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I have just spent the last three days on retreat at Pallotti College in Millgrove. Lovely place. I go there several times a year for various events, and it was nice to be there again. I was meeting together with … Continue reading →

(Thanks for “pinging” me, Shannon. Rather than ping another blogger, I’m going to do something which isn’t quite kosher: I’m pinging Peregrinus, a regular visitor to this site. I want to know more about him, and figure that, short of … Continue reading →

Thanks to to Online Opinion for reprinting this pro-abortion blog from Audrey Apple’s blogsite, judged to be one of 2006’s best Australian blogs by Club Troppo. Until they invent an x-ray (or should that be a microscope?) for looking inside … Continue reading →

The execution of Saddam Hussein (no I haven’t watched the video–I caught a glimpse of him going to his execution on the TV news at the end of last year and was struck by the way the executioners’ balaclava-masked faces … Continue reading →

In a recent blog, I referred you, dear Reader, to the Website http://whywontgodhealamputees.com/. Louise, of Chicken Voluntary fame commented “Actually, God did heal an amputee. But I’ll have to go find the info.” Well, she is right, and I have … Continue reading →

Here is a startling idea. Contrary to the judgement of many conservative Christians today, the Enlightenment was a “Good Thing”. In whose estimation? No one less than Pope Benedict XVI himself. He praised Vatican II precisely for facing up to … Continue reading →

No, I’m not being silly or sarcastic. I really mean it this time. Here is a snatch or two from Crittenden’s interview with American evangelical-atheist Sam Harris on ABC Radio National’s “Religion Report” before Christmas: Harris: I mean either the … Continue reading →

From letters to The Age in the last few days: “Is part of the Centacare employment contract that only hypocrites be engaged?” – Patricia Watkinson, Hawthorn East “A Catholic friend of mine desirous of joining the Citizens Advice Bureau…was subsequently … Continue reading →

For readers of my irregular serial conversion story retro-blog, “Year of Grace”, I have posted two more entries: Tuesday, September 5th, 2000 – In which I mail my annulment application, converse with my Seminary mentor, and hear about Dominus Iesus … Continue reading →

I’ve been meaning to blog about the current row over the Government’s pregnancy counselling plans, something rational, insightful and convincing, as is my usual practice. But in the meantime, I came across this piece by Louise at Purcell’s Chicken Voluntary. … Continue reading →