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Kate Edwards has had a couple of goes at this matter, and today I posted a response on her second post. For the benefit of all here on SCE, I thought I would repost my comments here for your edification. … Continue reading →

Forget “What Would Jesus Do?” – the hottest question around is “I wonder what Yia Yia thinks?”! These three advertisements for Athenos hommous and yoghurt can’t be embedded. But click on the links to the ads on Youtube. HT to … Continue reading →

Sentire Cum Ecclesia must be a little disappointing to its fans these days. I just don’t have that much time to blog. Right now, I am up at Kaloramo in the Dandenongs, sitting outside a closed café overlooking Silvan Reservoir. … Continue reading →

Compare and comment: Genesis 3:1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any other wild animal that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God say, ‘You shall not eat from any tree in the garden’?” … Continue reading →

Almost 50 years after this: We get this: Wikipedia gives this information about Paul VI’s tiara: Pope Paul wore his tiara a number of times in 1963, before, in a dramatic act in November 1963, laying it on the altar … Continue reading →

I just received this from Clara, who sits at our commentary table and shares the port from time to time. I would highly recommend this workshop to anyone who is able to attend. Called and Gifted Workshop June 17 &18 … Continue reading →

Kate’s blog pointed me to a rather bitey tirade against NCR journalist Mr John L. Allen Jnr on the Life Site News website: John Allen’s strategy for legitimizing Catholic dissent. I think they’ve got him all wrong. Here’s my theory. … Continue reading →

Following upon a decision of the Australian Bishops’ Conference, the following short and pointy statement was posted on the Melbourne Archdiocese website today: The Roman Missal Third Typical Edition in English Tuesday 24 May 2011 Archbishop Denis Hart has issued … Continue reading →

I am finding myself severely limited in my time for blogging these days. I hope it is only a temporary situation. Nevertheless, I find that I am commenting only only 5% of the things that I think “I should blog … Continue reading →

I have been having an interesting email conversation with a well-known Melbourne ethicist on the matter of smoking. I was on the defence. He was very seriously trying to persuade me to give up one of my delights, ie. the … Continue reading →