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Feb 11 First Apparition in Lourdes
Season 2 Episode 11
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Today in 1858 a 14-year old girl, gathering firewood outside a grotto in South West France had the first encounter with a young woman whic…
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Feb 13 Glencoe Massacre
Season 2 Episode 13
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Today in 1692, thirty members of the MacDonald clan were killed by troops of the Earl of Argyll's Regiment, as an example to the Clan chie…
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Feb 10 Paul shipwrecked in Malta
Season 2 Episode 10
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Today Christians remember how St Paul was shipwrecked in Malta, looking at the story and the historical evidence linked to it
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Feb 9 Unexploded Bomb in Genoa Cathedral
Season 2 Episode 9
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Today we remember how a misdirected shell landed in Genoa Cathedral on Feb 9th 1941 and failed to explode. Called the miracle of St Lawre…
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Feb 6 Mexico's Cristero War
Season 2 Episode 6
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Today we remember the execution on Feb 6 1927 in Mexico of a priest Fr Matteo Correa Magallenes. Exploring the Cristero War in Mexico and…
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Feb 5 Japan's Hidden Christians
Season 2 Episode 5
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Today in 1597 we go to Nagasaki where 26 Christians were crucified, part of a long persecution against the Church. Forced underground, th…
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Feb 4 Mormons travel to Salt Lake Valley
Season 2 Episode 4
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Today we remember how the Mormons left their Wintering Grounds in 1846 for the last part of their journey to establish the state of Utah. …
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Feb 3 Guttenberg and his printing press
Season 2 Episode 3
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Today in 1468, Johannes Guttenberg invented a process for mass-producing movable type; mechanising the process, using adjustable moulds an…
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Feb 2 Candlemas
Season 2 Episode 1
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Today's celebration of Candlemas is marked in different ways around the world. We look at the origins in scripture, in pre-Christian Roma…
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Feb 1 Erasmus and the Bible
Season 2 Episode 1
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Today in 1516 Erasmus dedicated his amendment to St Jerome's New Testament to Pope Leo X. A great achievement by this 'Prince of Humanist…
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