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Aug 17, 20213 min read

Aug 15 Cologne Cathedral - 632 years in the making

Today in 1880 Cologne Cathedral was finished. It was Germany's largest cathedral and for four years it was the tallest building in the...

Jul 30, 20213 min read

July 30 Johann Sebastian Bach

Today in 1750 the body of Johan Sebastian Bach was laid to rest in an unmarked grave at the churchyard of St. John’s, Leipzig. The...

Jun 25, 20216 min read

June 26 Beauty, Truth & Goodness - Hans Urs von Balthazar

Today in 1988 we remember the death of one of the greatest theological minds of the 20th Century. Hans Urs Von Balthazar died just two...

Mar 28, 20214 min read

Mar 29 The Foundling Hospital in London

Today we remember how Thomas Coram, an English naval captain started the Foundling Hospital for abandoned children in 1751 in London....

Feb 22, 20211 min read

Feb 23 Handel's Messiah

Today we remember the birth of : George Frederick Handel, composer of the oratorio "Messiah," which is now one of the best-known and...

Jan 29, 20214 min read

Jan 14 - Albert Schweitzer Born

Today in 1875, Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Theologian and Missionary, Albert Schweitzer was born. We look at his remarkable life and mixed...

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