COZ088: In their final episode of 2022, Lindsay Sant, Caroline Knight, and Lino Saubolle discuss the importance of Advent as a time of preparation for the coming of Jesus; Caroline discusses Santa science; and the panel talks about their entertainment leading up to Christmas.

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* Advent: a guide for the perplexed | Melbourne Catholic

* Advent and Christmas: Useful links – The Summit Online

* Abstracts | Mike Moyers Fine Art

* The Science behind Christmas | Chemistry And Physics

* The Science of Santa Claus | Tower Fasteners

* The Scientific Reason Why Reindeer Have Red Noses | Science| Smithsonian Magazine

* Watch: The Science Of Christmas

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Hi everyone, This is Dom Bettinelli, CEO of StarQuest, with a special message as we approach the Christmas season.

This past year, the StarQuest Network has continued to expand our mission of exploring the intersection of faith and pop culture through our many entertaining and informative programs.

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May God bless you this Advent, and may you have a blessed Christmas season!

COZ087: The band is back together! After struggling through colds and covid, Lindsay Sant, Caroline Knight, and Lino Saubolle return to discuss how we can be disciples in Jesus’ Mission and Caroline shares some newly rediscovered cockroaches that are actually cute!

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* Missionary discipleship: What it means and why… | Melbourne Catholic

* Extinct wood eating cockroach rediscovered after 80 years – The University of Sydney

* 'Extinct' wood-feeding cockroach rediscovered on Lord Howe Island – ABC News

* Let’s Science #9: The Spiny Leaf Insect

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COZ086: Catch up on all that’s new and upcoming at StarQuest. Lindsay Sant is joined by Dom Bettinelli, CEO of StarQuest to talk about the podcast network’s line-up of shows and future plans.

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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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