Author Archives: Schutz

A little search on the new widget I have added to my side bar (from CatholicBlogs.com) threw up a blogsite called “The Catholic Warrior“. On his page he has two prayers: the traditional “Prayer to St Michael” and the prayer … Continue reading →

I’m catching up with some reading and found this article in The Australian from March 17: Petrol sniffing scourge defeatedThe Australian, by Ashleigh Wilson THE petrol sniffing crisis in central Australia is over. After years of government inaction, dozens of … Continue reading →

OK, one more blog for the night. I was highly amused to read the Pope’s confession of his “weakness” in his conversation with the Roman priestssome weeks back: The Gospels tell us that by day he worked and by night … Continue reading →

We all know by now that the Episcopalian Bishops have rejected the recommendations of the Primates Tanzanian meeting for a Pastoral Solution to the crisis of communion in the Anglican Church. In the meantime, the (Lutheran) Church of Sweden has … Continue reading →

the US Bishops are becoming rather more vigilant than in the past. Who’d have thought that we would ever see the day when the US Bishops Conference Doctrinal Committee actually issued a condemnation of a “Catholic” theologians erroneous assertions about … Continue reading →

I like that Bishop Finn guy over in Kansas City, Missouri. The Lutherans in the area might like to check out what he’s up to. He wrote a bold Lenten Letter–not about generalities, but about a specific scourge of our … Continue reading →

We had some visitors today at the Cathedral in Melbourne: about 40 students from the Tabor Bible College “Year in the Son” course (Tabor is a Pentecostal/Evangelical bible college). James McDonald (the once and future Youth Ministry Director) and I … Continue reading →

Here’s one for all you Lutherans out there. I love playing “spot the Luther reference” with Pope Benedict. He seems to know the great Reformer much better than any other pope has done over the last 500 years! This one … Continue reading →

“Dad, I hope we are going to have lunch before we have tea…” Thus said my daughter at 2:50pm this afternoon. We were in the dining hall at the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral (Sts Peter and Paul) in North Melbourne following … Continue reading →

The other day in the Cathedral at lunchtime Mass, I was merrily sailing through the Lord’s Prayer, only to find myself (to my horror and embarrasment) ringing loud and clear in a solo tenor: “For thine is the Kingdom…” Oops. … Continue reading →