Familia – Episode 10
In this month’s edition of the Familia Podcast we explore the questions; how do we best engage with friends and family who have had abortions and how long should a couple be engaged for before getting married? We also discuss Obama’s speech at Notre Dame University, as well as the recent controversy that has erupted over Christopher West and Theology of the Body.
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Station XV – Episode 22 – The rollercoaster show
In this month’s episode we talk about some serious and not so serious stuff: the New Zealand bishops altering their decision on when to kneel at Mass, the report on the terrible historic abuse in Ireland, the Budget and the Church’s response to it, the killing of Dr Tiller, and some great names for Bishops. Don’t forget, you can follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/station15. You can also find us on Facebook, but not yet at www.facebook.com/station15 (as we promised on the show) until Facebook allows us to reserve the name on June 28.
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Familia – Episode 9
This month’s edition of the Familia Podcast features a special interview with Danielle and Becky, our two pro-life interns who have spent the last six weeks participating in our intensive pro-life and leadership formation program. They talk about their experience on the internship as well as their feelings about how the pro-life issues they have been learning about impact upon the wider culture.
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Station XV – Episode 21 – Holy Father’s Holy Land holiday?
In this month’s episode, we cover the Holy Father’s trip to the Holy Land, the Swine Flu restrictions on reception of Communion, the anti-Catholic media bias, offering women who seek abortions the opportunity to view the ultrasound, and Our Lady appearing in a…coffee stain? (http://tinyurl.com/qdu9p9)
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Familia – Episode 8
In this month’s edition of the Familia Podcast we explore the following questions:
1. What are the ‘original experiences of man’?
2. Why did God create people with homosexual desires?
3. How can you counsel people who are pregnant and worried to keep their babies without moralizing?
4. How do you deal with friends who are sleeping together – how do we love them without condoning their actions?
5. When we give our lives to Christ do we really have to cease to exist as an individual?
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Station XV – Episode 20 – Fair-weather Catholics
In our Easter podcast for 2009, we talk about the Mercy Centre in Wellington hosting a relationship seminar for gay and lesbian couples, fair-weather Catholics, Obama and Notre Dame, Amnesty International and a Kiwi trying to change their stance on abortion, the Pope and his reaffirmation of the Church’s teaching on condoms and AIDS, and a 90-year old priest who gives money to the poor!
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Familia – Episode 7
This month’s edition of the Familia Podcast explores the following questions:
– How does a committed Catholic balance the Catholic teaching about contraception with practical realities like saving for a house, etc?
– Is it okay for a couple to say that they just want 3 kids and no more?
– What benefit do married couples get from seeing vocations to religious life and vice versa, and how do you explain why vocations are not necessary in heaven?
– What advice can you give a couple who are considering contraception just for their honeymoon?
– If you are engaged and you wish to be faithful to the Catholic teaching on birth regulation– when should charting of NFP be started?
– Why are there so many Catholics who use contraception?
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Station XV – Episode 19 – More popular than Obama?
In this episode, we discuss one New Zealand bishop’s response to the proposed ‘three strikes’ law, we talk about the terrible situation surrounding some excommunications in Brazil, we look at Pelosi and the Pope, we take a look at the events in South Brisbane and is President Obama more popular than Jesus Christ?!?
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Familia – Episode 6
This month’s edition of the Familia Podcast explores the following questions:
– Why is there such a big divorce rate for couples who have sex before marriage?
– Why do men represent Christ in a marriage when we are all meant to represent Christ in the world?
– What is guilt and is it healthy?
– Should someone with a serious medical condition take the Pill?
– Aren’t NFP and contraception the exact same thing?
– What is responsible family planning?
– How candid should an unmarried couple be about sexual issues?
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Station XV – Episode 18 – Better late than never
We kick off our first episode for 2009 a little later than last year, but in a fashion that’s worth the wait. In this episode, we take a look at the artistic actions of Fr Gerard Burns, the lifting of the excommunication of some of the Society of Saint Pius X’s bishops and the fact that one of them doesn’t believe the Holocaust happened, we talk about some missing abortion stats (you won’t believe that one!), Obama and the Mexico City policy, and a nurse that got in trouble for offering to pray for a patient!
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