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Oct 14, 20214 min read

Oct 1 Guardini - The Lord

Today we are Munich in Bavaria, where one of the most creative theologians of the 20th Century, Romano Guardini died in 1968. His...

Sep 9, 20213 min read

Sep 5 Joseph Beran - Courage in front of totalitarianism

Today in 1942 the Czech priest Joseph Beran was imprisoned in the Dachau concentration camp. He was given number 25844 after the Nazis...

Sep 8, 20214 min read

Sep 3 The Heliand - Old Norse Epic Poem about the life of Christ

Today in 1830 the first complete edition of the Heliand was published by Johann Andreas Schmeller. This was a ninth century epic poem...

Aug 6, 20213 min read

Aug 7 The first 'mega-mass' in Munich -1960

On this day in Christian History we go back to year 1960 and travel to Munich where the 37th International Eucharistic Congress finished...

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...

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