Author Archives: Schutz

…even if it is just to read Fr Richard John Neuhaus’ Public Square column. The latest edition is no disappointment. Here is just one snippet on three subjects – but the whole column is worth reading: • For many years, … Continue reading →

There was a lengthy and very enlightening (and generally civilised) conversation in the combox to my earlier posting “Getting a handle on PE’s Ecclesiology”. I was away for most of it, so I thought I would take up a couple … Continue reading →

I thought about keeping it a secret, but then I thought I should share it with all of you. Do you have a big family? Do you have a tight budget? Do you have lots of friends you like to … Continue reading →

Interviews don’t stay on the web forever, so in case it gets pulled off its original website at Livenews.com, here is the full transcript of Fr Peter’s Dresser’s rather lame defence of his sincerity as a Catholic and how much … Continue reading →

Well, these guys are certainly forcing our bishops to act like bishops. Cathnews reports 1) that St Mary’s South Brisbane looks like they have dug in their heels and won’t budge. 2) Bathurst priest Peter Dresser has declared that a … Continue reading →

Well, here’s something nice that happened while I was away: Cooees in the Cloister has become active once again. It seems that Hardman Window (sometime commentator on this blog), Hound of Heaven, the Warden and Mr Public Opinion are all … Continue reading →

As I have said before, there is a Monty Python sketch for every occasion…

Well, they (by which I mean a large percentage of Americans – Republicans and Catechism Catholics excluded) are celebrating like it’s Christmas over on the other side of the big pond. And I must say that they have picked the … Continue reading →

Hi folks! Sorry about that “break in transmission” – I spent Reformation Day, All Saints, All Souls and the Monday and Tuesday of the 31st Week in Ordinary Time with my family and the families of three very good Lutheran-Pastor-friends … Continue reading →

In the combox to the previous posting, Past Elder expounds further on his reasons for rejecting the (“Roman”) Catholic Church and for criticising what he calls “the new religion”, ie. the Post-Vatican II Catholic Church. We’ve treated this topic before … Continue reading →