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This event organised by the Archbishop’s Office of Evangelisation looks good. I’ve just rearranged my Thursday night schedule so that I can be there. You might want to go along too (if you are in Melbourne), as it will address … Continue reading →

I just found today the following quotations taken from Bishop Christopher Prowse’s Installation homily in Sale on July 15 (from the “Stones will Shout” newsletter). He certainly struck the right note. Please pray for +Christopher and the Catholic people of … Continue reading →

I was listening to Christopher Hitchens hold forth on a podcast lecture the other day about the way primitive man came to associate thunder with the anger of God through a chance rumbling at the very moment he engaged in … Continue reading →

Some of you know that I am an enthusiastic amateur exegete. Well, not that amateur – considering that my theology degree gave a very heavy emphasis to training in the original languages and exegesis of scripture as the underlying discipline … Continue reading →

No, I am not adopting an American accent, I am attempting to coin a new word. Is it not remarkable that in our English language, we have a word for being concerned with matters of the Spirit (“spiritual/spirituality”) but not … Continue reading →

Joanna Bogle, the British Catholic journalist and author (and fellow blogger), is in town. Yesterday she opened the Freedom Publish Bookshop for the Thomas More Society and launched her new book (A Yearbook of Seasons & Celebrations) at the Caroline … Continue reading →

But we wish them well and pray for their efforts nevertheless.

I have just read through this statement – JEWS AND JUDAISM: A STATEMENT BY THE UNITING CHURCH IN AUSTRALIA – from The Uniting Church Synod of Australia’s Task Group on Christian Jewish Relations. In general, it is a very good … Continue reading →

Yesterday was, of course, the Feast of the Assumption, the only other Holy Day other than Christmas Day not to have been shifted to a Sunday here in Oz. We have a reasonable number gathered at my local parish for … Continue reading →

Over three days in Ballarat in September, I will be presenting a short intensive Anima Education course entitled “Turning Points in Church History”. If you can come, you would be most welcome! Just phone Maureen on the contact number below. … Continue reading →