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There is a conversation at the very beginning of Douglas Adam’s classic “The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” that goes like this: PROSSER: But Mr. Dent, the plans have been available in the local planning office for the last … Continue reading →

I’m a monarchist, not because of any attachment to the English monarchy, but because I believe constitutional monarchy is a better option than republicanism. Australian Republicans need to sort out what their beef is: is it with the fact that … Continue reading →

From Pope Benny’s Homily for St Joseph’s Day: “Work is of primary importance for man’s fulfillment and the development of society, and this is why it is necessary that it always be organized and developed in full respect of human … Continue reading →

I have just updated my other blog “Year of Grace”, which tells the story of my conversion to the Catholic Church. I found a passage from an earlier version of my journal (which had not been edited) and thought I … Continue reading →

No, I haven’t gone professional, but I am doing a couple of public appearences around the traps. Two events coming up: 1) March 29th at the Chelsea Interchurch Council to be held at St Chad’s Anglican Church in Chelsea. We … Continue reading →

Do you want to learn something about your local Church? Take a look at Cardinal George Pell’s “omnium gatherum” on JPII’s post-synodal exhortation “Ecclesia in Oceania”. The paper, which was given in Rome at a Convention on the 40th anniversary … Continue reading →

I have just gotten hold of Charlene Spretnak’s “Missing Mary: the Queen of Heaven and her re-emergence in the modern Church”. I have been having a little email conversation with Charlene since I blogged about her review of “Is the … Continue reading →

I saw her! I saw her! And do you know what she was doing? She was “passing by”—and quite fast for that matter. On the way to lunch at the Exhibition Building here in Melbourne at about 1pm Wednesday afternoon. … Continue reading →

My family and I are in Bendigo at the moment staying with a very close friend of mine, the local Lutheran pastor. We celebrated my 40th birthday together yesterday, so I am feeling officially “old”. Almost instantly upon my arrive, … Continue reading →

Benedict XVI is an innovator. He has introduced an entirely novel mode of Papal pronouncement called “The Question and Answer Session”. He did it first with the priests of the Roman diocese in May 2005, then again at Aoste in … Continue reading →