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I recently broke a “cast iron rule” I made for myself when I first began blogging. I blogged on an issue directly related to work. That blog entry is gone. I removed it of my own volition. However the issues … Continue reading →

Just a quick entry to say that I am back in the world of the bloggers again after a little family time. On the break, I began reading Ian Ker’s “Mere Catholicism”. I have a few pages to go, and … Continue reading →

Dear Reader, Thanks for visiting Sentire Cum Ecclesia! It’s school holidays here in Victoria, and we have set aside the next week for “family time”. So (by command of SWMBO–as Rumpole would say) there will be NO BLOGGING until Monday … Continue reading →

The Anti-Football League Yes folks, I am now sporting one of these rather nifty little lapel badges and doing my bit for the Anti-Football League (AFL for short). For those of you who are “out of town”, Melbourne is the … Continue reading →

You do it less when you are really busy. And I have been busy of late. Early mornings followed by late evenings. Yesterday began with the Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom at 7:30am in the ACU chapel. Fr Lawrence … Continue reading →

Thanks to Paul Quist for pointing me to the blogsite of Fr Jay Scott Newman, on which there is this excellent reflection given at a recent Aquinas/Luther evening for Catholics and Lutherans (wouldn’t you just want to go to one … Continue reading →

I have just entirely failed in my attempts to upload a video of Bishop Hilarion Alfeyev, Russian Orthodox Bishop of Vienna and All Austria (NOT Australia, Dixie and George W.!) speaking briefly about his St Matthew Passion which will be … Continue reading →

Yes, it’s almost as good as…well, the other thing that comes to mind with that title! Today, at the Orientale Lumen Conference, among Catholics and Orthodox and Orientals, Lutheran, Anglican, Catholic, Ukrainian, Antiochian, Coptic, Russian, Uniting Church, Serbian (…did I … Continue reading →

The Anglican Bishop of Wangaratta has issued the following missive: 22 September 2007 To the People of the Parish of Rutherglen and Chiltern in the Diocese of Wangaratta Dear People of Rutherglen and Chiltern Parish, It is with sadness that … Continue reading →

The young chappie in this picture is none other than the eminent Russian Orthodox Bishop Hilarion Alfeyev, Bishop of Vienna and All Austria. I call him a young chappie, for although he was born in exactly the same year as … Continue reading →