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Teach Challenge Transform
by Formation and Engagement Services Team @ Brisbane Catholic Education
A podcast series designed to support, encourage, and challenge leaders and teachers in Catholic education. Our goal is to provide a consistent, personal, and visible platform for formation grounded in theology, leadership, reflection, and the lived reality of school life.
Episodes
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The Rosary: The Art of Seeing
The Rosary is more than beads, repetition and Hail Marys. As we sit in the midst of October, the Month of the Rosary, In this episode, we explore the Rosary as a school of contemplation; an ancient practice that teaches us to slow down, pay attention, return, and see Jesus with fresh eyes.…
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No Boring Bits: Making Sense of the Bible
What of there were no boring bits in the Bible? In this episode, we take a fresh look at Scripture and discover what happens when we stop treating it like a textbook and start learning how to enter it. We explore the Three Worlds of the Text, the importance of context, recontextualisation,...
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Liturgy 2 - A(nother) Conversation with Michael Mangan
Planning liturgy for our School community can be both a challenge and a gift! In today's episode we continue our conversation with Michael Mangan from Liturgy Brisbane to talk about ways to create powerful moments of prayer and celebration in our Classrooms and across our Schools.
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Where the River Flows - Season of Creation 2026 (Living Water)
The 2026 Season of Creation invites us to follow the river of Ezekiel 47:1-12 where Living Water brings life wherever it flows. In this episode, we explore the Season of Creation, St Francis of Assisi, Laudato Si', and what caring for our common home means for Catholic educators and schools. What...
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Understanding Accreditation: Pathways, Purpose, and Possibilities - A Conversation with Catie Kelly
Accreditation is more than just a process to complete or a requirement to maintain - it is about formation, ongoing learning, and deepening our capacity to share faith and create meaningful opportunities for students to encounter the story of Jesus. In today's episode, we have a conversation with...
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St Mary MacKillop - A Life That Still Teaches, Challenges, and Transforms
She was a teacher, a leader, a reformer, and a woman who remained faithful through rejection, opposition, and even excommunication. In today's episode, we look at the life of Australia's first Saint, St Mary of the Cross MacKillop, and see what she can still teach us about courage, resilience…
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Liturgy 1 - A Conversation with Michael Mangan
What's the first thing that comes to your mind when you think "Liturgy"? If it's thoughts of nervousness, dread, or frustration, this episode is especially for you. Today we sit down with Michael Mangan, Liturgy Education Consultant with Liturgy Brisbane, to discuss what liturgy is, how to work...
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Praying Scripture Slowly - Lectio Divina in the Classroom and Inner Life
What if Scripture was more than something we teach? What if it became a way we pray, listen, and are transformed? In today's episode, we explore Lectio Divina as a contemplative practice: one that slows us down, deepens our inner life, and helps students encounter Scripture as living prayer…
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The Holy Trinity - Riddle to Explain, or Reality to Experience?
For many students (and teachers too!) the Trinity can feel like an impossible equation: three persons, one God, somehow all at once. But what if the Trinity was never meant to be solved like a riddle? What if being made in the image of a relational God changes how we understand community,...
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Ascension and Pentecost - How Jesus "leaving" and the Holy Spirit's "arriving" change everything.
If you thought that the feasts of the Ascension and Pentecost were just celebrations of a moment in time, think again! Jesus' ascension and the Holy Spirit's arrival 10 days later mark two important points in the life of the Church. How do these special moments mark the life of our Catholic…
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Eastertide - The meaning behind the season of Resurrection Life
Thought Easter was over? Think again! Just like the season of Christmastide lasts for 12 days, the season of Eastertide lasts for 50 days after Easter Sunday. So what are we celebrating during all that time? In this episode, we explore the meaning behind the season of Eastertide, and how we can...
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The Deeper Easter Story - What is the Easter Triduum and what does it teach us about the pattern of life?
The Easter Triduum is a series of three liturgies in the Easter story from Holy Week, through Good Friday, to the Easter Vigil on Sunday morning. In this episode, we walk through what happens in these liturgies looking closely at how they are connected. Not only do we discover the story that most...
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Stations of the Cross - A Conversation with Dianne Minaar
In late 2013 local artist, Dianne Minaar, was approached by Sacred Heart Catholic Parish, Samford, to paint an installation of the Stations of the Cross as part of the Church refurbishment. Little did Dianne know that the next 16 months would be a life changing experience that affected her...
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Catholic Social Teaching - A Conversation with Rhiannon Cameron
As we move from "Catholic Perspectives" to "Catholic Social Teaching", it's important to not only know the "Why?" of the change, but the "Why?" of the importance of Catholic Social Teaching in our BCE Schools and Colleges. In this episode, we hear from Rhiannon Cameron, Lead Advisor Formation and...
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Lent - Returning to the Sacred Centre
Lent is more than a season on the Church's calendar. It is an invitation to return to the heart of God. In this episode we explore Lent as a sacred journey of honesty, renewal, and quite transformation. We'll consider how the spirit of Lent can shape the Religious Life of the School and the...
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Charism as Heartbeat of a School - A Conversation with Susie Anderson.
We talk about charism a lot in Catholic Schools. But have you ever wondered what effect a community deeply embracing their School's charism can have? And how charism might make a difference to the Religious Life of your school, or in your students or classroom? In this episode we talk to…
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Who We Are As Catholic Schools - A Conversation with Sharon O'Keeffe
Identity is vital. So, it's worth asking the question "Who are we as Catholic Schools?" And what does this mean to how we operate in the classroom, the playground, with families, and in the staffroom? In this episode, Mark talks to Sharon O'Keeffe, Formation and Engagement Executive at Brisbane...
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Christmastide: The REAL 12 Days of Christmas
Wait...the 12 Days of Christmas...is real?! Yes! In this episode, we take a journey through Christmastide - the season in the Church year that stretches from Christmas Day until January 6 through a number of other feasts. We not only learn of these feasts and how they connect to Christmas, but…
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Living Advent in Heart and School.
As the Church year begins anew, Advent invites us to slow down, wait, and to make room for the God who comes quietly among us. In this episode, we explore the meaning and origins of Advent, its rhythm of holy waiting, its deep invitation to hope, and how this season can shape not only our hearts,...
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Around the Rosary - A Conversation with Michael Blanchfield
In this episode, we celebrate the Month of the Rosary by taking a deeper look at this beautiful and contemplative prayer tool. Mark is joined by Formation and Engagement Services Team member, Michael Blanchfield, to explore the simplicity and depth of rosary prayers, and how you might use them in...
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Centring on the Sacred - A Conversation with Sr Rachel McLoughlin, C.J.
In this episode, Mark has a conversation with Sr Rachel McLoughlin, C.J., member of the Formation and Engagement Services Team who is a sister of the Congregation of Jesus (formerly the Loreto Sisters) and spiritual director. Sr. Rachel shares about how to live from your authentic self…
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The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
In this episode, we will be looking at a celebration that’s both deeply traditional and boldly hopeful: the Assumption of Mary. We discuss the Feast itself, its deeper meaning, and look for connections with the BCE Religious Education Curriculum and Religious Life of the School. If you are…
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A podcast series designed to support, encourage, and challenge leaders and teachers in Catholic education. Our goal is to provide a consistent, personal, and visible platform for formation grounded in theology, leadership, reflection, and the lived reality of school life.
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Formation and Engagement Services Team @ Brisbane Catholic Education
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