Tag: Karl Schmude
Darkness at Christmas
Those who suffer can remember that at Christmas the earthly darknesses yield to the light of Bethlehem
Despite the name of “Christmas”, Christian symbols are...
Karl Schmude: Christmas and the Cathedral
One Christmas Day an unhappy French teenager walked into the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris. He came to High Mass, more out of...
Defender of the Faith: Fr Paul Stenhouse MSC
Tributes poured in for the legendary priest, journalist and editor, Fr Paul Stenhouse MSC
Les Murray – a daily sacramental poet
When Les Murray received an honorary D.Litt degree from the University of New England in 1990, he began his acceptance speech in an unusual...
Karl Schmude: Lent’s subversive signs
In the tributes paid to the legendary broadcaster Mike Willesee on his recent death, there were many references to the recovery of his Catholic...