Author Archives: Schutz

Well, I just finished watching EWTN’s coverage of the Divine Liturgy for the Festival of St Andrew (and the Translation of the relics of St John Chrysostom and St Gregory the Theologian) at the Cathedral Church of St George at … Continue reading →

“Hey, this is fun, isn’t it?”

When Anglican Rowan Williams was visiting Rome last week, the Vatican Information Service announced that “On the afternoon of Sunday, November 26, prior to his departure, Archbishop Williams will preside at an Anglican liturgy in the Basilica of Santa Sabina … Continue reading →

If you are trying to follow the Holy Father’s trip to Turkey, you can’t do better than get over to www.einews.blogspot.com, the Ecumenical and Interfaith Commission’s new Newsblog. Here you will find all the commentary and the news (almost) as … Continue reading →

Was it Bugs Bunny who used to say “I must have taken a wrong turn at Albuquerque”? Well, Intelligent Design is a theological Alberquerque if ever there was one. I have just returned from a presentation on ID made to … Continue reading →

I have to hand it to Marco, this one is really funny.

My grandparents lived in an isolated farmhouse in the middle of a large holding in Northern Victoria, far from any main roads. Whenever, therefore, they heard the sound of a vehicle (a rather infrequent event), my Grandmother would call out … Continue reading →

Ah, the way it should be. Psalm 133:1 “How very good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity.” See this website: www.patriarchate.org

Three news items caught my attention last month, and I have hesitated about blogging on them, because I don’t really want to cast nastertiums on anyone. I was just interested in the way the stories played off against each other. … Continue reading →

Barney Zwartz, our local erstwhile Religious News reporter for The Age, has cobbled together a report on the latest rumours about the next BIG THING to come out of Rome, this time on the old “Condoms and AIDS” chestnut, in … Continue reading →