Author Archives: Schutz

There has been an discussion on the First Things Blog “On the Square” on the terminology of “heresy”, and its usefulness or otherwise in regard to ecumenical dialogue. Well worth reading. Here are the links: Edwards T. Oaks, SJ. “Are … Continue reading →

I wanted to blog on this last December when the issue was current, but didn’t have access to this article in crikey.com. Now I have it. It is a brief news report by Peter Faris QC on the decision to … Continue reading →

You have to read carefully sometimes. I just about fell off my chair reading the First Things blog this morning when I came across this throw-away line by Richard John Neuhaus “Now that I am to be a bishop, I … Continue reading →

I am about to start teaching a course at Anima Education on Monday night on Jewish stories. Actually, its a course on the Bible called “A Walk through the Scriptures”, but it reminded me of something that a Jewish friend … Continue reading →

In my last post, about Orthodoxy and Communio, I referred to a quote from Garuti’s “The primacy of the Bishop of Rome”. I’ve found it now, and it wasn’t Garuti himself, he was quoting the Orthodox-Roman Catholic Committee in its … Continue reading →

Not quite in the same vein as the interview send up of Richard Dawkins that Louise gave us, here is another You-tube presentation entitled “The Santa Delusion: Richard Dawkins for Little Children.” Warning: Do not let your little ones see … Continue reading →

In a comment on her blog, Dixie has included the following quotation from Fr Stephen Freeman: The Orthodox Church has perhaps the weakest ecclesiology of all, because it depends, moment by moment, on the love and forgiveness of each by … Continue reading →

Thank you, thank you, thank you, Louise, for the best laugh I have had in ages. Everyone else, get yourself over to this blog on Purcell’s Chicken Voluntary and watch Dr Terry Tommyrot being interviewed on his latest book “The … Continue reading →

My apologies to any of you who are trying to follow the link to my new posts on my blog “Year of Grace“. I gave the wrong link! Check it out now.

I have posted on my other blog “Sing Lustily and with Good Courage” on Elizabeth Harrington’s latest column In Liturgy Lines. Take a look!