As lockdown continues, we try to discern some fruits of lockdown this time around.

Pope Francis has been in Hungary and Slovakia and gave a notable speech to the Clergy, Religious and Seminarians of Slovakia. We discuss what he had to say.

Finally, we chat with Sam Sterland from NCLS about the upcoming 2021 National Church Life Survey.

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As lockdown roles on, so do the Zoom Meetings! We discuss how we're dealing with all the time on Zoom.

The Plenary Council is approaching and it will be held online. This week, there was an article about Matthew Brown, a delegate from the Catholic Diocese of Bathurst and past guest of the show.

Finally, Mary Wright joins us to discuss how her faith deepened as she went to work at a Catholic School and during World Youth Day pilgrimages.

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COVID comes close to the Orange Parish, with a parish employee testing positive! We discuss Fr Karl's week dealing with this event.

Vaccinations are very much a topic of discussion and so we talk about the need to get vaccinate and what the Church, including Bishop Michael has to say. We also discuss an article by former guest Daniel Ang.

Finally, we are joined by guest Steve Buckley, to discuss his life as a teacher in Rural communities and his work in prison chaplaincy.

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Lockdown continues and so we discuss ways of dealing with lockdown.

Later, we are joined by Julian Carson to discuss his work with Indigenous communities and recent changes in government policy to Close the Gap.

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As the COVID situation worsens, the whole diocese, and indeed the whole state are now under stay-at-home orders. This means public liturgies and gatherings are cancelled around the diocese. We discuss the first days of lockdown.

Centrecare have created some resources for parishes to help people deal with lockdown. We discuss them.

Pope Francis' Wednesday audience brings up some interesting points about the role of the law in the life of a Christian.

Finally, we are joined by Peter Woods from CSYMI to discuss youth ministry in schools.

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We discuss the COVID19 Situation, including an addendum to update the situation with the latest statewide lockdown.

Bread Come Down from Heaven is coming to its conclusion. We talk about the success it has been across the diocese.

We discuss the culture of invitation and the perceived business of priests, which sometimes keeps them from their people. In this discussion we also discuss the importance of table fellowship generally, and how nice it is as a priest or deacon to be invited to somebody's house for a meal.

Finally, we interview Max Norden from Journey Catholic Radio, as we discuss his journey as a Catholic and his involvement with both RCIA and Catholic Media.

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With a recent lockdown affecting the Orange and Blayney areas, we discuss our experience of lockdown and the effect that COVID is currently having in NSW and throughout Australia.

With the Census coming up and the National Church Life Survey around the corner, we discuss the importance of good data.

Pope Francis recently released a video discussing his prayer intention for August. We discuss this and evangelisation more generally.

Finally, we are joined by Melinda Dwight to discuss her journey of faith and Alpha.

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Orange District has been in lockdown and so have both of the hosts. We discuss our experience of lockdown and the extension of the Sydney Lockdown.

This week is Vocations Awareness Week. We discuss vocations and the need to not live an aimless life.

We discuss some of the liturgical changes that have been made during Pope Francis' pontificate and talk about why he has made them.

Finally we interview Deacon Diep Nguyen, newly ordained Deacon for the Diocese of Bathurst, as he shares the story of his faith and path to ordination.

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With Sydney still in lockdown and restrictions all across NSW we discuss the effect this is having on normal life.

We discuss the Diaconate Ordination of Diep Nguyen and Thao Nguyen, which was effected by these restrictions.

The Pope is out of hospital. We talk about what he got up to while there, and his message for the world.

The inaugural Grandparent's Day is coming up this weekend. We discuss the centrality of grandparents in our lives, particularly in the lives of Christians.

"Bread Come Down From Heaven" begins. We discuss the first session and encourage people to participate. You can watch the first video here.

Finally, Fr Reynold Jabonetta joins us to discuss his journey from the Philippines to Australia, and tells us about life in the Filipino church.

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Lockdown has extended - we discuss what this means for life in our diocese and across NSW.

Pope Francis has recently been in hospital for a routine operation. We chat about this and what it means for the running of the Church when the Pope is out of action.

Last Sunday was Sea Sunday (Stella Maris). We discuss the hidden importance of seafarers in our lives.

Finally, we are joined by James Arblaster, seminarian of the Diocese of Woolongong, who shares the story of his faith (albeit in a shorter interview - the original attempt to record was effected by an internet drop-out!)

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