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Sep 8 Discovering Genes as an opportunity to worship

Sep 8 Discovering Genes as an opportunity to worship


Season 9 Episode 8


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Francis Collins the director of the Human Genome Project is a devout Christian. we explore his life today


Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Aug 14 Maximilian Kolbe - offering his life at Auschwitz

Aug 14 Maximilian Kolbe - offering his life at Auschwitz


Season 8 Episode 14


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Today we remember how the dynamic Franciscan Maximilian Kolbe offered his life for another at Auschwitz. We look at his rich life, his devotion to the ' Immaculada' and his legacy 


Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Aug 13 James Joyce, faith and Ulysees

Aug 13 James Joyce, faith and Ulysees


Season 8 Episode 13


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The great Irish Writer James Joyce had a confusing and complicated relationship with the Catholic Church. But his books have had a remarkable influence and following


Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Aug 12 Golden Roses & Our Lady of Aparecida

Aug 12 Golden Roses & Our Lady of Aparecida


Season 8 Episode 12


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Today we look at the tradition of Popes handing out Golden Roses that have been blessed on Laudate Sunday.  How Paul VI gave one today to the Cathedral of Our Lady of Aparecida


Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Aug 11 The Cosmology of Deep Ethics - G.F.R Ellis

Aug 11 The Cosmology of Deep Ethics - G.F.R Ellis


Season 8 Episode 11


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Today we look at the life and thought of George Ellis, committed Quaker and Cosmologist. Co-author with Stephen Hawking of the 'Yellow Peril' a standard text book on General Relativity …


Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Aug 10 Salvation outside the Church

Aug 10 Salvation outside the Church


Season 8 Episode 10


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Today we remember the first papal encyclical that allowed for the possibility of Salvation outside of Church. We look at the history of soteriology - the theology of salvation


Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Aug 9 Herman the Wonderworker of Alaska

Aug 9 Herman the Wonderworker of Alaska


Season 8 Episode 9


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St Herman was a Russian Orthodox monk who had a very effective mission to the Aleut people of Alaska.  During a 'Fur Rush' when colonisation and exploration was fuelled by the seal fur …


Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Aug 8 Soren Kierkegaard's leap of faith

Aug 8 Soren Kierkegaard's leap of faith


Season 8 Episode 8


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Today we look at the profoundly influential Danish philosopher Soren Kierkergaard.   The Father of Existentialism he was a profoundly Christian thinker.  Surviving his fathers harsh Lut…


Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Aug 7 The Munich Eucharistic Congress

Aug 7 The Munich Eucharistic Congress


Season 8 Episode 7


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An important meeting in post-war Germany, the first outdoor mega-mass and a landmark in Ecumenical Relations. The delegates also laid a foundation for a Church of Atonement near the con…


Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Aug 6 Conclave

Aug 6 Conclave


Season 8 Episode 6


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The First Conclave of the Sistine Chapel - how did the Church develop this way of electing a Pope and what happens


Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago





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