Author Archives: Schutz

Sometimes life is just not fair. I mean I did say to some one towards the end of our three day Symposium on Death & Dying that when it was all over I intended to go home and go to … Continue reading →

I wonder if someone might not organise an equivalent event in Melbourne? Sorry I haven’t been posting much. We are in the middle of our Interfaith Symposium on Death and Dying and I am having to find a third end … Continue reading →

I was mercifully spared the usual Fairfax breakfast menu over the weekend (I read The Age as a voluntary act of penance…), as the fill-in holiday newspaper deliverer gave us the Herald Sun two days in a row. But I … Continue reading →

I was flicking through my copy of the Manual of Indulgences last night, thinking: If there is a plenary indulgence for Maundy Thursday and one for the Easter Vigil, I wonder if there is one for Good Friday? And lo … Continue reading →

Well, Sentire Cum Ecclesia has been at this WordPress site now for just on a year, and in the last year, readership has returned to and finally exceeded the level of the old Blogspot days. In March 2009, we had … Continue reading →

Here is a little ditty by Heinz Zimmermann that I learnt as a child, which I would like to share with you all. The tune is cheery and bouncy and may be accessed here on midi file. It brings to … Continue reading →

In a recent string, Terra made a comment about paragraph 168 in the Compendium of the Cathechism of the Catholic Church in reference to ecumenism. That paragraph reads: 168. Who belongs to the Catholic Church? All human beings in various … Continue reading →

A reader contacted me just today on a point we discussed some time back, namely, the prevalence (or otherwise) of infant baptism in the Post-Nicene Church. Our case in that instance makes this discovery from our reader all the more … Continue reading →

I have been a little critical of Steve Kellmeyer in the past. But there was one thing I learned from something he said in one of his RCIA podcasts that I have taken to heart, for it is great advice. … Continue reading →

Hi guys! Sorry that things have been a little slow around here for a bit. I have been very busy putting together our Interfaith Symposium on Death and Dying next week. It is going to be a great event, and … Continue reading →