The Episcopal Podcast

Today we are discussing the virtues and character in film, television and theatre.

Dr Sylvie Magerstaedt – is a Senior Lecturer in Film and Media at the University of Notre Dame Australia

Caitlin West – is a PhD Candidate at the University of Queensland. Her research is on Shakespeare and meaning-making in contemporary theatre performance. She is also the host of the podcast Crash Course Catholicism.

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We're diving into the world of the transhuman. Matthew Tan - Dean of Studies @ Vianney College, the Wagga campus of the Catholic Institute of Sydney Jason T Eberl - Director and Professor @ the Albert Gnaegi Center for Healthcare Ethics

The Episcopal Podcast is an initiative of intellectual formation by Bishop Richard Umbers, auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Sydney.

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Succession – an American satirical black comedy-drama tv series created by Jesse Armstrong. The series has been described as a modern day King Lear and contains many parallels that can be drawn from other Shakespearean plays.

Caitlin West is a PhD Candidate at the University of Queensland. Her research is on Shakespeare and meaning-making in contemporary theatre performance. She is also the host of the podcast Crash Course Catholicism.

Andrew Santucci is a former lawyer, currently unemployed and a fan of Succession.

The Episcopal Podcast is an initiative of intellectual formation by Bishop Richard Umbers, auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Sydney.

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With Co-host Silvana Scarfe

Special Guest, Dr Dawn Eden Goldstein.

Dawn holds a doctorate in sacred theology and is an award-winning author with titles such as Sunday Will Never Be The Same, The Thrill of the Chaste, and My Peace I Give You: Healing Sexual Wounds With The Help of the Saints. Dawn was born and raised Jewish. In 2000, she was baptized in a Protestant community and in 2006 she was received into full communion with the Catholic Church.

In Episode 16, Bishop Richard speaks with Fr. Don Richardson, Dean of St. Mary's Cathedral in Sydney. They discuss Church Architecture and Fr Don's new book, Beauty and Light with Faith.

Fr Don Richardson has been Dean of St Mary's Cathedral since 2016, but his association with the cathedral goes back further. He regards St Mary's as his spiritual home, a sanctuary where people are given a glimpse of the divine even in the midst of life's worldly cares.

As a young working man Fr Richardson worshipped regularly at St Mary's. He became an acolyte there, and in 1985 he worked full-time as the sacristan. It was then that he began to make notes on the cathedral's stained glass windows. A trip to see the great cathedrals of Britain, and his seminary studies from 1986, helped enrich his appreciation for St Mary's. For several years each January, during the seminary summer breaks, he returned to the cathedral to conduct daily guided tours.

Ordained a priest in St Mary's in 1992, Fr Richardson went on to serve successively in the Sydney parishes of Mount Pritchard and Menai. Then, appointed Assistant Priest at the cathedral by Cardinal Clancy in 1997, he remained there until the end of 2003. Fr Richardson subsequently took up the pastoral care of the parish of Dulwich Hill until, in 2009, Cardinal Pell asked him to do postgraduate studies at the Liturgical Institute at Mundelein, near Chicago, in the United States. This study further deepened his appreciation of how the cathedral's stained glass windows can draw people towards God.

Fr Richardson returned to Sydney in 2010 to serve as Parish Priest of Woollahra and as Director of the Archdiocesan Liturgy Office, and he remained at Woollahra until his appointment back to the cathedral as Administrator and Dean by Archbishop Fisher in 2016. He thinks he has the best job in the whole Australian Church.

In Episode 15 Bishop Richard Umbers is joined by Dean of St Pauls College Sydney, Dr Antone Martinho-Truswell and Dr Michael Elias from the CSIRO, to discuss the relationship between the theory of evolution and the Catholic faith.

Dr Antone Martinho-Truswell is Dean of St Pauls College Sydney and Research Associate of the Department of Zoology at the University of Oxford, hiscontinuing research is focused primarily on learning and cognition in birds, primarily using mallard ducklings as a model.

Dr Michael Elias has a PhD in Systematic Entomology and Phylogenetic, and currently works for the Australian National Insect Collection at Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO).

One of the youngest priests to be Ordained in the Archdiocese of Sydney, Fr Jonathan Vala joins Bishop Richard Umbers to discuss his discernment process and seminary formation.

Welcome to the Episcopal Podcast, the show where we apply the life of the mind and the adventures of

contemporary culture and bring it to our experience in Christian living.

Our Guest today is Dr Michael Dauphinais who is Professor and Chair

of Theology at Ave Maria University, Florida, where he previously served as Dean

and Vice President of Academic Affairs. Michael is co-author of a newly

released book titled The Wisdom of the Word: Biblical Answers to Ten Pressing Questions about Catholicism

published by the Word on Fire Institute.

In this episode, Bishop Umbers, Silvana Scarfe and Matt Tan discuss the Four Last Things in an episode on "Eschatology".

Eschatology, Joseph Ratzinger

Bishop Umbers and Silvana Scarfe chat with guest, Thomas Wilson, the Director of Music for St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney.

In this episode, Thomas speaks about the importance of Sacred Music and it's place in the Liturgy, what the day-to-day life of a Director of Music for the Mother Church in Australia looks like, and some tips for those not familiar with sacred music.

Thomas's suggested composers to check-out:

• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
• Thomas Tallis
• William Byrd

Listen to Thomas' podcast Staved Off.

For more information on St Mary's Cathedral Choir, including hearing recordings, click here.

To view online livestreams of Holy Mass and other Liturgical celebrations from St Mary's Cathedral, check out their YouTube page here.