Author Archives: Schutz

…and they are in lurrrvvve. It would be a match made in heaven if they believed in such a place. No, “Deveny meets Dawkins” isn’t the latest shmock horror film to hit our shores, it’s Deveny’s review published in today’s … Continue reading →

In my work in interreligious dialogue, I have often found cause to reflect on the question of the salvation of the unbaptised. Of course, Dominus Iesus is of great importance here, as is the declaration of Lumen Gentium 16 that: … Continue reading →

You will know my mind is focused on the problem of the Tomb of St John at Selcuk in Turkey. Yesterday, a friend told me there was a story about the tomb having been opened and all that was inside … Continue reading →

Just as I was simmering down over Fr John Dear, I decided to go and hear John Bell of the Iona Community speak today. He was being hosted by the Victorian Council for Christian Education and a small crowd gathered … Continue reading →

Those of you who followed my travel blogs will have read about my “discovery” of the Tomb of St John in the ruins of the 6th Century Basilica of St John in Selcuk near ancient Ephesus in Turkey. You can … Continue reading →

I don’t know about you, but I often worry about what I might end up doing when I finally go senile and forget that people are watching me. Okay, maybe this is only a problem I have–but I spend so … Continue reading →

Reflecting further on my little tirade against Fr John Dear below, I realise the difficulty we get ourselves in when we embrace ideology rather than theology. Dear advocates the total renunciation of the use of force (“violence”, in his parlance)–not … Continue reading →

Yes, dear Friends, here is your third opportunity to experience the treasure which is our Catholic Liturgy as the Fathers of the Second Vatican Council meant her to be celebrated: In Latin! The next mass of the Glorificamus Society will … Continue reading →

I have blogged about Fr John Dear before. Radio National seems rather taken with him, because months after his visit to these shores, they aired another program starring the starry-eyed priest on Encounter on the 22nd of April (yes folks, … Continue reading →

For those of you following my conversion blog (thanks Dixie for your recent plug), I have just made another entry on Year of Grace from the journal which I kept between Easter 2000 and Easter 2001 describing blow by blow … Continue reading →