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Aug 9 Herman the Wonderworker of Alaska
Season 8 Episode 9
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 trade he defen…
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Aug 8 Soren Kierkegaard's leap of faith
Season 8 Episode 8
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 Lutheranism he wo…
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Aug 7 The Munich Eucharistic Congress
Season 8 Episode 7
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 concentration cam…
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Aug 6 Conclave
Season 8 Episode 6
The First Conclave of the Sistine Chapel - how did the Church develop this way of electing a Pope and what happens
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Aug 5 Bill W and Alcoholics Anonymous
Season 8 Episode 5
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 are the Twelve…
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Aug 4 Dr Grenfels mission to Labrador
Season 8 Episode 4
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
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
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 Auschwitz.
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Aug 1 Aethelwold, Bluetooth and the Vikings
Season 8 Episode 1
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 got its name
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July 31 Mount Athos
Season 7 Episode 31
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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