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Australia Day, Chinese New Year, and the summer holidays kept Lindsay Sant and Gerry Trapnell busy with their families visiting a gondola ride, Legoland, the Melbourne Museum, and a kite festival. They also discuss some Catholics honored for their good works on Australia Day and news reports of mismanagement of charity spending on bushfire relief.

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Happy New Year! Lindsay Sant and Gerry Trapnell discuss the Australian Catholic Church’s response to the country’s bushfire crisis; talk about a Stacey Trasancos interview on how faith and science work together; and then give their reviews of The Rise of Skywalker and the boardgame House of Danger.

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To end the first year of Catholic of Oz, Lindsay and Caroline reflect back on 2019 and on their Advent journey to Christmas; discuss theories about the star of Bethlehem; and recommend their favorite Christmas movies in both drama and comedy genres. Thank you for listening in 2019 and we look forward to 2020.

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Kanye’s new “Jesus is King” album makes believers of Lindsay and Caroline in the its potential for evangelization. Plus Br. Guy Consolmagno on the relationship between faith and science and then thoughts on Disney+ and the Mandalorian, as well as a shoutout to Fr. Cory Sticha.

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This time, Caroline and Lindsay are joined by Karlo Broussard, Catholic Answers staff apologist and author of the new book, Meeting the Protestant Challenge. Karlo shares his story of becoming an apologist, his recent trip to Australia, and how his book answers Protestant objections to Catholicism.

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Could Australia’s second saint be on the way? The Archdiocese of Sydney has opened the cause for Eileen O’Connor. Plus Lindsay and Caroline discuss a cartoon that criticized Instagram moms; an all-woman spacewalk; backyard astronomy; and a blob at the Paris zoo.

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How do parents raise their children to be engaged in their faith? Lindsay and Gerry give their tips of what has worked for them so far. They also discuss Melbourne City proposal to label Catholic churches as not safe for children because of objections to laws that break the Seal of Confession.

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In this episode, Lindsay and Caroline reflect on the idea of robot priests; get excited about the SpaceX Starship announcement and the possibility of Mars travel; talk about Office 365 as a productivity enhancer; and consider the Amazon Echo as a baby monitor.

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This week, Fr. Cory Sticha welcomes our friends from Australia, Lindsay Sant, Caroline Knight, and Gerard Trapnell, hosts of the StarQuest’s Catholics of Oz, to talk about how their show started and about being Catholic in Australia.

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In this episode Lindsay shares some insights with Gerry about a recent staff retreat at his school which was facilitated by Fr Rob Galea. They also reflect on the ‘Lost things’ parables of Jesus which was the read from Luke’s Gospel for the 24th Sunday of Ordinary Time. To finish this section of the podcast they discuss Fr Nicholas Pearce’s parish bulletin article about recent Victorian Law changes to mandate priests to break the Seal of Confession to report child abuse. Switching to technology, Lindsay and Gerry discuss Amazon Echoes and other smart devices in their homes and follow up on listener feedback and recent developments in topics from previous discussions.

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Caroline and Lindsay talk about recent funerals they’ve attended, one in person and one online, reflecting on the uplifting aspects of each and how they became moments of evangelisation for family that attended. Plus Caroline gives an update on Pluto and Mars news.

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This time, Lindsay and Gerry reflect on the pastoral visit of Archbishop Peter Comensoli of Melbourne to their parish to help the community heal from some recent scandals.They also tell the story of St Mary MacKillop, Australia’s first saint, and celebrate her impact on the Catholic Church there.

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This week, Lindsay, Caroline, and Gerry share their hopes for the next stage of the Australian bishops’ plenary council set for 2020; have an in-depth discussion of NASA’s Apollo lunar missions (and Australia’s key role), plus astronauts partaking in communion on the Moon; and share their excitement for new Star Trek series.

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New laws in Victoria allowed for assisted suicide to begin in June 2019 and Lindsay, Caroline, and Gerry share their concerns and discuss the response of Victoria’s Catholic bishops and hospitals. Also, news on life on Mars, Killer Whales with Aussie accents, and more.

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Laws that target the confessional seal are popping up in Australia, too, and Lindsay and Gerry discuss the Church’s response and other ways such laws could be exploited. Also getting your family finances in order, plus newfound appreciation for Amazon Prime and Baldur’s Gate 3 is coming!

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Lindsay Sant and Gerry Trapnell discuss the role the Catholic laity can take in evangelisation in the wake of the recent federal election; celebrate the ordination of Australia’s first Torres-Straight-Islander priest; and discuss an international tennis tournament for priests. In the science segment they celebrate the scientific research of Jesuit priest, Fr Richard D’Souza, and his new job at the Vatican Observatory. Lindsay and Gerry close the show with a sigh of relief after learning that the French senate voted to restore Notre Dame Cathedral to how it looked before it was damaged by fires earlier this year.

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We’ve made it to ten episodes! Lindsay Sant and Caroline Knight discuss whether pets can go to Heaven; Lindsay relates his experience of a city retreat with students to explore the problem of poverty in Melbourne; Plus Caroline on why the moon is shrinking.

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Lindsay and Gerry reflect on the Notre Dame Cathedral fire and the actions of hope that came out of it; share a fun fact about beehives on the cathedral roof; and do a wrap up of the main themes of the Australian Bishops’ Easter messages and reflect on what these messages mean after the sadness of the attacks on Easter services in Sri Lanka. Gerry shares his hopes for the International Day of the Family and Lindsay reviews the National Geographic documentary, Secrets of the Tomb of Jesus.

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It’s an Australian perspective on the LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part, as Lindsay Sant, Caroline Knight, and Gerard Trapnell of the Catholics of Oz podcast discuss the pop cultures references and in-jokes of this sequel, whether it measures up to the original, and the themes the movie explores.