Outside The Chapel

In this episode of the Catholic Influencers Podcast Fr. Rob Galea and Danii talk discuss what the vocation to religious life looks like, especially for women and Fr Rob shares a bit about his own vocation story into the diocesan priesthood. Danii interview Sr Mel Dwyer, a Canossian Daughter of Charity, about her vocation story and what her life as a religious sister looks like. Support the show

In this episode of the Catholic Influencers Podcast Fr. Rob Galea and Danii talk discuss the difference between gluttony and food addiction and have an interview with Fr Ryan Rooney. Fr Rooney shares his story of his struggle with food addiction and how he found healing and is now helping others do the same. Support the show

In this episode of the Catholic Influencers Podcast Fr. Rob Galea and Danii talk about what Evangelical poverty is and whether of not Jesus was poor. Danii interviews Fr. Ken Barker, MGL, on his own experience of evangelical poverty, the vow of poverty taken by religious orders and how lay people can try to lead a more simple life. Support the show

In this episode of the Catholic Influencers Podcast Fr. Rob Galea and Danii discuss conversion, to christianity, to Catholicism and ongoing conversion in our everyday lives. Danii interviews Alyssa Frizzell, a young woman with a beautiful story conversion to Catholicism with her husband. Support the show

In this episode of the Catholic Influencers Podcast Fr. Rob Galea and Danii discuss the sexual abuse crisis and the Catholic Church. They talk about some of the major sexual abuse cases from around the world and discuss the Meeting on the Protection of Minors in the Church Summit that was held at the Vatican in February, 2019. Danii interviews Archbishop Charles Scicluna of the Archdiocese of Malta and the Adjunct Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith- making him the Vaticans chief investigator into sexual abuse within the Church. Archbishop Scicluna shares how thoughts on the sexual abuse crisis and what the Church is doing to ensure this can never happen again. Support the show

In this episode of the Catholic Influencers Podcast Fr. Rob Galea and Danii discuss addiction, how to identify addiction in your life, and ways to overcome addiction. Danii interviews Richard Gibbs from Impact Recovery, a therapeutic community in Bendigo. Richard has years of experience in walking alongside people struggling with addiction and shares the joy of freedom he gets to witness in his work. Support the show

In this episode of the Catholic Influencers Podcast Fr. Rob Galea and Danii discuss mental illness. They share tehir personal stories of struggling with mental illness intheir own lives and how they look after their health and the impact faith has in suffering and recovery. Danii Interviews Fr Dan Strickland, MGL, who has his masters in Counselling and sheds some light on his experience of mental illness, what he’s observed in his work and the strengths that can come out of battling mental illness. Support the show

In this episode of the Catholic Influencers Podcast Fr. Rob Galea and Danii discuss what the Catholic Church teaches about Divorce and annulment and why the sacrament of marriage is so important.  Danii interviews Sam Clear about his experience of going through the process of divorce and annulment. Support the show

Fr. Rob Galea and Danii discuss the history of priests and the reason why the Catholic Church has ordained Priests.Danii interviews Fr Junray Rayna, the parish administrator from St Kilian’s Parish in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, on his vocation story and his daily life as a young priest. Support the show

In this week's episode of the Catholic Influencers Podcast, Danii and Fr Rob discuss the pros and cons of social media, what the church has said about it and 5 things Catholics should consider when they use social media. Danii interviews Richcy Orozco, founds of Catholic Connect about how @catholicconnect grew into a huge online community for Catholics and some of the things he's learnt on this journey. Support the show