Author Archives: Schütz

On a slightly more hopeful note than the opinion pieces regarding Anglican/Catholic unity below, there is a great interview with Archbishop Hilarion of the Russian Orthodox Church on the National Catholic Register’s site here. Here are some snippets: What in … Continue reading →

My previous father-in-law (yes, I have had two of them in my time – and two mothers-in-law) had a saying about modern technology: “All this cleverness we’re learnin’ “. Well, I’m learning a bit of cleverness with my new iPhone … Continue reading →

For your interest, I offer here links to two opinion pieces recently written regarding the establishment of the Anglican Ordinariates and the continuing official international dialogue between the Catholic and Anglican communions. The first is by a Catholic journalist in … Continue reading →

Here is a media release reporting developments for the Australian Ordinariate. MEDIA RELEASE FESTIVAL CELEBRATES THE AUSTRALIAN ORDINARIATE An Australian Ordinariate Festival was held at St Stephen’s College, Coomera, Queensland, between February 1 – 3. Anglicans from all States came … Continue reading →

You hear a lot of WWJD theology today, ie. “What would Jesus do?” unfortunately, this type of thinking usually relies on a person’s own picture of the kind of person Jesus was, eg. a welcoming person who never had a … Continue reading →

Ooooh! This is exciting: a new, “third edition” of the Catechism, especially designed for teenagers, and cleverly named “YouCat” (short for “Youth Catechism”, but also reminiscent of YouTube etc.). I don’t know when the English edition will be out, but … Continue reading →

The following statement from Archbishop Denis Hart was issued to the Melbourne Archdiocese on Friday: English translation of the Roman Missal Friday 4 February 2011 The only altar missal in English approved for Australia, with the Australian supplement and variations … Continue reading →

After writing the post below, I discovered this article on Sandro Magister’s site “A Glimmer of Light in an Egypt of Revolt”. Magister’s lead into the article is not very hopeful, and stresses the real dangers of the situation – … Continue reading →

This story was in The Age today: Local Coptic Christians fear extremist takeover Farah Farouque February 2, 2011 THE Melbourne head of the Coptic Church in Australia said his congregation, who have strong family links to Egypt, had been praying … Continue reading →