Catechiwi: The Commandments, Episode 3
Fr Merv Duffy, SM, and Gavin continue to work through the Ten Commandments in the July episode of Catechiwi. This month, it’s commandments five and seven: Thou shall not kill and Thou shall not steal. As we’ve found with the other commandments, there’s often a lot more to them than meets the eye.
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Catechiwi: The Commandments, Episode 2
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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Catechiwi: The Commandments, Episode 1
Catechiwi returns on a new date — the first of the month — as we start a series of podcasts on The Ten Commandments. Fr Merv Duffy, SM, the dean of studies at Good Shepherd College in Auckland, returns as our expert guest as he and Gavin Abraham discuss the first two Commandments. New episodes of Catechiwi will now be released on the first of each month.
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Catechiwi is moving
Hi friends,
Just a quick note to advise you that Catechiwi, our educational podcast — though you learn something from all our shows, right? — is moving from its old spot of the 8th of the month to the 1st of the month, starting from May. Check back on May 1 for the next episode of Catechiwi, every Monday for a new episode of Ignition and on the 15th for the mother show, The 15th Station.
Keep an eye out for a couple of new shows in the next few weeks as well.
Catechiwi: The ministerial priesthood
In our final episode of 2010, Catechiwi welcomes back Bishop Patrick Dunn as he talks about a topic he literally wrote a book on: Priesthood. Bishop Dunn speaks about some of the theological aspects of the priesthood as well as offering some personal insights into his own vocation.
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Catechiwi: Heaven, Hell and Purgatory
Fr Neil Vaney talks to Catechiwi about ultimate destinations. What does the Church have to say about heaven, about hell and about purgatory?
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Catechiwi Special: Australasia’s First Saint
On October 17, Pope Benedict XVI will canonise Blessed Mary MacKillop, making her St Mary of the Cross (MacKillop). Mary, born and raised in Australia, was a co-founder of the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart and spent approximately four years of her religious life in New Zealand. She encountered major obstacles along the way, but responded to them with charity and humility. In a special episode of Catechiwi, Sr Ann Neven, RSJ, speaks with Gavin Abraham on Mary MacKillop’s life and legacy just days before the canonisation. It’s the story of an Aussie battler — one who Kiwis can also claim.
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Five proofs for the existence of God
As the western world sees an increase in the number of people claiming to be atheists or at least have no religion, this month’s episode of Catechiwi looks at St Thomas Aquinas’s five proofs for the existence of God. Auckland-based priest Fr Peter Fitzsimons explains the Quinque Viae and he and host Gavin Abraham also discuss the seemingly growing phenomenon of atheism.
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Catechiwi — The Four Marks of the Church
Catechiwi — The Four Marks of the Church Each Sunday, Catholics profess that they believe in a Church that is one, holy, catholic and apostolic. What do those words mean? And how does that differ — if at all — from what other Christian denominations believe? Fr Merv Duffy, SM, explains the terms and their importance to the Faith in the month’s episode of Catechiwi.
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Catechiwi – The Rhythm is Gonna Get You: The Church Year
The Church’s calendar is sometimes said to have a “rhythm” as we cycle from Advent to Christmas through Ordinary Time into Lent, Eastertide and back into Ordinary Time. How did this pattern evolve? When did Christians start keeping Sunday as holy, rather than the Jewish Sabbath? Was Jesus really born on December 25? And does it matter? Catechiwi regular Fr Merv Duffy, SM, sheds some light on those questions and others in this month’s episode.
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