Author Archives: Schutz

Well, this is the strangest “press release” I have ever read. It is a most unusual way to communicate episcopal instruction. Whatever happened to a good, old fashioned pastoral letter? Or a column in the diocesan paper? That aside, we … Continue reading →

who nicked it from somewhere else… I reckon this is probably Brian Coyne’s idea of “Sentire Cum Ecclesia”… (nb. correction: When I say that the Cooees guys nicked it, I meant the picture, not the captions. They are Cooees originals).

In the combox to this blog about the ABC recording of Carols and Lessons in St Patrick’s Cathedral, that ubiquitous and tireless commentator “Anonymous” was incensed (?!) that we should be having a PROTESTANT form of worship in our Catholic … Continue reading →

I haven’t said a lot about the Catholic Muslim Forum that was held in Rome from 4-6 November. I’ve been waiting to hear reactions first. But I had to write a piece for the next edition of Kairos, so that … Continue reading →

I am not an avid reader of obituaries, but this one caught my eye in the paper this morning: Key figure in republic debate: GEORGE GRAHAM WINTERTON Constitutional Expert, 15-12-1946 — 6-11-2008. And in this obituary, I read the following … Continue reading →

I’m guilty – not of uploading Monty Python on YouTube, but at least of linking to pirated copies of their skits on this blog. So I heartily rejoice with the announcement of the Monty Python fellows of a dedicated channel … Continue reading →

Cathnews, in reposting Deacon Keith Fournier’s article from Catholic Online “Will Entire Episcopal Diocese Come into Full Communion with Rome?”, is a little inaccurate in optimistically re-entitling the piece “A moment in history for Anglicans and Catholics”. Deacon Keith himself … Continue reading →

I was very impressed about a month or two ago when I came across the work of one very conscientious English bishop, Patrick O’Donoghue of Lancaster (not to be confused with our own very conscientious Bishop Patrick Dougherty of Bathurst). … Continue reading →

As I went to Mass this afternoon, I almost tripped over the multiple electrical leads leading in all directions. There were several big ABC TV trucks outside the Cathedral, and cameras and pews moved, and all sorts of stuff, not … Continue reading →

Exit polls, schmexit polls, I say. But in any case, some people are fascinated by what the “exit polls” (based on answers asked by pollsters as the voters leave the voting booths) have to say about the “Catholic Vote” in … Continue reading →