Catholic Youth Podcast

In episode number 14, part 1 of a 2 part special, we chat with Sebastian Duhau, associate director of Young Lasallians for the De La Salle Brothers Congregation about running retreats.

In this 2 part episode we talk about:

• why we have retreats,
• how to plan for a retreat and organise the programme,
• key elements of a retreat,
• how to be inclusive of participants diverse backgrounds on retreats,
• how to respond to challenges,
• best practices for follow up after a retreat, and
• plenty of stories and laughs along the way!

Episode number 13, Catholic + Youth + Festival is a fun one! We're sitting down with Maddy Forde, an experienced youth minister and current Senior Advisor for Ministry at Catholic Education SA. We chat all about Catholic Youth Festivals, what they are, why we have them and we share our own stories and experiences from different festivals that will have you pumped!

For more information and to register for the upcoming World Youth Day Adelaide Celebration head to: www.cathyouthadelaide.org.au/world-youth-day

In episode number 12, a guide to the Voice to Parliament, we’ve teamed up with James Meston from the Arch D Show to sit down with a very special guest, Fr Frank Brennan.

Fr Frank is a Jesuit priest, lawyer and academic who has been a long-time advocate for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People rights. He is an Officer of the Order of Australia for services to Aboriginal Australians, particularly as an advocate in the areas of law, social justice and reconciliation. The National Trust has classified him as a Living National Treasure. In 2009, he chaired the Australian National Human Rights Consultation Committee. Fr Frank sits down with us to talk about the upcoming referendum on the voice to parliament sharing plenty of wisdom, insights and stories along the way.

Resources:

Article “Fr Frank Brennan SJ: How to vote on the Voice”: https://www.catholicweekly.com.au/fr-frank-brennan-sj-how-to-vote-on-the-voice/

Book “An Indigenous Voice to Parliament: Considering a constitutional bridge”: https://www.garrattpublishing.com.au/product/9781922484659/

Catholic Resource and Information Service (CRIS) website: https://adelaide.catholic.org.au/our-faith/catholic-resource-and-information-service

National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholic Council (NATSICC): https://www.natsicc.org.au/index.html

Reconciliation Australia: https://www.reconciliation.org.au/reconciliation/support-a-voice-to-parliament/

Uluru statement from the heart: https://ulurustatement.org/

Australian Catholic Bishops Conference Statement Regarding an Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament

In episode number 11, we sit down with a returning favourite podcast guest, Julian Nguyen, Coordinator of the Catholic Office for Youth and Young Adults to talk through some points on how to respond to those sticky faith questions that you may get. This topic has been our hands down most requested episode topic ever and as people working in youth ministry, responding to those tricky faith related questions is something we do on the regular. In this episode we will run you through some tried and tested steps that we hope you can take on board to handle any tricky faith conversation that comes your way.

Here are the five steps for handling tricky faith conversations:

1. Congratulations, you've been chosen!
2. Listen
3. Get curious
4. Take a pastoral approach
5. Know your limits

In episode number 10, Family Grown Faith, Juliana sits down with her very own big sister Daniella to explore their experiences of how the family unit can impact a young person’s faith journey.

Growing up in the same family as siblings, Daniella and Juliana had a lot of similar faith-based experiences, but also explored different paths in life, in their interests, studies, relationships and careers. In this episode, the sisters reflect and share some of the top moments that shaped their faith as young people.

Whether you’re a parent who is curious to know how you can help cultivate the faith of your young ones or maybe you are the young one wanting to connect with your siblings about faith we hope that you find this conversation insightful.

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