The Catholic Toolbox

Often the prestige that comes from working can have a negative connotation when it comes to the humility that is required to live a Christian life. However we shed light on professional prestige and working well, with Finance Lecturer from the School of Business at the University of New South Wales, Dr Ian Kwan. He speaks about how work can be sanctified and how growing in prestige can help you do...

This week we leave the Church sphere and speak about how to sanctifying your work and find holiness in the midst of your ordinary circumstances of daily life. Featuring no other than the Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney  Bishop Richard Umbers. -- SUBSCRIBE to our weekly Alert and Newsletter: www.thecatholictoolboxshow.com Get your copy of "The Art of Practical Catholicism" by George Manassa: store.parou...

If you struggle to pray the Rosary, or have been struggling for a while or may find the repetition prayers daunting, then this is the episode for you! Fr John Flader takes us through practical tools this week to take action with praying our rosary well! He discusses some of his publications about this topic! -- SUBSCRIBE to our weekly Alert and Newsletter: www.thecatholictoolboxshow.com Get your c...

This week we shift our perspective to that of Giovanni Portelli founder of Giovanni Portelli Photography. We capture his faith journey, and how he came to found his prominent photography business and his supernatural motivation to capture sacred events. -- SUBSCRIBE to our weekly Alert and Newsletter: www.thecatholictoolboxshow.com Get your copy of "The Art of Practical Catholicism" by George Mana...

This week we meet with Andre Abuharb founder of www.catholicapparel.com.au   We discuss how to raise a family of saints, and we will not spoil this week some of the very practical insights he shares with us. Make sure for all your evangelical streetwear you checkout the above link to order online or in store.   SUBSCRIBE to our weekly Alert and Newsletter: www.thecatholictoolboxshow.com Get your c...

This week have have a sheen hour - meaning we discuss all things to do with the venerable Bishop Fulton J. Sheen with our good friend and the greatest advocate of Bishop Sheen: Allan J. smith. This week we also speak about his new book and how we can learn from the example of the heroic life of Bishop Sheen and how we can emulate elements of his zeal in our day to day lives.   Be sure to check out...

This week won the Dynamic Deacon Series we have Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers to speak to us about the response to Racism, and his collective experiences and thoughts on how we can battle this plague to our modern world. Deacon discuss the interesting story behind how George and the Team at the Catholic Toolbox were very much part of the journey in the birth of his upcoming book on Racism - mentioned...

This week an old friend joins us to discuss spreading the gospel on Youtube and founder of New Catholic Generation none other than Renee Shumay A great alliance of many YouTube's who are spreading the gospel online to the mass audience. In this episode we discuss the millennial importance of spreading the gospel on YouTube and how so many people can first have an encounter with christ whilst surfi...

This week we reflect on the Topic of the Divine Right of Kings in light of the death of our former monarch, we take the time to discuss constitutional monarchy and the correlation that may exist between the realities within it and those in heaven. Dr Robert Haddad discusses the Church and State relationship and sheds much light on this subject and the correct way to approach this area. This promis...

A post-Fathers Day Special! This week we speak with Father and former host of the 'Life Matters' Show on the Voice of Charity Radio Network and co-founder of Cana Marriage Formation , Mr Buddy Jilwan. He is a proud father of great children and someone who is active in the community, working with many men and couples. He really teaches the listeners of this episode a thing or two about authentic fa...

This week week go to the Ordinariate with Fr Stephen Hill to discuss the great initiative of his holiness Pope Benedict XVI in Apostolic Constitution: Anglicanorum Coetibus to draw Anglicans to embrace the fullness of truth and yet maintain their tradition and patrimony. This is a great episode and there is much to be learnt from the English tradition, this will be an episode that will not disappo...

This week we take a look back at the last things and discuss the great contents of the newly released book: Dying to Live - reflections on life after death by Fr John Flader and some of it's great success stories in helping people come to the reality of our inevitable destination.    There is a special announcement that will be made about another upcoming book! -- SUBSCRIBE to our weekly Alert and...

This week we look at the connection between our everyday eating habits, and the implications not only for the body but very importantly for your soul and relationship with God. We have our regular, Psychologist - Robert Matek give some very insightful practical tools to take action in this area. This does not count as any professional advice, but these are very helpful strategies which you may wan...

This week Matthew-Hermann Tague joins the Toolbox to speak about what is Liturgy and the very issues that we face in our time with spreading the great understanding of the mass. This is a great discussion reflecting on the challenges to the liturgy in our time in everyday life, Matthew shares his love for sacred music and we even get to hear his magnificent voice and working progress on chant. For...

This week we discuss with former University of Sydney chaplain Fr Paul Rowse OP, who has now settled into parish life in Melbourne. We discuss the trends of where faithful are flocking for Mass on Sundays and weekdays for that matter.  There is undoubtedly a decline and consolidation of parishes, and increase in 'parish hopping' along with people travelling long distances that has happened over th...

This week we launch https://cmsunlimited.com/ with Dynamic Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers and Charbel Raish, founder of Parousia Live from the United States! This is a Christian Marketing Platform which aims to consolidate all your marketing needs to grow your apostolate. This will transform the way we reach people with the good news! https://cmsunlimited.com/    

This week we embark into the world of authentic obedience. What it truly means in our spiritual life and we focus with Dr Robert Haddad regarding the true way in which one can be obedient to ecclesiastical authority, and the limits and scope in which you may sometimes question the authority itself. Of course this requires true humility and proper discernment and spiritual direction. in this episod...

This week we dive into the mystery of why our youth often stop practicing the faith altogether in the context of schooling life. Seasoned teacher John Larkin joins us to tackle this mystery and provide hope to parents, teacher and everyone else who is concerned. He provides 3 serious practical tools for both teacher and another 3 for parents. You will need to listen carefully and take notes, as th...

This week Dynamic Deacon Harold Burke-sivers enlightens us on how we can understand the very n nature of our conscience. The proceeding very practically to execute even action using our informed conscience in everyday life. We all need to make decisions in day to day life, and we need the tools to ensure that we are living our life and responding to every situation with the best informed conscienc...

Do you ever struggle to Focus during your prayer. Well this week's discussion will help you to focus on your focus to then focus on your prayer and grow in your relationship with God. This is an episode with our special guest, Psychologist Robert Matek, who will fill us with his insights especially with post-pandemic effects on many people at the moment.   This in turn will aid your conversation w...

This week, Director of Parousia himself teaches us an amazing lesson about the sometimes daunting task of reading the entire Bible from start to finish! However with a very very important Trick, which we will not reveal till later in the show.  Sacred scripture is a Catholic book, both compiled and canonised by the authority of the church, and it is not optional to have a love and devotion to scri...

This week we discuss with Dr Robert Haddad the Catholic Church's teaching regarding the conditions for a just war, and we dissect the conditions in detail to be able to discern correctly regarding this vital area. We proceed to discuss the situations in Ukraine and the Iraq war and Robert shares his interesting insights. This is an episode not to miss, with some very interesting practical tools, w...

This week we speak with the Director of Catholic Answers, Tim Staples about his personal journey, combined with the Art of Apologetics to prove that the catholic Faith is the true religion of God on earth and the actual Church established by Jesus Christ himself. Tim was a former Baptist and Assemblies of God Pastor after his Catholic friend in the United States Marines challenged him , which set...

This week we have former Anglican Bishop of Rochester, who came to the fullness of truth in the Catholic faith, now the Rev. Fr Nazir Ali . He is now a priest in the Ordinariate created by pope Benedict XVI in 2011 and currently teaches at Oxford University, and is president of OXTRAD and continues to contribute towards unity. He has a profound story of how he once was working as Anglican Bishop t...

This week we launch Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers' Book: 'Our Life of Service' The Handbook for Catholic Deacons This week we discuss what exactly is the vocation to the Diaconate, and what exactly inspired him to write this book for helping men discern and become better deacons for today. Most importantly how the role of the deacon assists laity and empowers them to live the universal call to holine...