Episode 17: Catholicism & Te Ao Māori with Hemi Ropata

In this week's episode of Curiously Catholic, we interview Hemi Ropata, a 4th year Marist seminarian. Coming from a Maori Anglican background in Ōtaki, before lapsing into Agnosticism, Hemi encountered the Mass and the deep peace he found in it. Hemi journeyed and was accepted into the Catholic Church in 2014.

Hemi and Dom discuss the challenges and similarities unifying Te Ao Māori and Catholicism in Aotearoa. Similarities touched on include: whanau, hospitality, ritual, prayer, whakawhaungatanga, beliefs on the human person and whakapapa all feature in this episode.

Below is a link to Pope St John Paul the Great's Homily of 1986 in Auckland NZ

https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/homilies/1986/documents/hf_jp-ii_hom_19861122_auckland-nuova-zelanda.html

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