Monthly Archives: September 2010

The Western Australian bill for Euthanasia has been defeated! 24 votes to 11! From the SMH “WA euthanasia bill rejected”: Voluntary euthanasia will remain illegal in Western Australia after the bill was defeated in parliament. MPs were granted a conscience … Continue reading →

Is this supposed to be a news story? Basically it amounts to the headline “Man sends email to Baillieu”, which provides a rather flimsey opportunity for the Fairfax media to beat the gay marriage drum once more. We have a … Continue reading →

Thre is a story in today’s Age by oncologist Ranjana Srivastava: “Family’s pain multiplied at pointlessly lingering death”. It tells the story of a dying 97 year old woman and the way her family dealt with the process of her … Continue reading →

According to this report in The Age, Bishop Phillip Huggins has proposed a motion to the National Synod of the Anglican Church (currently meeting in Melbourne) to oppose the moves of the Federal Labor Government to move toward allowing Euthanasia … Continue reading →

Well, okay, I am a few days early, but I don’t want to miss this occasion. On 13th October 2010, my great, great, great grandfather, Johann Gottfried Schütz, turns 200. With a bit of luck, we hope to make a … Continue reading →

The fittingly named “Hochkirche” in Tarrington, Victoria. Well, how about this? I’m doing a bit of research on the net to find out about the burial places of my ancestors, and (Lo and Behold!) I find this German website with … Continue reading →

The Pope quoted Newman in his beatification homily: “I want a laity, not arrogant, not rash in speech, not disputatious, but men who know their religion, who enter into it, who know just where they stand, who know what they … Continue reading →

HT to Adam for this link to a Daily Mail article in Britain: But who can doubt that the Pope’s central theme deserves a hearing in a society increasingly devoted to instant self-gratification? Britain is a country riven by family … Continue reading →

Forget Gay Marriage – the Greens, according the ABC TV news tonight – are going for the jugular: Bob Brown has announced that the first thing on their agenda is to get the law changed so that the Territories have … Continue reading →

The Age today reprinted a part of an article originally published in The Guardian by Andrew Brown on the Pope’s visit to England. Fr Z. has a link to another one, in which Brown declares: This was the end of … Continue reading →