In this week's episode of Curiously Catholic, we interview Hemi Ropata, a 4th year Marist seminarian. Coming from a Maori Anglican background in Ōtaki, before lapsing into Agnosticism, Hemi encountered the Mass and the deep peace he found in it. Hemi journeyed and was accepted into the Catholic Church in 2014.

Hemi and Dom discuss the challenges and similarities unifying Te Ao Māori and Catholicism in Aotearoa. Similarities touched on include: whanau, hospitality, ritual, prayer, whakawhaungatanga, beliefs on the human person and whakapapa all feature in this episode.

Below is a link to Pope St John Paul the Great's Homily of 1986 in Auckland NZ

https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/homilies/1986/documents/hf_jp-ii_hom_19861122_auckland-nuova-zelanda.html

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Curiously Catholic is an Evangelion production and is one of the many things the apostolate is doing to share the truth of the gospel with the love of Christ. Check us out at evangelion.co.nz

This week on the Curiously Catholic Podcast, we chat with the dynamic Deacon Harold. We learn a bit about how God has shaped his life, sharing how the phrase “God writes straight with crooked lines” became prominent in his life.

Deacon Harold shares about the integration of the life of prayer within the domestic life, utilising the ‘gap moments’ to enter prayer when schedules are interrupted. He reminds us of the human dignity we possess and how we, as humans, reflect God in and by our lives. He reflects on masculinity and femininity and what the culture tells us, compared to the truth we believe.

Check out more of Deacon Harold at:

https://www.deaconharold.com/

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Curiously Catholic is an Evangelion production and is one of the many things the apostolate is doing to share the truth of the gospel with the love of Christ. Check us out at evangelion.co.nz

This week on Curiously Catholic, we got to chat with Brendan Malone: father, husband, founder of Lifenet Charitable trust, ex-director of the Hearts Aflame Catholic Summer School and a worker in ministry across Australia and New Zealand.

Drawing from his experiences as a cradle Catholic, evangelical and reconvert to the Catholic faith- Brendan shares his thoughts on ministry and his experience in the Church. He touches on the stigma surrounding pro-life health professionals and other challenges in sharing the message of life. Brendan brings his experience with Activ8 and pro-life training to talk about the role of Catholics in living out the faith through the pro-life message with love.

Find out more about Activ8, Lifenet and Brendan’s work below:

https://lifenet.co.nz/

https://activ8nz.org/

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Curiously Catholic is an Evangelion production and is one of the many things the apostolate is doing to share the truth of the gospel with the love of Christ. Check us out at evangelion.co.nz

In this episode of Curiously Catholic, we meet Archbishop Paul Martin, the recently appointed coadjutor Archbishop of Wellington, New Zealand. Dom discusses with the Archbishop what it is like to enter his new role and how he sees his place in the Church and diocese.

Together they explore the fruits that have come from recently completing the Exodus 90 spiritual exercise and the impact it has had on their lives.

Curiously Catholic is an Evangelion production and is one of the many things the apostolate is doing to share the truth of the gospel with the love of Christ. Check us out at evangelion.co.nz

In this episode of Curiously Catholic, we have a chat with Bishop Michael Gielen, the Auxiliary Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Auckland. He shares his early life and his journey in faith which began in his childhood and to his appointment as Auxiliary Bishop. Bishop Michael talks about the head and heart in our loving and understanding Christ and how we can use this to grow our relationship with Him.

What is discipleship? We pose this question to Bishop Michael and explore this universal calling in first being disciples and then to disciple others.

Tune in to learn about discipleship and more with Bishop Michael Gielen in this episode of Curiously Catholic!

Curiously Catholic is an Evangelion production and is one of the many things the apostolate is doing to share the truth of the gospel with the love of Christ. Check us out at evangelion.co.nz

In this episode of Curiously Catholic, we chat with Fr Mark Mary of the Franciscan Friars of Renewal who you may recognise from his work with Ascension Presents. Fr Mark Mary's life with the Franciscan Friars in a community in New York in comparison to Dom's life studying nursing and being both a dad and husband is vastly different, yet the call to Catholic witness is the same. What does this look like?

Tune in to hear about the "Prophetic Life" and how we, as laity can live as witnesses to the person of Christ!

Check out Fr Mark Mary's latest publication "Habits for Holiness- Small Steps for Making Big Spiritual Progress" here:

https://ascensionpress.com/products/habits-for-holiness-small-steps-for-big

Curiously Catholic is an Evangelion production and is one of the many things the apostolate is doing to share the truth of the gospel with the love of Christ. Check us out at evangelion.co.nz

In this week's episode, we talk to the vibrant Christopher West about the deepest desires of the human heart and the beautiful answers to be found within the Theology of the Body. Find out what is meant in the phrase "God wants to marry us" as Christopher shares how his encounter with the messages of love found within the Theology of the Body touched all aspects of his life, transforming it for the better!

Curiously Catholic is an Evangelion production and is one of the many things the apostolate is doing to share the truth of the gospel with the love of Christ. Check us out at evangelion.co.nz

In this episode, we meet Fr Matt Crawford and get to know some of his story of reconversion and journey to the priesthood. Fr Matt shares his thoughts on Evangelizing the Culture, speaking to the barriers of Sin, Satan and fundamental misunderstandings around the philosophical concepts of Truth, Freedom and Love. Drawing from his experiences in daily life and as a teacher and priest, Fr Matt gives us tools and compels us to evangelize the culture.

Curiously Catholic is an Evangelion production and is one of the many things the apostolate is doing to share the truth of the gospel with the love of Christ. Check us out at evangelion.co.nz

In this episode, we pick the brain of a former kiwi Anna Abrahams, who is now based in Aus. She has lectured in Auckland's Seminary and is now living the married life and taking care of the liturgical formation of the permanent diaconate in the Sydney Archdiocese. We discuss the Mass, who invented liturgy, and what even is the point in it, this was a great episode and really eye-opening and brought even the smallest prayers we have in the Catholic Church to life in a new way.

Curiously Catholic is an Evangelion production and is one of the many things the apostolate is doing to share the truth of the gospel with the love of Christ. Check us out at evangelion.co.nz.

Ladies and Gents another fantastic episode of CC, In this Episode we interview Matthew Herman-Tague who works for Parousia Media, and also was one of the speakers at Evangelions' inaugural "In His Name" conference (check it out at Parousia On-Demand). In this interview we talk about prayer, and how Matt has been able to offer his chronic pain up to God to not only live a full life but go beyond the expectations of Drs and excel in many areas.

Curiously Catholic is part of the Evangelion Apostolate, to find out more about the work we do and support our mission of sharing the truth in love, check us out at www.evangelion.co.nz. God bless