Author Archives: Schütz

About Schütz

I am a PhD candidate & sessional academic at Australian Catholic University in Melbourne, Australia. After almost 10 years in ministry as a Lutheran pastor, I was received into the Catholic Church in 2003. I worked for the Archdiocese of Melbourne for 18 years in Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations. I have been editor of Gesher for the Council of Christians & Jews and am guest editor of the historical journal “Footprints”. I have a passion for pilgrimage and pioneered the MacKillop Woods Way.

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A “verse I never saw” regarding Purgatory?

Yesterday, I was teaching on “The Last Things” at St Benedict’s in Burwood for Anima Education. We picked up where we left off a couple of months ago, with the particular judgement and doctrine of purgatory. For the sake of … Continue reading

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Pope issues Apostolic Exhortation following the (2008!) Synod of Bishops

There’s no rushing the Vatican. Someone asked me the other day when to expect the Apostolic Exhortation for the Synod of Bishops on the Middle East (which has just ended) and I said: We haven’t got the Exhortation for the … Continue reading

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SCE resurrexit!

Like Dr Who, this blog seems destined to undergo regular regenerations. I started back in early 2006 on Blogger (www.cumecclesia.blogspot.com), but found that it was insufficient for controlling “troll” commentators. This time the necessary shift was due to WordPress shutting … Continue reading

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