Author Archives: Schutz

Should terminally ill people (ie. people who will die in less than 9 months) have sex (of the good, ol’ fashioned, non-safe, un-protected, could-make-babies kind)? Or more specifically, should terminally ill women do this? I simply ask because I was … Continue reading →

Again, for those interested, here is the link to the homily I gave at St Patrick’s Catholic Church in Murrumbeena on Thursday at an ecumenical service for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. The title is “Grass Roots Ecumenism … Continue reading →

I was asked to write an article on “The Unity of God in Christian Doctrine” for the next issue of a local interfaith dialogue journal called “Dialogue Asia-Pacific”. For those of you interested, here is a preview.

Cathy and I are real fans of Margaret and David. To the point of imitation. We have our own monthly column in her parish newsletter called “Cathy and David At the Movies”… Anyway, tonight’s program was good. Margaret and David … Continue reading →

These three ugly fellows (Reader: You can talk, Schutz!) were my companions in recent days at the 2008 JCMA (Jewish Christian Mulsim Association of Australia) Conference. They are Dave Moskovitz (a Jewish New Zealander), John D’Alton (Antiochian Orthodox Priest, preivously … Continue reading →

Spengler has an interesting entry on the First Things blog: “Italian Jesuit Attacks Magdi Allam”. You will remember the issue (Sandro Magister at www.chiesa covered it in depth): Magdi Allam was the nominal Muslim whom the Pope received into the … Continue reading →

We have spent many kilobytes on this blog arguing about the necessity (or otherwise) of ordination by a bishop in the apostolic succession for a valid priesthood. What we haven’t talked about is: Does it even matter? I mean, what … Continue reading →

Source: The Age Date: June 01 2008 (With apologies to Dan Harrison and Melissa Fyfe who did a very nice job writing the original article) FILMS, plays and other arts projects that feature extra-marital sex would see their government funding … Continue reading →

…well, at least for his Wedding. And no, I am not implying by that that he and his beloved were married according to the rites of the Catholic Church or by a Catholic celebrant–as far as I know, they used … Continue reading →

Make no mistake about it: Sydney Anglicans are Protestants and they ain’t finished protesting against us yet. But at least they do not extend their protestations to inhospitality, and that is something. Dean Phillip Jenson, the brother of the Sydney … Continue reading →