Catechist's Guide to the Galaxy (Bob Cast Sydney‪)‬ Jeremy Brown

Today I'm joined by labourer and devout Catholic, Matt Varnes. In this open and frank diagoloue, we discuss the ups and downs of Matt's faith journey, the challenges and rewards of parish life, and explore the attention the Latin mass is receiving. 
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We meet Alex, who shares his impressions about his first Mass. How does a non-believer who values tradition see a rite so heavily imbued with symbolism and passed down over millenia? Listen to find out!
 
4:15 First time at Mass
5:15 Catholic institutions and separation of church and state
6:08 Being conservative and needing structure
7:08 Pomp and circumstance of religion, and why you go to church
8:30 Jordan Peterson and our role in society
10:15 Role of priests in Mass
11:15 William Wordsworth on the beauty of creation
13:30 Humility and marrying God
14:20 No sex before marriage and Love
16:15 Is just the Bible enough, and singing in the choir
18:20 Is Catholicism relevant? Does it need to be? And why God created silicon
19:30 God has a plan for us
21:20 Starting on a new diet
23:25 Going to Mass as a measuring stick for your spirituality
25:15 Fostering a relationship with God
27:10 Giving up faith and giving into despair
28:00 Spreading the Gospel and wrapping up

Today I'm joined by Social Worker and committed Catholic, Sam Tyler. We look at Thomas Aquinas' application of the scriptures in the "living out" of emotions. Are emotions good or bad? Do they define us? And is OK to "go with the flow" of our feelings? Listen in to find out!
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004:05 Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica and Five Proofs for the existence of God
007:45 The Passions and how they relate to Sin
012:10 Types of Passions (concubispable and irascible)
013:50 Rightly Ordered Love
017:55 Hate is absence of Love or apprehension of something repugnant, and how it relates to Sin
021:30 Desire and aversion, and anxiety disorders 
025:12 Delight and Sorrow
026:50 Anger in response to injustice
029:00 All Souls Day and being purged of sins through Grace
032:05 Ordering the mind and not defining yourself by your emotions or being dismayed by difficulty
040:20 Holding onto special moments and treasuring God 
042:35 Hope and Despair 
053:18 Fear
057:50 Relativism and emotional reasoning vs objectivity
1:02:00 Men, emotions, anger and stress release
1:06:25 Effect of Technology on emotions, disconnecting and getting a dumb phone, online dating and using technology the right way
1:14:45 Why it’s worthwhile to identify emotions and order them rightly
1:16:50 Closing



In the Name of the Father film https://youtu.be/bG1igo2ciI4. 
 

In the episode we look at capitalism and its impact on modern society. Considering inflation in Australia and the debate on cost of living, does capitalism help or hinder us? To answer this, I'm joined by Tony Youself, a fellow Christian, husband and tutor. Tony uses plain English to help us understand this system, its history and find out its consequences.
You may be surprised by the answer.
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Mary grew up in a Catholic household, so like Jareth, she is a so called “cradle Catholic.” We hear her testimony today, growing up in a devout, traditional and community oriented Catholic family. The Gales are a cornerstone of Catholic life in Katoomba. You probably don’t realise it, but if you live in the Upper Blue Mountains and are Catholic, you have met a Gale.
Mary is an active member of the Legion of Mary and has discerned monastic life, even becoming a nun for a short time. So quite apart from sharing the namesake, she is a great person to ask about the significance of the Virgin Mary in the prayer life and apostleship of Catholics.
Legion of Mary is a lay organisation founded by an Irishman named Frank Duff in the 1920s. Its members around the world have many responsibilities which form their apostleship, including missionary work, evangelisation, prayer, social work, supporting the clergy and most importantly, drawing inspiration from Mary as the perfect model of how we must follow our Lord and Saviour.
For more information of the Legion of Mary in Australia:
https://legionofmary.org.au/
 
3:45 Introduction
5:00 Discerning religious vocation
10:30 Catholic family life
11:05 importance of daily prayer
12:30 Catholic VS Protestant services
14:25 history of the rosary
20:35 Spirituality of rosary prayer
22:20 why we pray the sorrowful mysteries
23:50 Legion of Mary and Frank Duff
25:30 organisational structure of The Legion and work
28:30 Miracles on Tap: Incredible Transformation of Dublin's "Bentley Place" by Frank Duff
29:00 Legion hierarchy and intention of members
33:10 Practical Guide to Catholicism
33:20 and Legion as a spiritual army and spiritual warfare
38:47 Screwtape Letters
40:05 talking about Jesus
40:27 committing time to church groups and lay organisations, living life for God
46:50 advice to people giving up their faith
50:10 Edel Quinn missionary in Africa
53:50 social justice in the church and joining The Legion of Mary
59:50 Legion handbook as a compendium to Mary and where to find it
1:06:15 Legionary promise
1:09:20 Closing

Jareth is choir director of St Canices's Katoomba with a background in law and history. On this podcast we analyse the trappings and benefits of growing up in a Catholic family. We answer this important question: Why continue in the faith,  and do cradle catholics even have any real faith? We answer this, and much more. Listen in for details.
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2:15 Introduction and St Canice's choir
6:00 Origins of BoB Sydney
6:30 why Catholicism? Why go to mass?
7:45 growing up as a"cultural Catholic"
9:50 histororical gravitas of the Catholic church and why it works as a social institution
13:05 Going to a Catholic school
14:40 Responding to anti-Catholic criticism
16:50 Developing virtue in oneself
18:45 Being a virtuoso singer in a parish choir
20:40 Connecting with practising Catholics
23:05 How being part of the choir adds to the spiritual experience
25:00 How Christianity added to the Jewish tradition
26:00 Isn't just The Bible enough?
31:55 We need to adapt to the church not the other way around
33:10 Serving in the choir at family funerals
35:00 Justifying your existence and allowing other people to suffer
41:00 Jareth's history at St Canice's Church Katoomba
42:20 Definitions of different singing parts in a choir
43:18 Analogies used in teaching choir
43:55 Bell Canto singing and value of Analogies
46:00 Hillsong VS Catholic church music
47:15 Reducing tension in singing
49:55 Choir as participation in the community
54:55 Jareth's goals for the choir
01:00:55 Beauty of mass
01:01:20 Becoming more religious without being too pious
01:05:15 Wrapping up