Author Archives: Schütz

About Schütz

I am a PhD candidate & sessional academic at Australian Catholic University in Melbourne, Australia. After almost 10 years in ministry as a Lutheran pastor, I was received into the Catholic Church in 2003. I worked for the Archdiocese of Melbourne for 18 years in Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations. I have been editor of Gesher for the Council of Christians & Jews and am guest editor of the historical journal “Footprints”. I have a passion for pilgrimage and pioneered the MacKillop Woods Way.

It’s Here: “The Light of Faith”

Posted on July 5, 2013 by Schütz

Pope Francis’ new encyclical “Lumen Fidei” is available for download in pdf form here: http://www.romereports.com/pdf/inglese.pdf. No time to chat. Must get on with the reading…

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N.T. Wright coming to Melbourne

Posted on July 4, 2013 by Schütz

I just found out today that N.T. Wright will be in Melbourne for two day seminars on July 16 and July 17. Details here.

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I have to start blogging again soon…

Posted on July 3, 2013 by Schütz

If I could have one [financial] new year’s resolution, it would be: to start blogging again. The fact is that there has been a lot on my plate lately, and blogging has come a long way down the list. Yet, … Continue reading →

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Twitter!

Posted on June 6, 2013 by Schütz

No time to blog, so I have opened a Twitter account. Please follow me @scecclesia Update: my twitter feed is in the side bar on the right…

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St Philip’s New website

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Schütz

You should be getting used to these long silences by now – I have been busy. So has my parish priest, Fr Nicholas Dillon. He has been working on setting up a new website for our parish of St Philip … Continue reading →

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New Anima Education Courses

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Schütz

For those in Melbourne, I want to bring to your attention two upcoming courses with Anima Education: 1) A Day Seminar on Saturday April 27, 10am to 4pm, at St Benedict’s Parish in Burwood. This will be a one day … Continue reading →

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Pictures from the Easter Vigil at St Philip’s, Blackburn North

Posted on April 6, 2013 by Schütz

I have been a little under the weather this week, with that common ailment “post-Easter lurgy”. Unlike “post-Christmas lurgy”, which is usually the outcome of eating and drinking too much, “post-Easter lurgy” is what comes down on you when you … Continue reading →

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Was Fr Cantalamessa’s Good Friday homily “evangelical”?

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Schütz

In a combox to a previous discussion, I raised the point that on Good Friday Fr Cantalamessa, the pope’s preacher, preached on the topic “Justified as a gift through faith in the blood of Christ”. Lutheran Pastor Mark Henderson commented … Continue reading →

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Happy Easter, Folks!

Posted on March 31, 2013 by Schütz

I pray and trust that your Easter celebration is/has been (or will be, for our Eastern brethren and sistern) a blessed one. We did everything in good order at St Philip’s parish in Blackburn North, under the leadership of our … Continue reading →

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And you wanted a Pope to reform the Curia?

Posted on March 30, 2013 by Schütz

Pope Francis joked at his audience with the press corps that one of his brother cardinals suggested he should take the name “Adrian”, since he was going to be a reforming pope. I am pretty sure that one went over … Continue reading →

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