Pearl of Great PriceOct 18, 20215 minOct 4 Rembrandt - painter of the soul Today in 1669 we travel to Holland where we remember the death of the great Dutch painter Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn. Rembrandt was...
Pearl of Great PriceJul 24, 20214 minJuly 24 Christine, the Beguines & the BollandistsToday in 1242 the mystic Christine von Stommeln was born near Cologne. We look at her unusual life - and how it took her to the...
Pearl of Great PriceJun 21, 20214 minJune 20 Fr George Lemaitre and the Big BangThe pioneering priest and physicist George Lemaitre died today. He is famous for proposing the "Big Bang theory" of the origin of the...
Pearl of Great PriceJun 7, 20214 minJune 8 Gustavo Gutierrez and Liberation TheologyGustavo Gutierrez, the Peruvian Dominican priest is seen by many as the father of Latin American Liberation Theology. We look at his...