Author Archives: Schütz

I have been reflecting today on the news concerning the Australian Labor Party’s adoption of same-sex “marriage”. Thankfully, the Prime Minister prevailed, and Labor MP’s will be allowed – despite official policy of the party – to exercise a conscience … Continue reading →

“Yet you say, ‘The ways of the Church are “out of touch”.’ Hear now, O Fr Hodgens: “Are the ways of the Church ‘out of touch’? Is it not your ways that are ‘out of touch’?” Ezekiel 18:25 (modified) Once … Continue reading →

Archbishop Mark Coleridge has provided a bit of news about the progress of the “International Commission for the Preparation of an English Language Lectionary” in his latest letter to his diocese, published on the Canberra-Goulburn Diocesan website. (HT to Joe … Continue reading →

UPDATE: I’m sticking this update up here so you don’t miss it. By all means read what I have written below, but as a pre-text, I have since been reliably informed that there will be three editions of the Sunday … Continue reading →

I can appreciate how difficult this news would be for Archbishop Hepworth. I was never an ordained Catholic priest, nor was I an Archbishop, but in the end, the decision that Archbishop Hepworth (and some other priests in the TAC) … Continue reading →

During the week, I contemplated putting in a business plan application for a new iPad at work. Turns out, on reflection, that I don’t really (REALLY) need it and it would be an unwarranted expense. But Mr Jobs certainly had … Continue reading →

I found the link to this Catholic Herald article on the making of the new CTC missals on Fr Z’s blog. It is absolutely fascinating. Spend a bit of time reading it to appreaciate the beautiful new Missals we have … Continue reading →

When one sees the headlines to an article on the internet such as “Who actually holds the keys of the kingdom?” and “Who controls the Catholic Church’s agenda?”, one hardly expects to find that the major subject of that article … Continue reading →

By a young woman named Fatma who was sitting behind me in the conference featured on the note paper.

Occasionally you hear that the Extraordinary Form attracts a certain kind of mass-goer. Well, if it is true, it seems to include people who are generally gifted on the technological side (perhaps you have to be to understand and work … Continue reading →