Author Archives: Schutz

Driving to work on Friday, I switched on 774 (our local ABC station) and heard Red Simons declaring: “I’m with the Church on this. I’m with the Pope.” What? Had Red got religion all of a sudden? Slowly the facts … Continue reading →

“Our Tracey” is becoming quite prolific these days in the popular media. She has a new essay on Ratzinger’s opposition to “Sacro-Pop” on the ABC Religion and Ethics site. Of course, this subject is the source of endless debate. As … Continue reading →

News just in says that Pastor Terry Jones of the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Florida, has decided to cancel his plan to hold a “Koran-burning day” tomorrow. Thank God for that. But you must agree that he was … Continue reading →

This story in today’s Age, “Four-way struggle to care for baby E” eloquantly demonstrates precisely why “gay marriage” is a bad idea. The State supports and encourages and safeguards marriage with all the power of the law BECAUSE it is … Continue reading →

Does Australia Have A Government Yet? I am not disappointed by the choice, although I would have been happy to see Tony Abbott as our PM. In the current context, to be handed government is to be handed something of … Continue reading →

Hat tip to William Tighe for this one. Some of you might be interested. See: http://gottesdienstonline.blogspot.com/2010/08/about-face.html. To help you understand, traditional Lutheran liturgical theology divides the liturgy into “sacramental” parts (ie. God to man) during which the pastor faces the … Continue reading →

What a strange thing it must be to be a Catholic in Great Britain at the moment. It seems like every opinion about the Catholic Church under the sun is coming home to roost in the expectation of the holy … Continue reading →

I just happened to see this on our media roundup email this morning, a letter in The Australian about the Green’s policy of seeking reintroduction of Death Duties: AS the parent of two sons whom I love dearly, I can … Continue reading →

I have mentioned that I had the pleasure of meeting Gil at the “Christian Traditions” course at CAEC. He has a very nice blog called “Catholics Down Under” at www.ozcatholic.blogspot.com, which I have added to the blogroll.

Sorry for those SCE readers who might prematurely have drawn the conclusion that the host of this ‘ere blog has carked it. The silence of the last few days has been due to the fact that I have been in … Continue reading →