The Udisciple Podcast

The Udisciple team is back! Now that JPII house is officially open to the public, the team take time to reflect on the powerful witness of Saint Pope John Paul II.

Semester one is finished and so begins the exam period. Join the Discipleship team as they discuss study habits and ways of getting through exams without cheating. 

As the month of May draws to a close, Fr Nicholas and Sr Mary Helen OP are joined by Fr Robert Krishna OP to discuss the Holy Rosary and unpack the Glorious Mysteries.

This week as the Church celebrates Good Shephard Sunday we are joined by Fr Jerome Santamaria, Vocations Director of the Archdiocese of Melbourne, and discuss the finer points of Priesthood and discernment of vocations.

There are plenty of challenges being a university student and a being disciple.  This week our team speaks with Sr Delma Lamb (Chaplain to international students) about what extra challenges our overseas students face doing both away from home, and how we can help.

Sr Mary Helen OP and Fr Nicholas Pearce are joined this week by Fr Cam Smith MGL Chaplain at Deakin's Burwood Campus.  With a week full of feast days the team discusses the role of the Saints in the life of the Church, and how these holy heroes can continue to inspire and intercede for us.

In this episode, Fr Nicholas and Sr Mary Helen OP are joined by the Chaplain of Deakin's Geelong Campus Fr Daryl Montecillo as they unpack Holy Week and the Easter Triduum.  Bells, silence, prostrations, and burnt hair, join the team as they take a deeper look at the ritual and symbolism of the Church's holiest week.
 

Fr Nicholas and Silvana and joined by Raoul and Angella as we round our Lenten series with Fr Jacques Phillipe's 'Time for God'.

This week Sr Mary Helen and Fr Nicholas are joined by Andrew and Joe as together they unpack chapter two of Fr Jacques Phillipe's Time for God.

Over the next few episodes, as we continue in the season of Lent, we are going to unpack Fr Jacques Phillipe's simple yet deep work on mental prayer, Time For God.  This Week Fr Nicholas and Sr Mary Helen are joined by Jacob and Silvana as we dive into chapter one and look at the necessary dispositions for someone wishing to enter into mental prayer.