Professor Barry Spurr - On Poetry, Liturgy, and the Ordinariate

Dr Andrew Quinlan - Training Priests in Ukraine, Soviet Thinking, Confusion in the Roman Rite

Dr Andrew Quinlan is an Australian liturgist who has been training seminarians in Ukraine for the past 13 years. He discusses the challenges faced by the Church in Ukraine, the communist-built intellectual prisons which persist in post-communist countries, sacramental confusion in the Latin (Western Catholic) Church, and the role of asceticism in the life of faith.

Professor Barry Spurr - On Poetry, Liturgy, and the Ordinariate

You can find a review of Barry's book at https://newsweekly.com.au/newsweekly/book-review-language-in-the-liturgy-past-present-future/ [https://newsweekly.com.au/newsweekly/book-review-language-in-the-liturgy-past-present-future/]

Dr Philippa Martyr - What's to be done about the Catholic Church in Australia?

Dr Philippa Martyr is an historian, university lecturer and academic researcher. Her new book is "Witness: The Future Catholic Church in Australia" and she joins Mark to discuss issues such as vocational discernment and the single life, selling off the Catholic Education system, closing down or reimagining op shops, the amalgamation of dioceses, and the green shoots of Catholic life appearing in Australia.

Anna Krohn - Family, Feminism, and the Thomas More Centre

Anna Krohn OAM is the Executive Director of the Thomas More Centre. Anna discusses her upbringing in a political and culturally engaged working class family, what differentiates her pro-woman mentality from feminism, and the work of the Thomas More Centre.

John Johnson - The Albertus Magnus Institute, Liberal Education, and John's Gospel and Revelation

John Johnson is the cofounder and volunteer Executive Director of the Albertus Magnus Institute (a free online platform offering a truly liberal education) and host of the Magnus podcast. He is also the CEO of Patmos Hosting. He joins Mark to AMI, the benefits of liberal education, and his insights into the Gospel of John and the Book of Revelation.