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A Catholic podcast brought to you by the Archdiocese of Regina where we attempt to navigate this winding road of faith in Jesus Christ so that we might know him more intimately, love him more profoundly and together serve him more deeply in our daily lives.

Thinking Faith: The Catholic Podcast with Deacon Eric Gurash and Dr. Brett Salkeld

    • Religion & Spirituality
    • 4.7 • 15 Ratings

A Catholic podcast brought to you by the Archdiocese of Regina where we attempt to navigate this winding road of faith in Jesus Christ so that we might know him more intimately, love him more profoundly and together serve him more deeply in our daily lives.

    Dr. John Jalsevac On Classical Education - Part 2

    Dr. John Jalsevac On Classical Education - Part 2

    In this three-part series, Dr. Brett Salkeld and Dr. John Jalsevac, headmaster of Our Lady of the Wayside Catholic School in Peterborough, Ontario discuss the growing popularity of Classical education and its distinct approach to student formation and education.
    Show Snippet: "One of the things about the Socratic method that I think is so important is that when you're using it well, it indicates to the student that you think they're important, that you think their views matter and that you think that you're not just there to pound stuff into their head. You are there to elicit, to draw them into a process where they begin to see and experience the pleasure of the chase after truth. William Butler Yeats famously said that education is not the filling of a bucket, it's the lighting of a fire, and so I think that that's the animating idea in many classical schools."

    • 38 min
    Dr. John Jalsevac On Classical Education - Part 1

    Dr. John Jalsevac On Classical Education - Part 1

    In this three-part series, Dr. Brett Salkeld and Dr. John Jalsevac, headmaster of Our Lady of the Wayside Catholic School in Peterborough, Ontario, discuss the growing popularity of Classical education and its distinct approach to student formation and education.
    Show Snippet: "One of the characteristics that unites many classical schools is a focus on wonder in the face of all forms of knowledge. And so we need to be feeding that thirst in our schools...they're going to get the full run that you would get in a normal school on the maths and sciences. They're going to get their algebra and their calculus and their physics and their chemistry...And then the classical approach is that we're going to see that there's actually a harmony between what we're studying in philosophy and theology or literature and what we're studying in chemistry and physics."

    • 43 min
    Restoring a First Nations Perspective on Treaty and Natural Resource Rights - Part 2

    Restoring a First Nations Perspective on Treaty and Natural Resource Rights - Part 2

    In this part two of two episodes, Indigenous ally, Javed Sommers and Micheal Leblanc of Development and Peace Caritas Canada join the podcast to discuss treaty and natural resource rights through an Indigenous lens.
    Show Snippet: "Free prior and informed consent. It's all about free consent. So there's no bullying, there's no harassment, there's not even bribes. The communities get together and decide freely if they want a new project. "Prior" means before anything gets done. There's no construction, no surveying nothing until the communities give their consent. And "Informed", means they have to be educated, they have to know exactly what's going to happen. They have to know what it means."

    • 40 min
    Restoring a First Nations Perspective on Treaty and Natural Resource Rights - Part 1

    Restoring a First Nations Perspective on Treaty and Natural Resource Rights - Part 1

    In this part one of two episodes, Indigenous ally, Javed Sommers and Micheal Leblanc of Development and Peace Caritas Canada join the podcast to discuss treaty and natural resource rights through an Indigenous lens.
    Show Snippet: "Canada, through the treaties, is trying to gain control in terms of how it understands humans owning land. This would not have even made sense to First Nations, just as First Nations understanding of land would have made sense to Canadian negotiators. First Nations are thinking we're welcoming settlers here to share this land, just as they've been sharing land with other First Nations for generations and generations and generations. For First Nations, treaty is understood to be an agreement to share the land, not to give Canada exclusive jurisdiction."

    • 42 min
    Catechisis of the Good Shepherd with Cassandra Ursu and Angela Montano

    Catechisis of the Good Shepherd with Cassandra Ursu and Angela Montano

    This week on Thinking Faith, we hear from Cassandra Ursu and Angela Montano with the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd catechetical ministry at Holy Rosary Cathedral. They discuss what CGS is and how its unique, Montesouri-based approach helps children discover and deepen a relationship with Jesus Christ.

    Show Snippet: "So my five year old just had a birthday and he was very excited and he got all these presents, but then it's done and over with. And there's often a crash at the end of that.  Whereas in the Atrium, they have this deep joy and deep peace and once they've encountered that, they're less likely to be touching all of the things in the environment. And so that's kind of our job as the catechist, or the guide, is to kind of watch for their needs, meet them developmentally, where they're at."
    Find out more about the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd at: https://www.cgsac.ca/

    • 50 min
    Books that Changed Brett's Life - Part 2

    Books that Changed Brett's Life - Part 2

    In this part two of two episodes, Deacon Eric sits down with Dr. Brett Salkeld to discuss three non-fiction, non-theological books that changed his life. This week; You Are Not Your Pain by by Vidyamala Burch and Danny Penman and a surpise book that changed Brett's life without him ever reading it!
    Show Snippet: "It's freedom. It's the same thing. Freedom again. It's the same idea as the last two books, right? I was not free in this relationship. My pain was leading to a kind of compulsive behavior and it gives me just a little critical distance, just like from the anger or from the avoidant or attached needs. It gives me a little critical distance to say, 'what's really going on here?'"
    You Are Not Your Pain by Vidyamala Burch and Danny Penman

    The Empowered Wife by Laura Doyle

    • 40 min

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