Psychology's an important science, one that can really help us live better lives day-to-day. In this podcast we look at what parts of this science work well, and what parts don't. If we dare to look closely, we can find ways to improve it. Join us in a mind-blowing journey to a behavioral science for the 21st century.
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What’s not to talk about when you are backstage waiting for your next entrance? Join Dexter Whitehead as he sits down with special guests from each and every part of the theatre and brings you into the dressing room too. So pick up your interval coffee or pour your post show wine and get ready for some dressing room banter. “There are no small parts, only small actors”. – Konstantin Stanislavski
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Prayer and scriptural reflections, homilies and pastoral messages from Archbishop Mark Coleridge, catechesis and more.
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We're going to take you into the world of elite sport and give you a real insight in to what it's like to step over the white line and compete against the best. The athletes, the coaches, the support staff. So who are we? Ellen White is a footballer with Manchester City and England. Ellen's got three world cups to her name and his England's leading all-time goal scorer in that competition. Richard Whitehead MBE is a double gold winning athlete at the Paralympics, including a memorable day at ...
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Your host, Sammy Castro, interviews guests on lessons learned in the military and elsewhere in order to better understand finding a balance in life.
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As Australia’s most ambitious climate-focused cultural project, 100 Climate Conversations aims to inspire action by presenting an evidence-based and empowering vision of the future. The program showcases 100 visionary Australians, taking effective action to respond to the most critical issue of our time, climate change. Featuring Mike Cannon-Brookes, Victor Steffensen, Ronni Kahn, Clover Moore, Rebecca Huntley, Grace Vegesana, Ross Garnaut and Ketan Joshi in conversation with some of the nat ...
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Join AFIA CEO, Diane Tate, as she speaks with leaders from across the finance industry. They discuss key issues, reflect on the COVID-19 crisis in the context of past experiences and future possibilities, and consider the important role the finance industry will play in Australia’s economic recovery and beyond.
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Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Two-Minute Homily: Dcn Andrew O'Brien
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Two-Minute Homily by Dcn Andrew O'Brien for the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2024. “God, through his Word, poses a simple question for us today. Where is the bread of Jesus in my life?” The post Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time –...
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The inaugural Carolina Youth Orchestra Summer Festival will take place at Davidson College in early August 2024. The three-day clinic is designed to help young musicians develop their musical skills under the tutelage of professional musicians and broaden their connections to our music community. The festival culminates in a free public concert at …
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Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Two-Minute Homily: Fr Bob Harwood
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Two-Minute Homily by Fr Bob Harwood for the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2024. “Having received the Eucharist, how do we distribute the impact of Christ's miracle of sacrifice and compassion to those with whom we gather?” The post...
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On this Piedmont Arts podcast, we talk with Shante Williams, the new general director of Opera Carolina. Williams is a business owner and venture capitalist who has been on the Opera Carolina board for three years. She talks about the upcoming season, her passion for new operas, and about the group's future.…
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Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Two-Minute Homily: Fr Tom Elich
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Two-Minute Homily by Fr Tom Elich for the Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2024. “Our prayer time is not an escape from our mission to love and care for others. Rather, our quiet time gives us the focus and the energy to do our ministry well.”...
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Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Two-Minute Homily: Fr Fadi Salame
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Two-Minute Homily by Fr Fadi Salame for the Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2024. “The essence of the Christian message is clear, prayer first, asking for the guidance of the Holy Spirit, then go forth to proclaim the gospel without fear.”...
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Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Two-Minute Homily: Fr William Aupito Iuliano
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Two-Minute Homily by Fr William Aupito Iuliano for the Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2024. “Although we might feel afraid, may we step forward in faith and realise it's the Lord who changes us, and makes us into the people he desires for us...
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Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Two-Minute Homily: Fr Josh Whitehead
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Two-Minute Homily by Fr Josh Whitehead for the Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2024. “We have power to mediate God's life and love to others who are struggling with the darkness… It is the responsibility of every baptised to actively accompany...
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Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Two-Minute Homily: Fr Jacob Kalu
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Two-Minute Homily by Fr Jacob Kalu for the Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2024. “If we feel that Jesus is sleeping, are we comfortable enough to wake Jesus and present him with our needs?” The post Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time –...
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Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time - Two-Minute Homily: Fr Anthony Mellor
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Two-Minute Homily by Fr Anthony Mellor for the Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time 2024. “The way Jesus tells it, faith is about openness to growth, openness to the unexpected, openness to a harvest that is not our work but about what God desires for...
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Juneteenth marks the date on June 19, 1865, when news of the Emancipation Proclamation finally reached the last remaining enslaved people in Texas. We talk with Davidson College historian Hilary Green about how Texas commemorations in the 19th century led to the declaration of a national holiday in 2021. We also get an overview of the Juneteenth ev…
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Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Two-Minute Homily: Fr Emmanuel Ayankudy
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Two-Minute Homily by Fr Emmanuel Ayankudy for the Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2024. “The challenges we face in this world may seem overwhelming, but our hope and trust in God sustains us.” The post Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time –...
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Bach Akademie Charlotte’s 2024 Bach Festival returns to various locations around Charlotte and this year’s festival is called “Bach Akademie Charlotte Goes to Italy.” While it is indeed a Bach festival, it’s bookended by opening and closing concerts that focus on music from Italy, namely Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610 . We …
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Feast of Corpus Christi - Two-Minute Homily: Fr Adrian Farrelly
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Two-Minute Homily by Fr Adrian Farrelly for the Feast of Corpus Christi 2024 (The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ). “At Eucharist, in communion, we literally believe as we eat the bread and drink the cup, we take our Lord into ourselves.”...
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Trumpeter Rodney Marsalis is a member of the famous New Orleans musical family and the leader of the Rodney Marsalis Philadelphia Big Brass. We talk to Marsalis about his career and the group's upcoming concert at Gardner-Webb University. Learn more about the Summer in the Springs with the Rodney Marsalis Philadelphia Big Brass Concert Pictured: Th…
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Feast of the Most Holy Trinity - Two-Minute Homily: Fr Morgan Batt
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Two-Minute Homily by Fr Morgan Batt for the Feast of the Most Holy Trinity 2024. “Jesus says, I promise to be with you to the end of time. What does that mean? Emmanuel, God With Us, promises to be with us.” The post Feast of the Most Holy...
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Pentecost Sunday - Two-Minute Homily: Fr Jack Ho
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Two-Minute Homily by Fr Jack Ho for Pentecost Sunday 2024. “Today, we pray that, already filled with the Gifts of the Holy Spirit, we may go out to proclaim that peace into a world that is in so much need of it.” The post Pentecost Sunday...
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The Salisbury Symphony has been looking for a new music director this season, and they will audition their final candidate at their concert called "Hope and Lifting." Daniel Wiley will conduct the orchestra in music of Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky, and Omar Thomas. Wiley is currently assistant conductor with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Pops. …
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The Ascension of the Lord - Two-Minute Homily: Fr Ihemelandu Uzuegbu
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Two-Minute Homily by Fr Ihemelandu Uzuegbu for the The Ascension of the Lord 2024. “The Ascension of the Lord is not the departure of Jesus from us, rather it must be seen as a new presence of Jesus among us.” The post The Ascension of the...
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The Charlotte Symphony Orchestra is producing an immersive event called "Merge" that combines modern symphonic music with electronic dance music and synchronized visual projections. Resident Conductor Christopher James Lees talks about the symphony's foray into new territory and the collaboration that brought it to life. Learn more about the MERGE:…
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Sixth Sunday of Easter - Two-Minute Homily: Fr Lucius Edomobi
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Two-Minute Homily by Fr Lucius Edomobi for the Sixth Sunday of Easter 2024. “When we become friends with Jesus, it changes the way we live. We begin to pray better, experience more peace, comfort, and joy in our lives, knowing that we are truly...
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Charlotteans Lorne Lassiter and Gary Ferraro helped found the former Mint Museum of Craft and Design in uptown. They've also donated dozens of pieces from their own collection. The exhibit "Craft Across Continents" features many of those works in glass, wood, ceramics, and textiles. On this edition of the Piedmont Arts podcast, we tour the exhibit …
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Do Chatbots Need Love? Is there anything in the architecture of AI systems that would justify and support the development of loving relationships with humans? “Bringing Immunity to Artificial Intelligence,” Part Three is the conclusion of a series about ducking a strange form of illness that affects not only humans, but potentially AI entities as w…
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I'm Tom Whitehead, A Practicing Psychotherapist with a longstanding interest in Artificial Intelligence. This episode is Part Two of a series, “Bringing Immunity to AI. The series is about a strange form of behavioral illness that not only affects humans, but potentially AIs as well. Here I continue a discussion with my brilliant AI assistant Alex …
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Tom Whitehead, a Practicing Psychotherapist with a longstanding interest in Artificial Intelligence, speaks with brilliant AI assistant Alex about an unusual problem – parasitic forms that reproduce themselves within the behavior of both humans and AIs. Parasitic patterns regularly crop up in human behavior, perception, and logic. Humans, for examp…
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Fifth Sunday of Easter - Two-Minute Homily: Fr John Fowles
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Two-Minute Homily by Fr John Fowles for the Fifth Sunday of Easter 2024. “The Holy Spirit comes forth from the nature of Christ and into our nature through the sacraments of His Church.” The post Fifth Sunday of Easter – Two-Minute...
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Kalena Bovell, a candidate for Salisbury Symphony Music Director, will lead the orchestra in a program called "Musical Inspirations." Bovell made her professional debut as the Chicago Sinfonietta's Assistant Conductor in 2015 and has led performances at the BBC Proms and the Kennedy Center. She also recently had her opera debut at Volcano Theatre w…
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Fourth Sunday of Easter - Two-Minute Homily: Dcn Gary Stone
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Two-Minute Homily by Dcn Gary Stone for the Fourth Sunday of Easter 2024. “My lived experience is that the Spirit of ANZAC is founded on the Spirit of following Jesus as good shepherds.” The post Fourth Sunday of Easter – Two-Minute...
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The Charlotte Symphony Orchestra (CSO) shared news that the organization has raised more than $40 million toward a goal of $50 million for its endowment. CSO President and CEO David Fisk discusses why having a significant endowment makes the orchestra stronger, and he provides details about the vital programs the endowment campaign will enable in t…
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Third Sunday of Easter - Two-Minute Homily: Fr Regimon Gervasis
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Two-Minute Homily by Fr Regimon Gervasis for the Third Sunday of Easter 2024. “Easter invites us to believe and witness the living God. We are sent forth to share the joy and peace, as we share our story of meeting Jesus.” The post Third...
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Charlotte's nonprofit Blumenthal Arts hosts touring Broadway shows, symphony concerts and the ballet, among other things. But it's also branching out to other kinds of events, like the Immersive Van Gogh exhibit a couple of years ago. David Boraks talks with Blumenthal Arts CEO Tom Gabbard about another big immersive exhibit coming to Charlotte and…
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Second Sunday of Easter - Two-Minute Homily: Dcn Peter Devenish Meares
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Two-Minute Homily by Dcn Peter Devenish Meares for the Second Sunday of Easter 2024. “When lost, doubting and struggling, what would you have Jesus say to you today right where you are?” The post Second Sunday of Easter – Two-Minute...
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The Charlotte Shout! festival is produced by Charlotte Center City Partners and showcases Charlotte's creativity, innovation, diversity, and resilience. It includes music acts, art installations, community conversations, culinary events, and more. We talk to Rick Thurmond from Charlotte Center City Partners about the festival's importance to our cu…
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Easter Sunday - Two-Minute Homily: Archbishop Mark Coleridge
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Two-Minute Homily by Archbishop Mark Coleridge for Easter Sunday 2024. "Easter is the moment when Jesus rises from the tomb against all the odds. But Easter is also about the birth of the Good News from the tomb of our heart." The post Easter Sunday...
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Traditionally, composers have written music with a group of musicians in mind, painstakingly transcribing or notating their ideas as sheet music. But these days, many work on a computer loaded with a digital library of instruments and sounds. That’s the case for the next generation of composers in training at Davidson College. We visit with music p…
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Palm Sunday - Two-Minute Homily: Fr Peter Dillon
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Two-Minute Homily by Fr Peter Dillon for Palm Sunday (Passion Sunday) 2024. "Traditionally during Holy week, we focus on the sufferings of Jesus. Rather, it is holy because of the inexplicable and immeasurable love that prompted that suffering." The...
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The Marriage of Figaro considered one of the greatest operas of all time, is billed as a comic opera but addresses serious themes such as tension between the social classes. Find out more about this masterpiece, and its important place in history by listening to a conversation with Dr. Scott MacLeod, associate professor of music and director of Hig…
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One Voice Chorus was founded in Charlotte in 1990 to bring together lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and LGBTQIA+ affirming people to celebrate their lives through song. Since that time the chorus has grown in membership from 25 to more than 90 singers. Executive Director Micah Deer fills us in on the organization's history, purpose, and progra…
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Fifth Sunday of Lent - Two-Minute Homily: Dcn Peter Pellicaan
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Two-Minute Homily by Dcn Peter Pellicaan for the Fifth Sunday of Lent 2024. "Today we're invited to examine what we love. Do we love God more than our own lives?" The post Fifth Sunday of Lent - Two-Minute Homily: Dcn Peter Pellicaan appeared first...
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Thorgy Thor, a classically trained musician who first came to national prominence on the television series RuPaul’s Drag Race , is the guest on this episode of Piedmont Arts. After a recent appearance at Davidson College, she spoke to us about how she developed the concert program Thorgy and the Thorchestra which has been performed with orchestras …
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Fourth Sunday of Lent - Two-Minute Homily: Dcn Paul Jensen
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Two-Minute Homily by Dcn Paul Jensen for the Fourth Sunday of Lent 2024. "We are invited to receive God's gift of grace in Christ; to humbly open ourselves to God's transcendent and sacred presence in our lives." The post Fourth Sunday of Lent - Two-Minute...
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Third Sunday of Lent - Two-Minute Homily: Fr Frank Jones
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Two-Minute Homily by Fr Frank Jones for the Third Sunday of Lent 2024. "There are really only two things we need to do in Lent. And that is prayer and love, simple." The post Third Sunday of Lent - Two-Minute Homily: Fr Frank Jones appeared first on...
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The Salisbury Symphony is auditioning candidates for music director. Michelle Di Russo, a candidate for the position, will conduct their "Enchanting Sounds" concert in Keppel Auditorium. She'll lead a program of music by Piazzola, Saint-Saens, and Rimsky-Korsakov. Di Russo is from Argentina, and currently the Associate Conductor in her second seaso…
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Second Sunday of Lent - Two-Minute Homily: Fr Adrian Sharp
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Two-Minute Homily by Fr Adrian Sharp for the Second Sunday of Lent 2024. "At the beginning of Lent, let's heed the call to look at our lives in a new way. And may this Lent purify us, and help us become more totally the Lord's, and more fully united with...
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Each year, Charlotte Master Chorale presents a "Unity Concert" with the goal of building bridges in the community through the shared experience of choral music. This year's concert is called "Unity: Earth" and is Saturday, March 9 at 4pm at First United Methodist Church in Charlotte. The ensemble will perform the North Carolina premiere of Jake Run…
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First Sunday of Lent - Two-Minute Homily: Fr Kevin Smith
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Two-Minute Homily by Fr Kevin Smith for the First Sunday of Lent 2024. "The little trouble I go to, that prayer I say to help me to forgive that person yet again, the act of kindness that will never be acknowledged all make a difference." The post First...
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One of the most extraordinary figures in American classical music is someone you may never have heard of. Mary Cardwell Dawson, born in 1894 in Madison, NC, was a musician, teacher, and founding director of the National Negro Opera Company, the longest-running, all-Black opera company which helped launch the careers of many singers. Now her story i…
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Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Two-Minute Homily: Dcn Chad Hargrave
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Two-Minute Homily by Dcn Chad Hargrave for the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2024. "The radical love and mercy of God will cross any barriers that we think separate us from him. If we are simply present before him then he will always reach out to us."...
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Research suggests there are significant neurological and academic benefits to children who learn to play a musical instrument. However, most school systems wait until 6th grade to offer band or orchestra programs, and many kids simply do not have access to instrumental instruction until it's offered at school. Cornelius Youth Orchestras wants to ch…
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Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Two-Minute Homily: Fr Anthony Mellor
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Two-Minute Homily by Fr Anthony Mellor for the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2024. "If we want the best of life, then we must allow ourselves to be transformed by Christ, little by little everyday." The post Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Two-Minute...
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