David Schütz GradDipMin, GradDipLIM is the executive officer of the Ecumenical and Interfaith Commission in the Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne. He was a Lutheran pastor from 1992 to 2001 serving parishes in Knox, Frankston and Berwick, and was received into the Catholic Church in 2003. A long term member of the Victorian Council of Churches Faith and Order Commission (both as a Lutheran and a Catholic), David served as Chair of the Commission from 2012 to 2015. His theological interests focus on ecumenism, church history and liturgical theology, and he is also a professional librarian. He is an adult faith educator for Anima Education, a cantor in his local parish and at the Cathedral, and a member of the Australian Rat Fanciers Association.