Our 20th episode coincides with 20 years since the Olympic Games in Sydney - we discuss our memories of this time and what our Church has to say more generally about sport, including a document from just 2018 on the topic (you can read it here).

Karl shares his experience of attending the Sydney Archdiocese Priestly Ordinations.

Lisa Bright, from Parramatta Diocese, joins us to discuss how COVID19 has sparked a wave of creativity and her experiences forming communities online. One initiative from this time has been The Well.

Sr Elizabeth Young returns for her second How-To Guide: How to Structure Prayer for Small Groups.

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We discuss the announcement of Fr Michael de Stoop as Rector of the Seminary of the Good Shepherd in Sydney from 2021, and Fr Paul Marshall as Rector of Holy Spirit Seminary in Parramatta from 2022 (after a year of preparation).

We preview the ordination of four new priests for the Sydney Archdiocese (which you can watch here).

We discuss the process of accompaniment as outlined by Pope Francis in Christus Vivit.

We interview Anne Chellingworth from Cairns Diocese who shares her story.

Finally, Sr Elizabeth Young RSM explains how-to use creative prayer with small groups.

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Our 18th episode! We are old enough to vote!

We discuss the announcement of Pope Francis' next encyclical Fratelli Tutti, which will be released on October 3.

The Jesuits Australian Provence has a new Provincial: Fr Dominic Vu Kim Quyen.

We preview the 2020 Christmas Art competition.

We are looking for Youth Ministers for 2021.

We interview Sr Elizabeth Young RSM, and discuss her journey to her vocation, her work in Wilcannia-Forbes and her advocacy work with refugees, which you can read about here.

Finally, Olivia Lee explains how-to share faith with people who don't believe.

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As we enter spring we discuss September as the month we celebrate God's creation. Pope Francis' message for the World Day of Prayer for Creation (September 1) can be found here.

Fr Charles Rue SSC, who grew up in Canowindra, has developed resources to help us enter into the month - they can be found here.

In the light of Pope Francis' Wednesday Audience on Wealth Inequality, we discuss the recent Australian statistics that show the gap is widening.

We discuss the launch of Catholic Mission Month, which will be virtual this year, and we talk about the work our past giving has contributed to.

Olivia Lee, who is the Executive Assistant of the Plenary Council, comes to talk to us about her role facilitating the council, helping connect the delegates and prepare everything so that the council is successful.

Patrick Cooper returns to explain how to begin a men's ministry.

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We discuss the new paper by Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB "A Journey of Discernment - The Plenary Council"

The long-awaited report into Church Governance "The Light from the Southern Cross", with its reading guide, have been released.

We discuss Pope Francis' Wednesday Audience, in which he challenges the injustice of wealth inequality and recommend familiarising yourself with the Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church.

Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP made the news with a Facebook post (which he clarifies in this article). We discuss the tendency we have to react to things online without actually understanding them.

Patrick Cooper, the Diocesan Financial Administrator for the Bathurst Diocese joins us to discuss his faith and stewardship in the Church.

Daniel Ang explains how-to share our faith with others.

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This week, Karl and Josh discuss the recent warning that Archbishop John Wester of Santa Fe gave to his priests about the length of their homilies during the COVID-19 pandemic. This triggers a sharing of experiences where homily time limits were enforced.

We promote an upcoming webinar that will help parishes to interpret Census data to aid decision-making. Father Karl proceeds to provide a strong warning against the use of pie charts, proposing divided bar graphs as an alternative.

The Cowra parish was recently featured in an article about parish renewal, and so we discuss that.

We speak with Daniel Ang, Director of the Sydney Centre for Evangelisation about the Plenary Council and Parish Renewal.

Finally, we debut our new segment "How-To" with Fr Karl explaining how to read the bible.

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Karl and Josh discuss their week and the power of being joyful when spreading the Gospel - don't be a sourpuss.

In anticipation of this week's interview Deacon Josh shares his vocations journey to the diaconate.

Deacon Terry Mahoney joins us to share his own path to the diaconate.

We discuss our plans for a new segment - how-to guides. If you have something you want to know how to do, we will find a way to answer your question. Send your topics to [email protected].

We welcome our new editor Emily Bennett, who is already our cover artist and thank her for her work to overcome our many tech problems!

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Our thirteenth episode recording was riddled with problems!

We discussed the 2020-2021 Social Justice Statement titled "To Live Life to the Full - Mental Health in Australia Today".

We discuss the results of the Bathurst Diocese Easter Art competition.

We chat with Joanne Stewart from Catholic Education, Diocese of Bathurst about her job as Education Officer: Faith Formation and RE.

Finally, we discuss the recent request from the Premier of NSW to wear masks in places of worship.

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A special episode for Vocations Awareness week.

We discuss some return to normalcy with Fr Karl visiting classrooms and Deacon Josh's children returning to weekend sport and talk about a few of the ways that technology has become essenial to the way we manage our life together.

We each share a short version of our vocations story (Fr Karl to priesthood and Deacon Josh to marriage - he is saving his journey to the diaconate for another time!) before inviting on Fr Dong Nguyen who tells the story of how he came to be a priest in the Bathurst Diocese.

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Read by Margaret Gibson

The paper can be downloaded here.

Visit https://plenarycouncil.catholic.org.au/ for more information.

Cover Art by Emily Bennett