Our Divine Sparks with Dearbhail McDonald

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Our Divine Sparks with Dearbhail McDonald offers a fresh and engaging exploration of religious and spiritual life as well as an occasionally offbeat perspective on the world of religion.

  1. 18.04.2025

    Episode 19

    1,700 years since the Council of Nicaea where fierce rivalries, power struggles, and a war of words shaped the future of Christianity. Dr. Rebecca Usherwood TCD, Kieran O’Mahony Milltown Institute and Diarmaid MacCulloch Emeritus Professor of the History of the Church at Oxford University.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    51 Min.

  2. 18.04.2025

    Epsiode 19

    1,700 years since the Council of Nicaea where fierce rivalries, power struggles, and a war of words shaped the future of Christianity. Dr. Rebecca Usherwood TCD, Kieran O’Mahony Milltown Institute and Diarmaid MacCulloch Emeritus Professor of the History of the Church at Oxford University.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    51 Min.

  3. 28.03.2025

    Episode 18

    The fist millennial saint Carlo Acutis - Fr. Michael Collins. Siofra Mulqueen reports on the mystery of the moving statues 40 years on. Religion thriving against the odds - theologian and Vatican advisor Prof. Anna Rowlands. Pádraig O Tuama pens his memory of Ballinspittle 1985.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    26 Min.

  4. 21.03.2025

    Episode 17

    Saudi soap sparks scandal - Ahmed Al Omran of the FT. Impact of U.S. Foreign Aid cuts - Miriam Donohoe essay from Uganda. Religious tourism - Kevin Griffin, TU Dublin. Philippines report - Fr. Shay Cullen whose Preda Foundation is 50 years old.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    26 Min.
  5. Episode 16

    14.03.2025

    Episode 16

    St. Patrick in his own words. What drove him, how others saw him and how his image was later shaped to match the ideal of an Irish Apostle. Dr. Elizabeth Dawson, lecturer in Medieval History, Carlow College and Thomas O'Loughlin, Emeritus Prof of Historical Theology, University of Nottingham. Reports on sacred sites and animals in world religions.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    54 Min.
  6. Episode 15

    07.03.2025

    Episode 15

    On the eve of International Women's Day, Gina Menzies on women priests, Siofra Mulqueen visits the Poor Clare Sisters in Ennis, Seema Chauhan on the Hindu festival of Holi and Marie Staunton pays homage to spring flowers.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    29 Min.
  7. Episode 14

    28.02.2025

    Episode 14

    Gay, Muslim and breaking barriers with Europe’s first inclusive mosque: Imam Ludovic Mohamed Zahed. Matt Talbot centenary - historian Lindsey Earner Byrne. Pancakes and penance – vox pop. Cultivating contentment: neuroscientist Ian RobertsonSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    26 Min.
  8. Episode 13

    21.02.2025

    Episode 13

    Dr. Hans Zollner, global expert on clerical child sex abuse. Using faith to push political agendas – essay by Marion McKeone. Popular culture and religion – Dr. Peter Admirand, DCU.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    26 Min.
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