Author Archives: Schutz

Do you want to learn something about your local Church? Take a look at Cardinal George Pell’s “omnium gatherum” on JPII’s post-synodal exhortation “Ecclesia in Oceania”. The paper, which was given in Rome at a Convention on the 40th anniversary … Continue reading →

I have just gotten hold of Charlene Spretnak’s “Missing Mary: the Queen of Heaven and her re-emergence in the modern Church”. I have been having a little email conversation with Charlene since I blogged about her review of “Is the … Continue reading →

I saw her! I saw her! And do you know what she was doing? She was “passing by”—and quite fast for that matter. On the way to lunch at the Exhibition Building here in Melbourne at about 1pm Wednesday afternoon. … Continue reading →

My family and I are in Bendigo at the moment staying with a very close friend of mine, the local Lutheran pastor. We celebrated my 40th birthday together yesterday, so I am feeling officially “old”. Almost instantly upon my arrive, … Continue reading →

Benedict XVI is an innovator. He has introduced an entirely novel mode of Papal pronouncement called “The Question and Answer Session”. He did it first with the priests of the Roman diocese in May 2005, then again at Aoste in … Continue reading →

A colleague here at work recently asked me for my thoughts on the following matter. She was a part of a prayer group in which one member regularly began their prayers by saying “God of Mohammed…” What was my opinion? … Continue reading →

The journal “Ecumenical Trends” is not available online. Which is a great pity, because it has marvellous material in it from the good folks at Graymoor. The latest edition to arrive on our desk contains a short reflection by Ernest … Continue reading →

And, for a certain republican co-worker and son of a Scottish immigrant who will remain nameless (I don’t want to be hauled in front of VCAT for violation of the RRTA), here is a 6th verse that was once sung. … Continue reading →

It’s the national anthem of the United Kingdom, one of the two national anthems of New Zealand, and the royal anthem of Canada, Australia, and the other Commonwealth Realms, as well as the royal anthem of the British Royal Family. … Continue reading →

I’ve just read the Holy Father’s message for World Youth Day 2006, and it is a ripper. It encourages young people to conform their lives to the Word of God, taking the theme “Your word is a lamp to my … Continue reading →