Author Archives: Schutz

Here are the videos of last Monday’s hugely successfull and inspirational meeting. Gianna Jessen is an abortion survivor. Watch this and then try to deny it.

I recently received an email from Brian Coyne, the editor of the Catholica website recommending this article by Dr Andrew Kania (a regular contributor to Catholica)in the Tablet: “Let other lights shine”. Except for a slight uneasiness in the way … Continue reading →

That’s a question I put to our local ordinary just before he left for the English Language Liturgical meeting in Vancouver last week. But the full list of delegates to the Synod of Bishops on the Word of God was … Continue reading →

The USCCB has stated that the Church’s position on abortion is based on the scientific fact that from conception we are dealing with a human being and that natural law tells us that it is morally wrong to kill a … Continue reading →

One reason why at the moment Victorian Catholics are intensely interested in the US political race is because we are facing similar issues in regard to abortion. At this very moment, our local house is debating a bill to completely … Continue reading →

No, my friends, I am afraid they do not. I can’t stop what goes on in your head (note the Terry Pratchett quote in the side bar), but I only have a responsibility (ie. my side of the contract regarding … Continue reading →

Notice anything odd about this sentence? An anti-abortion meeting at Parliament House yesterday heard from an American woman who “survived” late-term abortion. (“Brumby stands solid behind bill to reform abortion law”, Paul Austin and Jill Stark, The Age, September 9, … Continue reading →

No, there’s nothing “ordinary” about it at all, at least, not for born and bred Melbournians. I, of course, am excluded from that category. Having been born in South Australia, where at least (acc. to Victorians) they play the right … Continue reading →

Thanks to Christine for the following links: Catholic prayers in Latin and English – pdf fileCatholic prayers in Latin and English – audio filesLittle Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Prime – PDF fileLittle Office of the Blessed Virgin … Continue reading →

…but different. I should have blogged on this days ago, but Catherine Deveny’s column in the Sept 3 edition of The Age (“Much to celebrate after 40 years on the roller-coaster of life”) struck a chord with me. I am … Continue reading →