Episodes

  • Dec 26 Nuns on a hospital ship
    Dec 25 2025

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    The first nurses on a US Navy hospital ship where 3 sisters from the Order of the Holy Cross - this is their story during the US Civil war

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    6 mins
  • Dec 25 First record of Christmas as a holiday
    Dec 24 2025

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    The Philocalus Calendar is the first time we have Christmas Day recorded as an annual feast

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    5 mins
  • Dec 24 The First Christmas Crib at Greccio
    Dec 23 2025

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    Francis of Assisi is credited of inventing the Live Crib at his hermitage at Greccio in Italy, this is the story of it

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    5 mins
  • Dec 23 The Columbus of the Catacombs
    Dec 22 2025

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    Antonio Bosio was a remarkable man who discovered many of the catacombs in Rome. He often risked his life exploring them, risking getting lost for ever

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    6 mins
  • Dec 22 The Father and Son who were Popes
    Dec 21 2025

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    Today we look at the papacy of Saint Innocent I who according to St Jerome was the son of the previous pope, which was not a cause for scandal

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    5 mins
  • Dec 21 The Wartime radio drama - The man born to be King
    Dec 20 2025

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    Dorothy Sayers wrote a cycle of radio plays about the life of Jesus Christ that has been repeated and reproduced on multiple occasions

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    5 mins
  • Dec 20 Rev Adam Buddle and the Buddleia
    Dec 19 2025

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    The Buddleia or butterfly bush has become prolific, whilst many countries consider it an invasive species. It was named by Carl Linneaus after a mild mannered Anglican cleric - Adam Buddle

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    5 mins
  • Dec 19 Westminster Abbey
    Dec 18 2025

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    Westminster Abbey has become one of the most iconic and important churches in England, the site of many coronations, weddings and burials of Kings and Queens. Recently the site of the Unknown Warrior - the only grave that you can't walk over

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    6 mins