Author Archives: Schütz

Having just had the pleasure of watching the Royal Wedding on several free-to-air channels here in Australia, I fear that we will have to resort to watching the “other big event” this weekend on the Internet. EWTN will have coverage, … Continue reading →

Well. That was, without doubt, the best wedding sermon I have ever heard. The Bishop of London is to be commended. Complete with a quotation from St Catherine of Siena “whose feast day it is”, and ending with the Maundy … Continue reading →

In the Green Guide in today’s edition of The Age (on page 6) there is a story about a new six-part series by Tony Robinson (aka “Baldrick”) called “Approaching Australia with Ignorance”. Sadly this new program, starting on Tuesday at … Continue reading →

On the eve of the Royal Wedding, there is a very intelligent debate taking place on ABC TV at the moment on Q&A. It will be well worth catching up on iView if you have missed it. I like listening … Continue reading →

This Easter, I have been a Catholic for 10 years. My last service as a Lutheran pastor was on Palm Sunday 2001, and that year I attended the Easter Vigil at Our Lady of Perpetual Succour as a self-identifying Catholic. … Continue reading →

I said I would let you know when the photos from last Thursday night’s ceremonies at St Aloysius were available and here they are. All the pictures from this week at the Catholic Community of Blessed John Henry Newman are … Continue reading →

My daughters were complaining the other day about the “long readings” during Holy Week. “We know the stories”, they said. My wife and I have been encouraging them in return to listen carefully to the readings during for “something new” … Continue reading →

I am reading Adam DeVille’s “Orthodoxy and the Roman Primacy” at the moment. And a thought has occured to me. In one very useful chapter, DeVille surveys the writings of recent Orthodox theologians on the Roman Papacy. Most seem to … Continue reading →

It is predictable that, come the Easter Weekend, there will be a number of articles in the newspapers on religious matters. Interesting to read this year’s offerings in The Saturday Age (which arrived a day early yesterday). The editorial (“Let’s … Continue reading →

Last night, I attended a kind of liturgy which has (in all probability) not been conducted in Australia for forty years: a “solemn pontifical mass” for Maundy Thursday at St Aloysius’ Church in North Caulfield, the home of the Catholic … Continue reading →