Author Archives: Schutz

I was rather struck just now reading something in my wife’s AGM report to her parish. She was reporting a comment that was expressed by a guest speaker at one of the gatherings she attended recently. The comment was that … Continue reading →

I am very much enjoying the ongoing discussion on Arcoamaticus’ two blogs, “Glosses from an Old Manse” and Lutheran Catholicity. Of course, in claiming “catholicity” for the Lutheran tradition (if not the Lutheran Church) the dear fellow has set himself … Continue reading →

This Report says that: Deaths from unsafe abortion kill 70,000 women a year, a Guttmacher Institute report has found, leading to a call for further easing of developing nations abortion laws, a move rejected by a US bishops’ pro-life spokesperson. … Continue reading →

In fact, I wouldn’t call it a “principle”, but rather an “aspect” of being “catholic”. Acroamaticus, like many non-Catholics trying to be “small-c catholic”, concentrates on dogmatic characteristics. But the Creeds remind us that there is something else in view: … Continue reading →

Acroamaticus, previously mentioned on this blog, has begun to post on his “Lutheran Catholicity” blog. The first post takes up the challenge for him to try to define “catholicity” apart from communion with the bishop of Rome. He has outlined … Continue reading →

Ever since seeing the David Wenham film “Molokai”, I have had a real soft spot for this saint, and am glad to see he made it to canonisation recently. There is an excellent article on St Damien on the Catholic … Continue reading →

Well. I was excited at first, but now am a little annoyed. The Vatican Website has started puting CTV video coverage of the Pope’s speeches etc. with the relevant document on their webpage. For example, see here, the speech that … Continue reading →

At least as far as the media is concerned. My wife and kids went to the inaugral “March for the Babies” here in Melbourne on Saturday morning. Unfortunately, I couldn’t join them – there was an unfortunate clash of scheduling … Continue reading →

I know that there are plenty of Lutheran pastors in the states who have “come out” as “evangelical catholics”, but Australian Luthero-Catholics (or should that be “Catholo-Lutherans”? The latter is my daughter’s favourite) are fairly thin on the ground. Thinner … Continue reading →

“Homo sapiens [are] a tiny twig on an improbable branch of a contingent limb on a fortunate tree.” — Stephen Jay Gould I came across this quotation today, and it chimed in with my thinking about the recent near-apocalyptic disasters … Continue reading →