Author Archives: Schütz

Wow. I haven’t been this sore since my first day on the Aussie Camino in 2014 when we did 36km from Portland to Cape Bridgewater via Nelson Lighthouse. That’s where I met Sean all those years ago. I also completely … Continue reading →

It’s on again! Tonight we are back in Eden, NSW, where we finished off the second leg of our pilgrimage last Easter from Orbost in Victoria. To this point we had covered 690km of our overall project to walk from … Continue reading →

Currently our JCMA text reading group is reading Karen Armstrong’s history of Jerusalem. We had quite a lively discussion on this, and will continue it next month after Easter/Passover when we meet on April 10. Coincidentally, a friend of mine … Continue reading →

Sean, Josh and I are currently planning the next section of our MacKillop-Woods Way Pilgrimage (click here for more information), this time from Eden NSW to Ulladulla NSW. Our schedule will be as follows: Monday 16 April: Travel Melbourne to … Continue reading →

I was asked recently to write an article for a Christian congregation’s monthly newsletter. The editor wanted me to answer the question “How to live best alongside Muslims in Australia?” Clearly the question isn’t posed in the way that I … Continue reading →

We had our monthly JCMA Text Group meeting today. Sometimes we choose a genre to focus on, and sometimes a theme. Today was on the theme of “Journey”, as a number of members of our group (including myself as SCE … Continue reading →

        An Australian pilgrimage trail in honour of St Mary MacKillop and her co-founder Fr Julian Tenison Woods. For all posts on the MacKillop-Woods Way Pilgrimage and an explanation of the undertaking, click here. For all posts … Continue reading →

For all posts on the MacKillop-Woods Way Pilgrimage and an explanation of the undertaking, click here. Distance home to Boronia by car: 538km (6hrs 20min driving) It is a fact often overlooked that in the centuries before the transport revolution, when … Continue reading →

For all posts on the MacKillop-Woods Way Pilgrimage and an explanation of the undertaking, click here. Distance: 30.84km. Total Distance from Orbost: 252.34km. Total Distance from Fitzroy: 690km. I woke before dawn on the last day of the 2017 leg … Continue reading →

For all posts on the MacKillop-Woods Way Pilgrimage and an explanation of the undertaking, click here. Distance: 16.58km Total: 221.15km I woke just a bit before dawn and went outside to see pink skies. Red in the morning… and all … Continue reading →