Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchThe week ahead – from 7 to 13 September 2025
Saints, Blesseds, and canonisation. Our relationship with the saints. Blessed (soon to be Saint) Pier Giorgio Frassati and Blessed (soon to be Saint)…
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The week ahead – from 31 August to 6 September 2025
Confirmation, catechesis and the Creed. "I" and "we" revisited. Saint Gregory the Great; bishops as icebergs. Mother Teresa and why people hate her. …
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The week ahead – from 24 to 30 August 2025
The end of the world and the Day of the Lord. Zephaniah and how to read a prophet. ‘Whom the Lord loveth, he chastiseth.’ Saint Louis. St John Chryso…
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The week ahead – from 17 to 23 August 2025
Our Lady, Mother and Queen. The Rosary, Scripture verses, Danish and Latin. Southwark Cathedral and its catechists. We are all catechists of a kind: …
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The week ahead – from 10 to 16 August 2025
The Assumption: what exactly it means. The birth of a doctrine and its development. The Old Testament roots of Marian belief. Episode notes.
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The week ahead – from 3 to 9 August 2025
Abraham's Auction revisited. Why we need so many saints. The Curé of Ars. Saint Cajetan. How can bankers be saved? Episode notes.
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The week ahead – from 27 July to 2 August 2025
An “ordinary spirituality” for the slow river of Ordinary Time. Saints Martha, Mary and Lazarus. “Too many saints!” Saint Olaf Haraldson, King of Nor…
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The week ahead – from 20 to 26 July 2025
Saints Anna and Joachim. Saint Mary Magdalen. Saint James. Saint Bridget of Sweden. Episode notes.
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The week ahead – from 13 to 19 July 2025
Blessed Thérèse of Saint Augustine and her companions. The Carmelites. Blessed Inácio de Azevedo. St Bonaventure. Naboth’s vineyard. St Ambrose on th…
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The week ahead – from 6 to 12 July 2025
Saint Benedict and his rule; and how to live it when we are not monks. Episode notes.
1 year, 2 months ago