Author Archives: Schutz

Well, I bet that got the attention of at least one reader of this blog… Seriously, Past Elder–a welcome guest of this blog for the past two years–is really beginning to drive me nuts. And I know I am not … Continue reading →

I can’t go (because I am cantoring for 9:30am and 11am Masses in the Cathedral and then going to Anglesea to contribute to a session of the Lutheran Student Fellowship annual conference), but you might be able to (if you … Continue reading →

I sometimes fantasize about being a writer. I don’t know if that’s the same thing as being a “fantasy writer”. Probably not. In my fantasy world, I am living in a little Tasmanian Georgian hamlet on the earnings of lucrative … Continue reading →

Pictures from news.com.au by KYLIE CARRICK, STEVE WILLIAMS, and CALUM ROBERTSONAnd you can watch video here. Well, its been anything BUT a quite week in Pinnaroo, my home town (as Garrison Keillor might have said had he been born in … Continue reading →

You can see a video news report of Bishop Anthony Fisher in Rome for World Youth Day talks at Rome Reports.

On his blog Conversi Ad Dominum, Fr Fenton asks the question “Why are you not Orthodox?” I’ve given my reasons before, but I will do so again in the simplest possible manner. I should split this into two sections: A. … Continue reading →

Everyone needs a round Tuit. They are useful for getting things done (nb. square ones are useless). Everything gets done once you get a round Tuit. Seems like someone in the CDF has gotten one for Christmas. They have finally … Continue reading →

Where’s John L. Allen Jnr when you need him, eh? While the Yanks got a blow by blow account on the net of the goings on at the USCBC meeting in October complete with interviews, background discussion and general gossip, … Continue reading →

The Australian Catholic Bishop’s Conference announced in a Media Release on Monday that Pope Benedict XVI’s celebration of Midnight Mass will once again be beamed into homes, hospitals and nursing homes across Australia via an ABC telecast this Christmas Day. … Continue reading →

In the combox of a recent entry, Perigrinus pointed out the natural tension for a Catholic in a democratic society between “community consensus” and “objective moral law” as the foundation for determining what is lawful. Cardinal Ruini recently made the … Continue reading →