COZ085: Gerry returns! Lindsay Sant and Gerry Trapnell reflect on the meaning of marriage within Catholic belief as a witness to God in the world. Plus they discuss plans to make oxygen on the Moon to support a lunar base, and then the latest TV shows they’ve been watching.

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* Marriage and Family | Melbourne Catholic

* Walking with Families: Pope Francis and the Art of Accompaniment

* The moon's top layer alone has enough oxygen to sustain 8 billion people for 100,000 years | Space

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COZ084: Wrapping up their reflections on the Australian Catholic Church’s plenary council, Lindsay and Lino discuss on how God’s love is found in all of creation. They also discuss several kinds of robots in space, as well as why they’re enjoying The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.

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* Plenary Council Decree: Integral Ecology

* Governance

* Implementation

* The Decrees of the 4th Plenary Council

* Meet the Astrobees! These Tiny, Cube-Shaped Robots Have Arrived in Space | Space

* A Lunchbox-Sized Device Is Making Oxygen on Mars

* Secrets of Middle-earth

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COZ083: There’s a lot to chew on as Lindsay and Lino reflect on the Plenary Council’s decrees on men and women and leadership. They also discuss how chewing has contributed to human evolution, plus playing Hero Quest with the family.

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* Plenary Council

* Decree. 4: Witnessing to the Equal Dignity of Men and Women

* Decree 6: Formation and Leadership for Mission and Ministry

* Chewing burns more calories than you think—and may have shaped our evolution | Science | AAAS

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COZ082: Continuing their reflections on the Australian Plenary Council, Lindsay and Lino discuss the Church as a sacrament in the world; then discuss the imminent Artemis I spaceship launch to the moon; and talk about St. Augustine’s Confessions.

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* Fifth Plenary Council Decree 5

* Around the Moon with NASA’s First Launch of SLS with Orion | NASA

* Space Launch System’s First Flight to Send Sci-Tech Sats to Space | NASA

* Artemis I Map | NASA

* Artemis I – Pushing Farther Into Deep Space | NASA

* Artemis 1 – Wikipedia

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COZ081: This time, Lindsay continues to share some reflections on the decrees of the Australian Church’s recent plenary council, this time on the topic of Discipleship and Caroline shares the fascinating story of the Australian Wollemi Pine and its links to prehistoric Australia and dinosaurs!

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* Fifth Plenary Council Of Australia: Called By Christ – Sent Forth As Missionary Disciples

* Wollemia – Wikipedia

* The legendary Wollemi Pine | Blog – NSW National Parks

* The Wollemi Pine: The Incredible Discovery of a Living Fossil From the Age of the Dinosaurs, by James Woodford

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COZ080: The big news in Australia is the recently completed Plenary Council, and Lindsay, Caroline, and Lino begin their discussion of its results (more to come!), plus they have to talk about the new James Webb space telescope images!

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* Plenary Council | Melbourne Catholic

* Decrees now wait on Rome approval

* Decree 1

* Decree 2

* Plenary Council

* First Images from the James Webb Space Telescope | NASA

* 360 Composite of Carina Nebula

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COZ079: Pope Francis has written a letter about why we go to Mass and Lindsay, Caroline, and Lino share their reflections; Caroline shares news of a NASA rocket launch from Australia; and then they all share the latest shows they’ve been streaming.

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* Apostolic Letter Desiderio desideravi, on the liturgical formation of the People of God (29 June 2022) | Francis

* NASA successfully launches its first rocket from newly created Arnhem Space Centre – ABC News

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COZ078: After a long (involuntary) break, Lindsay Sant and Lino Saubolle are back to discuss Pope St. John Paul II’s address to Aboriginals in 1986; chat about future tourist destinations on Mars; and discuss of Obi-wan Kenobi and Star Trek, plus more.

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* To Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders of Australia in Alice Spring (November 29, 1986) | John Paul II

* Indigenous Jesus: The Tree of Life

* 8 Cool Destinations That Future Mars Tourists Could Explore | Space

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COZ077: As Easter begins, Lindsay Sant and Lino Saubolle share their experiences of the holy day and new traditions they’ve discovered, like the 7 Altars of Repose. Plus 5 alternate credible explanations that the Big Bang Theory replaced and what the guys watched during Holy Week.

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* How to do the Seven Churches Visitation (and what is it, anyway?)

* Easter Vigil 2022: Full text of Pope Francis’ homily | Catholic News Agency

* 5 failed alternatives to the Big Bang theory and why they didn’t work | Space

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COZ076: Happy Easter! Lindsay, Lino, and Caroline discuss Mary Coloe’s explanation of how St. John’s Gospel shows we are children of God; get an update on the James Webb Space Telescope; and discuss what’s been entertaining them lately.

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* Session 10: The Passion – Becoming Children of God – Sr Mary Coloe, PBVM – YouTube

* James Webb Space Telescope Crosses Major Milestone | Time

* James Webb Space Telescope completes another stage of instrument alignment | Space

* Webb Completes First Multi-Instrument Alignment – James Webb Space Telescope

* ESA – What is ‘red shift’?

* Who is James Webb? Nasa Telescope named after Space Agency boss – what did he do and who named the telescope? | NationalWorld

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