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The period between Epiphany and Ash Wednesday is known in some Catholic places as Carnival, a time to celebrate before the penitential season of Lent. Tom and Noelle Crowe Tell us that in many places it is far from the bacchanalia of the popular imagination with many family friendly customs.
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On August 21, 1992, federal agents engaged in firefight on Ruby Ridge, Idaho, that started an 11-day siege of the Weaver family which left a mother and her son dead. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli ask how the situation started, who was at fault, and how did it all go so disastrously bad.
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Like everyone else, Lindsay, Caroline, and Lino watched Easter from home, including the first ever televised Easter Mass on a commercial station in Sydney. Plus their reactions to the “Chosen” TV series everyone’s talking about and how turning COVID-19 into music helps find a vaccine.
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Gene Kranz was an unsung hero of NASA’s golden age of manned spaceflight. Tom and Noëlle Crowe tell us that as director of mission control, he oversaw dozens of Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo flights, including Apollo 11 and 13. And his Catholic faith underpinned his “failure is not an option” spirit that characterized his tenure.
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Happy Easter! Lino Saubolle joins Lindsay, Caroline, and Gerry for laughs and light-hearted discussion around the virtual Easter table on advice for home-working from a priest and an astronaut; an astrophysicist who had a magnet accident when bored; and Pope Francis’ recent Urbi et Orbi blessing.
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Lindsay and Caroline discuss how we can stay spiritually alive and deepen spirituality while waiting out the pandemic, including ways to be less anxious, participate in Mass online, and make a spiritual communion. Caroline also explains the science of soap and hand sanitizer and why both are okay for washing bacteria and viruses.
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This time, Lindsay, Gerry, and Caroline discuss the Catholic origins of the Filet-O-Fish sandwich; the science behind coronavirus, panic buying, and what the Archdiocese of Melbourne is doing; plus Lindsay and Caroline share how personal family crises at the beginning of Lent brought their families together in prayer.
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James Braddock was a rags-to-riches-to-rags-to-riches story of the 1920s and 30s, and was heavyweight boxing champion, winning in a stunning upset victory. But as Tom and Noelle Crowe tell us, he was also a devoted family man and devout Catholic who never forgot the charity he received at his lowest time of his life.
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Rose Hawthorne was born into 19th century American literary royalty, but as Tom and Noelle Crowe reveal, she suffered the deaths of family, including a child, and an abusive husband. That didn’t stop her from converting to Catholicism, starting a Dominican community, and founding homes for terminally ill cancer patients.
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Babe Ruth was the greatest baseball player of all time, but he was no saint in his personal life. Yet, as Tom and Noelle Crowe reveal, his Catholic faith remained an important part of his life, expressing itself in his charity and return to the sacraments, especially late in his life.
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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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Margaret Brent may have singlehandedly saved the Catholic colony of Maryland in the 17th century. Noelle and Tom Crowe look at this remarkable Catholic woman who was one of Maryland’s largest landowners in her own right and who fought the right to vote in order to save the colony.
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You may know Fr. Patrick Peyton as the priest who coined the phrase, “The family that prays together, stays together.” Noelle and Tom Crowe tells us that he was also strongly against atheistic communism and worked with the CIA for a time to promote the Rosary in Catholic countries to stop the ideology.
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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 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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Join Lindsay Sant, Caroline Knight, and Gerry Trapnell for a discussion of the surprising conversion of former Australian politician (and former atheist) Bill Hayden. Caroline also gives some info on the Chinese Space Agency’s mission to the ‘dark side of the moon’ and Lindsay shares his personal reflection on the birth of his second son, Alexander, who became a part of the Sant family 9 years after their first son was born. Also some surprising ways in which gaming apps can help to build supportive communities.
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