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Pearl of Great Price
Oct 22, 20215 min read
Oct 6 Tennyson - Faith and Doubt In Memoriam
Queen Victoria, the longest reigning British monarch, after the death of her beloved Prince Albert was undergoing prolonged and painful...
Pearl of Great Price
Oct 18, 20214 min read
Oct 5 Uganda -Ecumenism of Blood
Today Christians took control of the government after enduring years of persecution which had triggered a rebellion. The victory was in...
Pearl of Great Price
Oct 14, 20215 min read
Sep 30 George Tyrell and Modernism
Today in 1907 and a letter in the Times from the priest George Tyrell, and publisjed in London, which was against the papal encyclical...
Pearl of Great Price
Oct 12, 20215 min read
Sep 28 The Obelisk that 'witnessed' St Peters Death
We go back to year 1586 and travel to Rome where a large pink granite obelisk known as "The Witness", was moved to its present location...
Pearl of Great Price
Sep 30, 20213 min read
Sep 24 The Venerable Bede
Today in the year 654 the first general council of the Anglo-Saxon Church opened. It was convened in Hertford, by Theodore of Tarsus,...
Pearl of Great Price
Sep 24, 20213 min read
Sep 16 The Bishop and the first convicted serial killer
Today in 1440, Gilles de Rais, one of the earliest known serial killers, was taken into custody upon an accusation brought against him by...
Pearl of Great Price
Sep 20, 20216 min read
Sep 12 Richard Challoner - leading under pressure
Richard Challoner would become the leading figure of English Catholicism for the greater part of the eighteenth century. He was bright...
Pearl of Great Price
Jun 21, 20213 min read
June 19 Acton - Power Corrupts, Absolute Power corrupts absolutely
Today in 1902 Lord Acton died. John Acton was the English Catholic historian, died in Bavaria, Germany. Now famous for his saying...
Pearl of Great Price
Jun 14, 20213 min read
June 15 Archbishop Stephen Langton and Magna Carta
The energetic leadership and conciliatory skills of Archbishop Stephen Langton forced King John to grant his seal to Magna Carta at...
Pearl of Great Price
Jun 10, 20216 min read
June 11 The Emmy winning Bishop - Fulton Sheen
Fulton Sheen was consecrated a bishop on June 11, 1951. A charismatic speaker and pioneer of religious media in the 20th century, he...
Pearl of Great Price
May 31, 20214 min read
May 31 CELAM 5, Aparecida and Pope Francis
Today we look at the short history of the Latin American Bishops Conference, their most recent meeting in Mexico at Aparecida and how...
Pearl of Great Price
Apr 28, 20217 min read
Apr 29 The Visions of Joan of Arc
Today the fascinating figure of Joan of Arc broke the siege of Orleans in 1429 and possibly delivered France from English domination. A...
Pearl of Great Price
Jan 31, 20213 min read
Jan 28 - Excommunicating an Emperor
Today we remember in 1077 the famous midwinter penitential Walk to Canossa by King Henry IV, the Holy Roman Emperor. Henry petitioned...
Pearl of Great Price
Jan 30, 20213 min read
Jan 21- The Pilgrim Fathers pray on US Soil
Today in 1621 the Pilgrims from England left their ship the Mayflower and gathered on shore at Plymouth, Massachusetts, for their first...
Pearl of Great Price
Jan 29, 20213 min read
Jan 11- Danish Bishop who was father of Geology
Today we go back to year 1638 when Nicholas Steno was born in Copenhagen. He was recently commemorated with a Google Doodle as the...
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