Jack & Lizzie start their new series on the sacraments by looking - quite naturally - at Baptism. What is it? And how does it change us? What does it mean to be baptised people?

The book Jack mentioned isn't called 'What's in a name?' at all, but rather The Power of the Name, by Kallistos Ware

Jack and Lizzie continue with the Discovery Course from CCO. They also talk about Trump, Biden, politics, Covid, Snow and why Lizzie's mic sounds funny. Enjoy...

In a rare unplanned episode, Jack and Lizzie discuss vaccine ethics, Catholic humour, ecumenical councils, 'Catholic guilt' and the Primary of Conscience.

Note that this episode was recorded before the new Covid rules were announced and Lizzie (poor Lizzie!) was put in to Tier 4.

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Here's the stuff we mentioned:

Unvirtuous Abbey Facebook Page
O Come, Emmanuel (Folk Angel)

This week, Jack and Lizzie discuss the latest Encyclical from Pope Francis. Yeah, it's like a really long letter where the Pope teaches us stuff - and this one's really good. It's got a lot to say about the world we live in. So, sit back as Jack and Lizzie talk about Francis, Trump, Biden, Nukes, War, Politics, and - of course - banter!

Here's the YouTube video Jack was on about!

We're back! Admit it - you've missed us, right?

In this first episode of the new season, Jack and Lizzie go through the 'Discover Course' from CCO and talk about the Love of God.

Despite the title, the episode isn't actually really about the aforementioned Cory Asbury song, but here is the video Jack refers to.

Just a quick one to explain that we're on a summer break and we'll be back in September with some great new content.

To be honest, that explanationpretty much nails it, but you should probably listen to this very short trailer anyway. I mean, it's only six minutes of your life, it makes us look more popular and, you know... banter!

Have a good summer you lovely people.

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In possibly our most awesome episode yet, we're joined by a brand new priest. 

Father Tom Kent was ordained on Saturday July 11th, just six days before we recorded. He sat down to speak to us about his journey, his training, what it's like being a priest and whether (as Jack suggested) he looks at bread in a different way now he's got the power to turn it in to Jesus..?

A really moving interview, and a great insight into faith and priesthood!

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Here's the link to the online Youth Ministry course featuring Jack and Lizzie: https://www.castleriggmanor.co.uk/engage 

This time, we take a look at some common myths about the Catholic Church that we might hear from our non-Catholic-but-still-Christian friends. Do we worship Mary? Do we think confession is like a carwash? Do we think the bible doesn't matter that much? Do we think there's a scorecard up in Heaven?

The answer is clearly NO. Wanna see how we get there?

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This week, Jack and Lizzie talk about sainthood and a few of their favourite saints. These are the guys and girls we talk about:

The big ones:

St John Paul II
St Bernadette
St Therese of Lisieux
St Michael the Archangel
St Philip Howard
St John Bosco

And the ones we briefly touched on:

St Clement of Alexandria
St Wilfrid
St Augustine
St Thomas Aquinas
St Dymphna
St Blaise (not spelled 'blaze' as Jack thought when he was typing this!)
St Anthony
St Catherine of Sienna
St Teresa of Avila
St Hildegard of Bingen 

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Join Jack and Lizzie as they take apart some commonly held - yet totally untrue - assumptions about the Catholic Church. Did the Church help Hitler? Do we hate the gay community? Is the Church full of abusers? Are we anti-women?

I mean, it's not the most laugh-out-loud episode, clearly, but hopefully still worth your while.

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Here's some resources we mention in the pod:

The Chosen (again!) - It's just great

TheMediaReport.com 'Fast Facts' - This site is a little militant but the information it gives about the abuse scandals and how they were reported is generally accurate.

Pope John Paul II: Letter to Women - As recommended by Lizzie.