Author Archives: Schütz

On Monday (DV), I am going to meet with the young woman who was our local Greens candidate in last Saturday’s election. Keeping in mind that there isn’t an election coming up, and looking for a positive outcome from this … Continue reading →

In my younger days, Cardinal John Henry Newman (now Blessed) was one of the more significant personalities attracting me to the Catholic faith. Another was Thomas Merton. You may be surprised. Anyway, there it is. I still like to read … Continue reading →

The SCE commentary table has people from all over the world sharing our bottle of port and good conversation, but I was rather suprised recently to find a blog reader in Kazakhstan! Brother Gary Charles writes: We are here with … Continue reading →

Almost. According to latest news tonight, the Coalition stands poised to claim Bentleigh. That will give them the 45 seats they need to form a government with a majority of two seats. And you know what? Not a single Green … Continue reading →

Who is he? The pope whisperer. Why is he in the news? He’s the first journalist to conduct an extended interview with a pope. The result is his book Light of the World. Most appealing characteristic? Dogged determination to get … Continue reading →

I am a little loath to write about this, because I haven’t seen the full address that Cardinal Koch gave to the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity at their Plenary gathering. Usually this is published in their four-monthly journal … Continue reading →

Readers of SCE will recall that some weeks ago I sent a questionaire based on the Bishops’ statement “Your Vote Your Values” to my local candidates. Well, in the end I only got to send it to the three major … Continue reading →

So the news is out this morning of the “clarification” that Lombardo asked for and received from the Holy Father. “I personally asked the pope if there was a serious, important problem in the choice of the masculine over the … Continue reading →

Is anyone having difficulties posting comments? I have had one report of this. If you are having difficulties too, please email me to let me know (I won’t ask you to “post a comment” to this post!).

The “famous last words” of Martin Luther were “We are beggars; this is true.” It is variously expanded upon to suggest that “we are beggars before God“, ie. dependant upon his grace. But this little scrap on the internet (reproducing … Continue reading →