Author Archives: Schutz

Have you discovered this website yet: The Catholic Thing? The short snappy and to-the-point articles are written by reputable chaps and a few chappesses. They’ve been going since June this year, but I have only just picked up on them, … Continue reading →

I was recently surprised to be told that there is a large body of scholarly research emerging that has shown the common Christian assumption that Jesus invented the practice of praying to God as our Father is false. Doing some … Continue reading →

My wife came home yesterday with a beautiful little book she found in a local secondhand book store called “Angels are my Friends”. You might be surprised to find that this is a Lutheran production, from Concordia Publishing House, and … Continue reading →

Yes, I’m reading Cooees again at the moment… You can tell, can’t you? And I am a little bit miffed by the fact that (working diligently as I have been today – actually, social club Christmas lunch at the Park … Continue reading →

Dame Edna reacts in horror when she turns up to the liturgy to find that the sanctuary is wearing the same colour as she is.HT to the Cooees boys – I couldn’t have found a better picture to describe the … Continue reading →

I guess that in the future we will have children in our state who will be very puzzled by the (increasingly) archaic celebration of Father’s Day. Especially since, with the passing of the Assisted Reproductive Treatment Act, children will be … Continue reading →

Doing some research for another project, I came across this from the Holy Father’s trip to Turkey in November 2006, in his Address to the Diplomatic Corps in Ankara: Turkey has always served as a bridge between East and West, … Continue reading →

Here’s a thought experiment. How many of you would be comfortable if the State were to recriminalise homosexual activity? Let us imagine a situation in which the punishment for the “crime” was imprisonment, not a fine or a hanging. While … Continue reading →

I am currently putting together our office’s “Bulletin”, a sort of Yearly Report of our activities. In connection with this, I reread the Holy Father’s address to representatives of other religions when he was here for World Youth Day. Here … Continue reading →

Finally at the end of a long comments discussion here, PE and I reach a point of agreement: First, he makes it clear that when he says “the Catholic Church is a preposterous and monstrous sham” he is not saying … Continue reading →