Author Archives: Schutz

It’s amazing what some people will take as a “news” story. The good folks over at the National Catholic Reporter office thought this was worthy of a paragraph or two in their rag: Sash trouble at cathedral (Nb. You will … Continue reading →

Jesus said that those without sin can ‘throw the first stone’. I am not without sin (that’s why I go to confession) and my attempts to amend my way of life have been singularly unsuccessful (which is why I keep … Continue reading →

You have to ask yourself: What makes an “expert”. Forget the old joke about drips under pressure, and have a look at this example. Rev. Mark Durie has just published a book called “Revelation? Do we worship the same god?” … Continue reading →

I have become guilty of the blogger’s cardinal sin: failing to make a regular posting! Mea culpa and all that, but I do have an excuse (he said, trying to justify himself): I have been very busy doing interfaith things. … Continue reading →

Thank you, Fr Marco, for this great link to the ECUSA Presiding Bishop Elect’s first sermon after her election. The theological gymnastics required to make the following statement are worthy of an Olympic Gold Medal. “Our mother Jesus gives birth … Continue reading →

It seems that in the midst of life, we continue to be in death. After the death of Fr Peter Cross, and the tragic accident which resulted in the loss of two young SVD students (one a newly ordained deacon), … Continue reading →

I have just watched “Murder in Rome” on the ABC. It was a dramatisation of Cicero’s first case: the defence of Sextus Roscius against the charge of patricide in 81BC. I have read Steven Saylor’s “Roman Blood”, the first in … Continue reading →

I have made a new entry in my Year of Grace conversion story blog.

I went to hear Fr Fuellenbach (see here for an example of his work) last night at the Cardinal Knox Centre. He has been visiting Australia in recent days and is due to speak at the Geelong Ecumenical Conference next … Continue reading →

While we’re at it (as they say over at First Things)… I have always had my doubts about the Jesuits at the Vatican Observatory. Not their science, mind you, which I am not qualified to judge, but their theology (which, … Continue reading →