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Aug 5 Bill W and Alcoholics Anonymous
Season 8 Episode 5
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Bill Wilson said his spiritual experience of 'white light' cured him of his alcoholism. We look at the foundation of Alcoholics Anonymous and his relationship with Fr Ed Dowling. What …
Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Aug 4 Dr Grenfels mission to Labrador
Season 8 Episode 4
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Dr Grenfel sent by the Fisherman's Mission to Canada's North Atlantic Coast built up a remarkable mission attracting doctors, nurses and clergy from all over the world
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Aug 3 Christopher Columbus and the New World
Season 8 Episode 3
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Today we remember how three boats left Spain travelling West for the Indies and discovered the Americas
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Aug 2 Edith Stein
Season 8 Episode 2
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One of the finest philosophical minds of her age, Edith Stein went from Judaism to agnosticism to Christianity. Edmund Husserl's assistant, she became a Carmelite Nun and was to die at…
Published on 4 months, 4 weeks ago
Aug 1 Aethelwold, Bluetooth and the Vikings
Season 8 Episode 1
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Today we look at the life of St Aethelwold, who rebuilt the church after 300 years of Viking raids. Also the unlikely assimilation of Christianity into the Vikings and how Bluetooth go…
Published on 4 months, 4 weeks ago
July 31 Mount Athos
Season 7 Episode 31
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Mount Athos is a unique centre for Orthodox Christianity, today in 1913 the Russian Navy removed 800 monks. We look at the traditions there and its claim to be Marys Garden
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July 29 Humanae Vitae and the issue of 'Reception'
Season 7 Episode 29
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Humane Vitae is the most controversial of papal encyclicals, restating the Church's opposition to artificial birth control. It also marked a moment in the shift of the authority of the …
Published on 5 months ago
July 30 Johann Sebastian Bach
Season 7 Episode 30
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The greatest of the Baroque composers was a man of profound Lutheran faith, we look at his life
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July 28 The Mernaphta Stele
Season 7 Episode 28
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Today a British Archeologist discovered a standing stone from the Iron Age which had some remarkable inscriptions
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July 26 Padre Pio
Season 7 Episode 26
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The Franciscan friar, Francesco Forgione took the religious name Pius when he entered his order. He lived an unusual life of spiritual intensity and holiness and was strongly persecute…
Published on 5 months ago