Author Archives: Schutz

Read, learn, and inwardly digest, my dear people. Cardinal Arinze, the Terror of “Northern progressives” from the “deep South”, has issued this gem on the liturgy: Hearts and Minds: thinking about and celebrating the Liturgy. This time last year, Cardinal … Continue reading →

“That’s just what Jesus said, sir.” Ah yes, a quotable quote for every occasion, that’s what Monty Python is. Today’s occasion is the publication of the Brack’s Government’s intended changes to the Racial and Religious Tolerance Act. There are a … Continue reading →

Okay, this one got me hot under the collar some years ago when it was first pushed here in Australia by the Uniting Church and the Lutheran Church. Originally the brain child of Rev. Dr. Norm Habel, it appears to … Continue reading →

I have posted an update on my “Year of Grace” retro-blog about my conversion between Easter 2000 and Easter 2005.

This is amusing. Bishop John Cunneen of the Catholic Diocese of Christchurch, NZ, believes that: “semi-nude jelly wrestling is an odd way to commemorate Easter.” We have to agree.

In my hot little hands, no less. The Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church is a bargain at $17.95 from St Paul’s bookshop in Lonsdale Street (mind you, the full edition is only a few bucks more). Its … Continue reading →

For any of you who have an interest in interfaith dialogue and the meaning of the “religions”, get a hold of a copy of Ratzinger’s “Truth and Tolerance: Christian belief and World Religions”. It is a ripper. I was bowled … Continue reading →

Now I’ve heard everything (or at least a bit more than I have heard before). I have recently been alerted to a move in some circles to discourage parishes away from the practice of reading the cycle of Old Testament … Continue reading →

While I am waiting to get my hands on another copy of “Missing Mary” by Charlene Spretnak, I have emailed her asking her to explain briefly her assertion that emphasising the Church’s traditional teaching on Mary doesn’t compromise the attempt … Continue reading →

Regular readers of this blog will know that I have been reading Charlene Spretnak’s “Missing Mary”. Unfortunately, I have had to return the book to the Joint Theological Library before I finished reading it (it was an interlibrary loan and … Continue reading →