the best we can do?” and is  posted on a political internet blog called opendemocracy.net, which is self described as nonpartisan. … Continue reading →

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Waugh and Post-Christmas Nostalgia

Posted on January 11, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

On a website called Blog of a Country Priest, Fr. John Corrigan of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ballarat in Australia recalls a passage from Brideshead Revisited as he takes down the Christmas tree in his parish church: He took out … Continue reading →

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Rex Mottram, the Weather Forecast and Papal Infallibility

Posted on December 29, 2015 by Jeffrey Manley

Rex Mottram’s casual acceptance of Roman Catholic dogma scores a twofer in this week’s conservative Catholic websites. Earlier in the week, it was his understanding of sacred monkeys in the Vatican that rated a mention. Now another site, The Stream, carries … Continue reading →

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