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Here we are on the eve of two of the great feasts in the Church’s liturgical year: Ascension and Pentecost. Bishop Patrick Dunn talks with Gavin this week about those feasts, what they celebrate and their importance to the life of the Church in the first century and still today.

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In this month’s Catechiwi episode, we continue our series on The Ten Commandments started last month. Fr Merv Duffy, SM, talks to Gavin about the third and fourth commandments: Remember to keep holy the Lord’s day and Honour your father and mother. What do those commandements call us to, beyond the literal words? How do they play out in a society about 3000 years removed from the passing on of the Commandments?

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In this week’s episode of Ignition, we share some questions and answers following Bishop Anthony Fisher’s talk “Catholic Conscience in the 21st Century”, given as the inaugural NZ Catholic Lecture in 2007. Check the Ignition archives to listen to the three-part serialisation of the lecture.

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In this week’s episode, Bishop Patrick Dunn and Gavin talk about the permanent diaconate, a ministry in the Church and part of the sacrament of Holy Orders. The diaconate has its roots in Scripture, but has not been in constant use. It has experienced a resurgence in the past 40 years, including in New Zealand.

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In this week’s episode, we conclude Bishop Anthony Fisher’s address for the 2007 NZ Catholic Lecture entitled “Catholic Conscience in the 21st Century”. At that time, Bishop Fisher was preparing for World Youth Day in Sydney the following year, as he mentions in his talk. Bishop Fisher is now Bishop of Parramatta. We’ll start the serialisation of a new talk next Monday.

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“Marriage” has been a word on people’s lips in recent weeks with the wedding of Prince William and Princess Catherine. In this week’s episode of 15 Minutes with the Bishop, Bishop Patrick Dunn talks about the very Christian marriage ceremony the royals had, as well as the Catholic understanding of marriage. He also explains why the Catholic Church places such an importance on marriage as a sacrament.

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In this week’s episode of Ignition, we release part two of Bishop Anthony Fisher’s talk “Catholic Conscience in the 21st Century”, given as the 2007 NZ Catholic Lecture. We will complete the lecture in the episode released next Monday.

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In this month’s episode of The 15th Station, there’s the usual mix of good and bad news as we cover the wonderful occasion marking the beatification of Blessed John Paul II, the death of Osama bin Laden, some good news for the Catholic Church in New Zealand and a couple of other stories that caught our eye. We hope you enjoy the show.

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In this week’s episode of 15 Minutes with the Bishop, Bishop Patrick Dunn of Auckland talks with Icon Media’s Gavin Abraham about the origins of priestly celibacy, the tradition of it in the Catholic Church and its practice today. New episodes of this new show are uploaded every Friday.

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In this new series from Ignition, we serialise the 2007 NZ Catholic Lecture, given by Bishop Anthony Fisher, OP. Bishop Fisher was then an Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney; he is now Bishop of Parramatta. This talk was entitled Catholic Conscience in the 21st Century. Part two of Bishop Fisher’s talk will be released next Monday. Thanks to NZ Catholic for giving us permission to share this talk.

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