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Its a funny thing when you find out about local news on Yahoo. I was signing into my yahoo mail account today when I saw the news that a new dean has been appointed for St Patrick’s Cathedral here in … Continue reading →

As a Lutheran pastor, one of my main responsibilities in the parish was catechisation–not just of the young, but of adults also. Mainly this took the form of bible studies, but it also included more in-depth courses on particular books … Continue reading →

Courtesy of the journal “Ecumenical Trends” an article by Dr Richard L. Jeske has just come into my hands. The article is a “review from a Lutheran perspective” of the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC) agreed statement “Mary: Grace and … Continue reading →

Some time ago, Paul T. McCain left a comment on my post “A Cardinal in the Car“: Dave, your comments about the JDDJ are proof positive that you never understood either Lutheranism’s or Romanism’s doctrine of justification.At no point has … Continue reading →

Christine made the following comment in the comment box of “Once a Jew always a Jew”, and I think it deserves a more prominent airing. On Godfrey Diekmann, OSB. Diekmann’s name was somewhat familiar to me because of his ecumenical … Continue reading →

Joseph writes: The sixth of these monthly Solemn Masses, for the 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time, will be celebrated on Sunday 26 August at 6pm. Please feel free to pass this on as widely as possible. RegardsJoseph You can keep … Continue reading →

I loved the bit in Pope Benedict’s recent talk-back to the priests of the dioceses of Belluno-Feltre and Treviso when he said “statistics are not our god“. Last night, I read this from Ratzinger’s 1997 book Images of Hope (English … Continue reading →

Do I need an excuse for this blog entry? I have two: 1) Like the Holy Father, I am a cat lover. 2) Just as it is a fun pastime to put captions to funny pictures of the Holy Father … Continue reading →

At first glance, Bishop Manning’s outburst against “too much theology” seems worrying. Isn’t it precisely in the area of theology that so much is going haywire in the Church today? But reading carefully, I see that what he is saying … Continue reading →

Marco says it was a “Blogger Get Together”, but of course, it was just me and him. Are there any other Catholics blogging in Melbourne who would like to be on the next invite list?