Author Archives: Schutz

Promoting Reverence, the Sacred and Beauty in Catholic Liturgy Solemn Mass in the Modern Form/Use of the Roman Rite (Novus Ordo)“ad orientem”, in Latin with Gregorian Chantat St Brigid’s Catholic Church, Fitzroy NorthOn the last Sunday of each month. Next … Continue reading →

Local Jesuit agitator, Fr Frank Brennan, thinks that the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference got it wrong when they made a “blanket determination, in the absence of any published reasoning [???!!!] distinguishing both formal and material cooperation and permissible and impermissible … Continue reading →

Encounter did a full program on the recently held annual Helder Camara Lecture here in the Archdiocese. The speaker was Archbishop Roland Minnerath, a former Vatican diplomat and former Professor of History at the University of Strasbourg, who (as Archbishop … Continue reading →

We Australians are not usually too excited about the things that go on at the US Catholic Bishops Conference. However, this statement–“Faithful Citizenship” is a “how to vote” guide from the recently completed session of the USCBC just in time … Continue reading →

I’m going to make an off-the-cuff, barely-thought-out statement here, just to get some of you excited about the upcoming election. Sorry, I should rephrase that, I hope to get some of you excited over the statement I am about to … Continue reading →

One of the things I enjoy about my job is getting to meet interesting people. I had the pleasure of chairing a meeting of the Boroondara Interfaith Network on Tuesday 13th November, at the Hawthorn Town Hall. The theme of … Continue reading →

A local protestant minister, Dr Rowland Croucher, has a great little site called “John Mark Ministries” where you will find all sorts of stuff. In his latest email to subscribers, there was this little thought, which I thought was quite … Continue reading →

Thanks to Arabella for alerting me to a section of the third chapter in Joseph Ratzinger’s Principles of Catholic Theology: Building Stones for a Fundamental Theology. Entitled “The Community’s Right to the Eucharist? The ‘Community’ and the Catholicity of the … Continue reading →

Over at Cooees from the Cloister, Hardman Window takes Elizabeth Harrington to task about her latest (apparently rehashed) article in Brisbane’s Catholic Leader: “Rules alone won’t do it”. Now, Elizabeth often has good points in her column. But she is … Continue reading →

I’m going to be blogging a bit about liturgy and priesthood etc. in the next few days, but to be getting on with, there is a marvellous article out of the Sydney Liturgical Office by Fr Tim Deeter entitled: “Not … Continue reading →