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 PriceAug 2, 20215 minAug 2 Edith Stein Today in 1942 the Carmelite Nun Edith Stein was arrested in her convent in the Netherlands by the SS and taken to Auschwitz concentration...
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 PriceMay 22, 20213 minMay 23 The Baptist Slave rebellion in JamaicaSamuel Sharpe was hanged today in Jamaica for his role in organising as slave uprising referred to by historians as 'The Baptist War'. ...