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“During his weekday audience this week on the topic of the Second Coming of Christ, the Holy Father was interupted by an unexpected visitor… (Source: Vatican Radio)“ ________________ HT for this one to Fr Z. Of the captions suggested on … Continue reading →

HT to the Ironic Catholic for this one. Go here to unleash Myers-Briggs on your blog. My result was INTP, which is fairly accurate, except that I usually come out as an ENTP. My inner “I” is a significant reality … Continue reading →

Solemn Mass in the Ordinary Form/Use of the Roman Rite (Novus Ordo) “ad orientem”, in Latin with Gregorian Chant at St Brigid’s Catholic Church, Fitzroy North On the last Sunday of each month. Next Mass: Sunday, 30 November 2008 at … Continue reading →

A friend (currently working in the area of Catholic social service) just asked me about the meaning of John 10:10 “I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.” The question was how this “life” refers to the … Continue reading →

This is from Crikey.com under the title “Anti-gay bigots on Roxon’s mens’ health taskforce”: Marsh and Williams seem to have rather peculiar views on some male health issues. Worse than peculiar, actually. Downright evil is a term that springs to … Continue reading →

ROFTer = Reader of First Things As you know from my frequent references to this journal, I am, and I think very highly of the founding editor, Fr Richard John Neuhaus. If you are a reader of/subscriber to First Things, … Continue reading →

Reports (see here for New York Times) are circulating in the media today about a letter written by Pope Benedict to his friend and one-time co-author, the former president of the Italian Senate Marcello Pera. The “headline” of the reports … Continue reading →

Caroline Chisholm LibraryWednesday Lunchtime Talk Asceticism & Passion: St Augustine, Max Scheler & Pope Benedict XVI – On the Place of Desire in Life. Br Vincent Magat O.P. 1-2 pm, Wednesday 26th November, 2008The Caroline Chisholm Library3rd Floor\358 Lonsdale Street … Continue reading →

Okay. This was going to come sometime. So, if you are Lutheran or Catholic, or was once either and are now the other, I need your help. The question came from my 10 year old daughter at (Catholic) Mass last … Continue reading →

Fr Neuhaus reports in his latest ramble in First Things a change voted by the American bishops in the United States Catholic Catechism for Adults. That book aims at being a more accessible, some would say dumbed-down, version of The … Continue reading →