The week ahead – from 30 August to 5 September

The Exaltation of the Holy Cross. The Seven Deadly Sins in Dante: 5. Avarice. Episode notes.

Saint Peter Claver. The Seven Deadly Sins in Dante: 4. Sloth. Episode notes.

Saint Gregory the Great. Mother Teresa. The Seven Deadly Sins in Dante: 3. Wrath. Episode notes.

Saint Augustine and Saint Monica. Our Lady of Częstochowa. The Seven Deadly Sins in Dante: 2. Envy. Episode notes.

The Seven Deadly Sins in Dante: 1. Pride. Episode notes.

The Assumption. The Divine Comedy: a prologue to a series on the Seven Deadly Sins. Episode notes.

The Transfiguration, and theo-drama. Hierarchies and status: there is a saint for everyone. Saint Jean-Baptiste-Marie Vianney, the Curé of Ars. Confession and its power. “Resurrection Is Now” as a printed book. Episode notes.

Saints Martha, Mary and Lazarus. The active and contemplative lives. Episode notes.

Saint James and the pilgrim route to Compostela. Saint Mary Magdalene: Apostle to the Apostles, organiser of the caravan, and the woman freed from seven devils. About devils: yours and mine, and how to deal with them. Saint Bridget of Sweden, patron saint of Europe. Episode notes.

Blessed Inácio de Azevedo and his companions: the veneration of places. Saint Thérèse of Saint Augustine and her Companions: the tyranny of liberty, and how to change the course of history. The Second Edition of the U.S. Divine Office. Episode notes.