This week we speak to Marist Brother Michael Callinan

Br Michael served most recently on the Marist Mission and Life Formation Team, following nearly twenty years of leadership in the area of Faith Formation in several Marist schools across Australia.

Br Michael has been involved in the ACU Campus Ministry team. In early 2018, Australian Catholic University (ACU) embarked on a new Campus Ministry volunteering program for students. The goal of the program was to create faith-inspired students who would be the next generation of Catholic leaders.

“The Frontier Evangelising program was launched with the intention of forming faith-inspired student teams that engage and inspire the wider student community,” said Br Michael Callinan.

Br Michael talks about his own faith formation and his work as a Marist brother.

This week on the podcast we speak to musicians Gen Bryant & Josh Angrisano.

Gen and Josh are two of the country’s most sought after artists, and they recently came together to record their first collaboration—the song “Revive our hearts”—which they co-wrote especially for the Australian Catholic Youth Festival taking place in Perth this week.

Sacred Heart Mission is so much more than their op shops. Since opening their doors in 1982 to share a meal with the most vulnerable members of the community, they have evolved into an independent non-profit organisation renowned for effectively helping thousands of people experiencing homelessness to rebuild their lives.

This week on the podcast we speak to Sacred Heart Mission's CEO Cathy Humphrey. Cathy first joined the Mission in 2002 working across various areas of the Mission including in Aged Care, Sacred Heart Central, Women’s Services and the Rooming House Plus Program. Prior to joining Sacred Heart Mission Cathy worked in the disability, community housing, homelessness sector for over 23 years. Cathy currently sits as a director on the board of Council to Homeless Persons.

This week we speak to Rhyannon Elliott from CatholicCare about the work they do in Victoria and the upcoming Refugee Dads and Kids Weekend.

The program aims to support refugee and asylum seeker families from all communities, including: Afghani, African, Burmese, Iraqi, Syrian and others.

Find out more here: https://www.ccam.org.au/

This week on the podcast we speak to American writer, public speaker, and leadership consultant Chris Lowney

This week we speak to Professor Gerard Bradley from the University of Notre Dame.

Gerard is in Melbourne for a Freedom of Religion seminar and joins us on the podcast to discuss his work surrounding the topic and shares his opinions on the recent Israel Folau scandal.

This week on the podcast we speak to Cardinal John Dew, the Archbishop of Wellington.

Cardinal Dew speaks about Catholicism in New Zealand, being a "ordinary Kiwi bloke" and his interactions with Pope Francis.

This week we are joined by Karin Clark from the Mary Glowrey Museum and Rachel Naughton from the Melbourne Diocesan Historical Commission to discuss the 'In Their Footsteps' tour of Melbourne and the upcoming exhibition The Invention of Melbourne: A Baroque Archbishop and a Gothic Architect.

Find out more here: http://maryglowreymuseum.info/ and https://www.oldtreasurybuilding.org.au/the-invention-of-melbourne-a-baroque-archbishop-and-gothic-architect/

This week on the podcast we speak to Archbishop Peter A Comensoli and reflect on his first year in Melbourne.

This week we speak to Melbourne based pop duo The SAGA - featuring Alyssa Agius & Georga Byrne.

Georga and Alyssa are two young Catholics who have taken the Christian and secular music world by storm with their debut single ‘Set Fire’.

The pair who currently tour Melbourne's live music circuit formed their friendship serendipitously through meetings and events.

They discuss their relationship with God, how they came to perform together and their plans for the future.