Author Archives: Schutz

I’m sure EWTN must have something that would be good content–but I want more than just talking heads. I was disappointed with a recent purchase (which I returned today) from Koorong. I should have known better, as it was produced … Continue reading →

It’s old news to most Australian Catholics by now (meaning, it has been known for about 24 hours already), but I still find it somewhat incredible that the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference have actually issued a statement censuring a member … Continue reading →

Following Bob Carr’s advice, I have been listening to an “audio book” of Newman’s Development of Doctrine. Although disconcertingly read by a female voice, and rather too soft at that, it is a reasonably good and clear reading in the … Continue reading →

And as usual, the world’s best Catholic journo (weellll… perhaps equal first with Sandro Magister) speaks sense, and this time in a “local” rag, the Sydney Morning Herald. He compares Denver WYD to Sydney. I have actually read a number … Continue reading →

Well, not really, despite the beat up in the English press (the usual suspects). The Vatican website has always been the “go-to” place to find the original latin of the various decrees and documents of the Holy See. Latin has … Continue reading →

A marvelous point in the Office of Readings on the Saturday before Pentecost Sunday from “a sermon of an unknown African author of the sixth century”: And so if anyone says to one of us: ‘You have received the Holy … Continue reading →

‘Coz they didn’t where I went to mass. Nothing said. No-one moved. Nor did I see any bowing before receiving communion. The very slight changes to our liturgical ritual that were to have begun everywhere throughout Australia today went completely … Continue reading →

Just in case plain English can’t be understood by some, or in case some want to make the new directions say what they do not say, in this AD2000 article, Bishop Jarrett of Lismore in NSW (a convert to the … Continue reading →

John Smyth from VCSYA has sent through this notice that might interest some of you: Speaker – Dr. Nick Tonti-FillipiniTopic – Marriage: Just a Piece of Paper?Date – Tuesday, 13th MayTime – 6.30pmVenue – Dante’s Pub, 150-156 Gertrude St., Fitzroy … Continue reading →

I don’t know if 58 comments is a record on this blog, but the post below called “Stirring Pastor Weedon” certainly generated a lot of interest. But it’s about to fall of the end of this blog page, and go … Continue reading →