Author Archives: Schutz

A Catholic visitor to my office today saw the portait of the person on the left hanging in my office, and suggested that it might be the person who is pictured on the right. After I picked myself up off … Continue reading →

Today, I had a good email conversation with Fr Lawrence about his letter. We came to an agreement that indeed the issue in the CDF Responses on the Doctrine on the Church are about communion with the Bishop of Rome … Continue reading →

In the same edition of The Tablet (subscription only) to which I refer in the blog below, there is an article by Nicholas Lash (Norris-Hulse Professor Emeritus of Divinity, University of Cambridge) entitled “Churches, proper and otherwise”. Again, I reproduce … Continue reading →

On a number of projects, including the upcoming Orientale Lumen Conference, I work closely with Archpriest Fr Lawrence Cross, who teaches at Australian Catholic University. (What is an “Archpriest”, I hear you ask? It is the highest rank that a … Continue reading →

I just want to say a quick thank you to all who have left comments on my blogs over the last week or so. There have been lots of you, and some new comers too. Welcome one and all! Many … Continue reading →

Our Archdiocesan archivist Rachel has dug up for me an old service order with this on the front cover: Melbourne 1973 A Meeting of the People of God sponsored by the Fortieth International Eucharistic Congressand the Victorian Council of Churches … Continue reading →

I’ve got to stop doing these silly quizes that one picks up from here and there. This one “What’s your theological worldview?” I got from Per Christum. Any way, here’s my result: You scored as a Evangelical Holiness/Wesleyan You are … Continue reading →

Catherine Deveny is not my favourite journalist/comedian. Scratch that. I hate her. No, scratch that, that’s unchristian. I loathe absolutely everything she writes. (Hate the sin, love the sinner). BUT AT LAST, she says something that I can truly agree … Continue reading →

For those of you far away who have never had the inestimable pleasure of meeting me in person, you can now establish a “virtual” aquaintance by watching this video of an interview I gave on our local Community TV station … Continue reading →

For those of you following my conversion story on my “retro-blog” Year of Grace, there is a new entry for you to read.