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** WINNER ** of THREE New York City Podcast Awards!!! - Best Editing - Best Education Podcast - Best Personal Growth & Spirituality Podcast In June 2025, on the 180th anniversary of the first Catholic school in SA, 18 pilgrims, leaders within the sector, travelled to Ireland to learn about and experience the stories, courage and heart that drove the founders of the Irish orders that created our schools. In Episode 2, the group travels to the stunning forest monastery of St Kevin in Glendalough, and Catherine’s House, the home of the Mercy Sisters in Dublin. You can listen to whole series here: open.spotify.com/playlist/0Zr0phAOoWPdnMvJ4ir6hV Photo – The incredible landscape near Glendalough. www.facebook.com/share/p/1AoKR5Qppr/ Music in this episode: “Simple Melody”, “Finn’s Valley”, “Tassle K”, “Bright Linen” and “One Dirty Sleeve” by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue). Folk Round Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

** WINNER ** of THREE New York City Podcast Awards!!! - Best Editing - Best Education Podcast - Best Personal Growth & Spirituality Podcast In June 2025, on the 180th anniversary of the first Catholic school in SA, 18 pilgrims, leaders within the sector, travelled to Ireland to learn about and experience the stories, courage and heart that drove the founders of the Irish orders that created our schools. In Episode 1, the group arrives in Ireland, then travels to Nano Nagle Place in Cork, and the birthplace and first home of Christian Brothers founder, Edmund Rice in Callan. You can listen to whole series here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0Zr0phAOoWPdnMvJ4ir6hV Photo – Former Christian Brothers school students get a photo in front of the Edmund Rice statue in Callan. https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1339073764890802&set=a.229392659192257 Music in this episode: “Arizona Moon”, “Milkwood”, “Ballade for Jemma”, “Basketliner” and “Finn’s Valley” by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue).

** WINNER ** of THREE New York City Podcast Awards!!! - Best Editing - Best Education Podcast - Best Personal Growth & Spirituality Podcast In June 2025, on the 180th anniversary of the first Catholic school in SA, 18 pilgrims, leaders within the sector, travelled to Ireland to learn about and experience the stories, courage and heart that drove the founders of the Irish orders that created our schools. In Episode 3, the group travels to Kildare, the home of the Brigidines, and the island of Inishmore, off the coast of Galway. You can listen to the whole series here now: https://soundcloud.com/forteachers/sets/footsteps-of-faith-a-celtic Music in this episode: “Be Still” and “I Am Here” by Deirdre Ni Chinneide (Copyright 2020 – All rights reserved – Used with permission) "An Capall Bán (The White Horse)" Music composer and conducted by Vincent Kennedy. Uileann Pipe Soloist Mark Redmond with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra (Copyright Vincent Kennedy 2022 - All rights reserved - Used with permission) “Basketliner”, “November Mist”, “Sunset at Sandy Isle”, “Sage the Hunter”, and “On Top of It” by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue).

** WINNER ** of THREE New York City Podcast Awards!!! - Best Editing - Best Education Podcast - Best Personal Growth & Spirituality Podcast In June 2025, on the 180th anniversary of the first Catholic school in SA, 18 pilgrims, leaders within the sector, travelled to Ireland to learn about and experience the stories, courage and heart that drove the founders of the Irish orders that created our schools. In Episode 4, the group travels to Glental Abbey, the home of the Benedictine Monks in County Limerick, St Patrick’s College in Maynooth, before returning to Dublin and reflecting on the moments on the pilgrimage that left the most lasting impressions. You can listen to Episode 1-3 here now: https://soundcloud.com/forteachers/sets/footsteps-of-faith-a-celtic Photo of the Gunn Chapel at St Patrick’s College in Maynooth is here: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1375252824606229&set=a.229392659192257 Music in this episode: “Taboret”, “Arizona Moon”, “Gilded Frames”, “The Kennicott”, “Solage”, “Basketliner”, “On Top of It”, and “Sunset at Sandy Isle” by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue).

With a cast of your Arch D favourite announcers, all former students for whom Arch D has been a deeply influential part of their lives, we bid goodbye to the Life FM radio show as it reaches 15 years on-air and 654 episodes.

Yes... it's true! :( As Arch D goes 100% into the podcasting space, the radio show comes to an end!! Hear all about the "hows and whys", and Michaela and James share their favourite all-time Arch D moment... and discover it's EXACTLY THE SAME ONE. Also a sneak preview of next week's EPIC finale show...

James & Michaela catch up at the beginning of 2026 and talk about all the biggest issues: Queensland Themed Restaurants, A.I.'s worst (best?) impressions of our hosts... and why does coffee, TikTok and James doing bad accents always seem to be at the heart of every conversation, no matter where it starts??

Discover the heart behind Dialogue Week, a groundbreaking initiative inviting thousands of voices from Catholic schools and communities across South Australia to shape the future of the Church. James sits down with Peter Bierer, Marcia Burgess, and Tahlia Sully to unpack what synodality means and why listening deeply matters more than ever. From practical classroom conversations to the big-picture vision of the Synod 2026, this episode explores how authentic dialogue can transform faith and community. Listen to more Arch D Radio episodes at https://open.spotify.com/show/1JgG7oEbIJ9k0bldEblhbp

St Thomas School, Goodwood is about to celebrate its 130th Anniversary next year... or is it? Principal Belinda and long-standing teacher Jane came into the Arch D studio to discuss a discovery they've made, that there is a gap in the school's (and public!) records between the believed opening date of 1896 and 1909. They are putting a shout-out to Arch D listeners, does anyone have grandparents/great grandparents or any connection to the school of that time, with any old photos, school reports or letters tucked away? If so, YOU can unlock the mystery of the missing years!! Please send through any discoveries to Belinda and Jane at [email protected]. Thankyou!!!!

Former Arch D Podcaster of the Year and St Mary's old scholar Madison has just arrived back in SA after almost 3 years working on rural properties and parks in the deepest outback of WA. She's evacuated a holiday park due to bushfire, drowned her ute in a river, and rocked the front bar of the Kununurra Hotel at karaoke... and gives thanks to many of her epic adventures to the motto "Feel the fear, but do it anyway".

In 2015, former high school chaplain Bekk Shaw, founded Hopestreet, an organization that has created safe, fun, and inclusive spaces that understand the unique needs of the youth of Playford, where the youth unemployment rate is 61% (eight times higher than the Adelaide average). She chats with Alkira all about her faith journey, her life leading up the founding of Hopestreet, and all the challenges and triumphs that have been a part of it.

Our special guest Brooke chats with James about her faith journey, becoming a Mission Captain in her final year of high school at Cardijn College, to then returning as Youth Ministry at Cardijn's R-9 Campus.

Arch D Awards Hall of Fame recipient Kaitlyn Davey returns to the show to talk about her faith journey, all the way from her early childhood to where she finds herself now in her early 20's. It's an incredible story with lots of challenging and inspirational twists and turns along the way!

When Alkira came into the Arch D studio to record this show, James had returned from the Catholic Education Ireland pilgrimage only a couple of days beforehand.... all the experiences for him were still sinking in, and this is a fantastic conversation covering all aspects of it .. and a bit of a preview of the upcoming podcast series "Footsteps of Faith: A Celtic Pilgrimage" is talked about too! Since then, the first two episodes of "Footsteps of Faith: A Celtic Pilgrimage" have been released, and you can hear them here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0Zr0phAOoWPdnMvJ4ir6hV

Arch D's final show in London, this time visiting St Mark's Catholic School, with James chatting with his student co-hosts all about their experiences at the school, why it has such a strong Catholic culture, and the impact that St Mark's has had on each of their own faith journeys.