Podcasts by The Leap of Faith
In a programme for people of many faiths and none, Siobhan Garrigan talks with those whose life experiences cause them to call on their beliefs as he seeks to discover what religion does for people... and occasionally to them. With regular updates from across the worlds faiths and those that hold them The Leap of Faith is a thought provoking 30 minutes of radio.
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Leap of Faith - Good Friday Special from 2023-12-14T11:42:38.745798
We are joined by Amy-Jill Levine, Peter Admirand, Helen Bond and Peter Keenan to reflect on the Jewish foundations of the Easter Story and ask how it can be interpreted in ways that combat anti-sem...
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The Leap of Faith St Patrick's Day Special from 2022-03-17T12:00
The Leap of Faith celebrates St Patrick's Day with a mix of conversation, music and inspiration in the company of a variety of guests. Presented by Michael Comyn.
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Leap of Faith 4th January 2019 from 2022-03-07T10:59:35.461968
We listen back to the many diverse voices who featured on the programme in 2018 recalling events from the visit of Pope Francis, the clergymen who are fathers of international rugby players, lesson...
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The Leap of Faith Friday 01st of February 2019 from 2022-03-07T10:59:35.427933
We discuss the importance of Saint Bridget as a feminist icon with Dr. Kelly Fitzgerald of UCD. Pupils of St. Brigid's Primary School in Kildare present President Michael D. Higgins with a Kildare ...
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The Leap of Faith Friday 08th of February 2019 from 2022-03-07T10:59:35.422843
Tonight we hear from Jonny Woods&Dr Steve Holmes, Head of the School of Divinity at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland about a religious code that Jonny cracked which baffled academics. Fr. ...
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The Leap of Faith Friday 01st March 2019 from 2022-03-07T10:59:35.417271
On the Leap of Faith this week we're joined by Dr Ben Mathews, Australian Professor with the School of Law in Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and RTÉ's Religious&Social Affairs Joe Little...
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The Leap of Faith Friday 8 March 2019 from 2022-03-07T10:59:35.380327
As we celebrate International Women's Day this week here in RTÉthis week. We're joined by Dr Anne Francis, Pastoral Theologian. Canon Ruth Elmes Archdeacon, Church of Ireland. Dr Rachel Woodlock, l...
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The Leap of Faith Friday April 5 2019 from 2022-03-07T10:59:35.372773
Join Michael Comyn for The Leap of Faith. A programme for people of many faiths and none.
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The Story of Blessed John Henry Newman from 2022-03-07T10:59:35.355915
Father Dermot Mansfield, author of 'Heart Speaks to Heart: The Story of Blessed John Henry Newman', sheds light on this man’s remarkable life and legacy, as his canonisation takes place in Rome thi...
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The Leap of Faith Friday October 4th, 2019 from 2022-03-07T10:59:35.353306
Tom Holland talk's about his latest book Dominion: The Making of the Western Mind. We meet film maker James Creedon and hear the story of Sister Paschal (Jennie) O' Sullivan, who spent 75 years in...
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The Leap of Faith Friday November 1st from 2022-03-07T10:59:35.340964
Theologian Angela Hanley shares the story of her close friend Seán Fagan with her book 'What happened to Father Seán Fagan? From prayer to sports, animals to fasting, appreciating ways of living ...
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The Leap of Faith Friday November 8th, 2019 from 2022-03-07T10:59:35.336708
Bishop Francis Duffy talks about a new listening initiative in his dioceses. Noel Sweeney reports on how Mexicans living in Cork celebrate the Day of the Dead. We talk with Father Tom Ryan, from Bo...
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The Leap of Faith Friday January 3rd from 2022-03-07T10:59:35.325486
On the Leap of Faith this week, we hear from a selection of guests who've spoken on a variety of topics over the past year. Email the programme faith@rte.ie
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The Leap of Faith Friday May 1st from 2022-03-07T10:59:35.275243
Zen Buddhist Priest Myozan Kodo on Vesak, which is one of the most important Buddhist festivals. The RTÉ Radio 1 May Day tradition of playing Canon Sydney MacEwan's Bring Flowers of the Rarest. ...
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The Leap of Faith Friday May 8th from 2022-03-07T10:59:35.273133
Pictures taken in 1903 in a Dublin City Churchyard raise more questions than answers and Jewish historian, Yanky Fachler examines the influence of the Jewish faith on the work of iconic musical art...
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The Leap of Faith Friday June 5th from 2022-03-07T10:59:35.270357
On this evenings programme, the voices of two prominent Christian leaders in America, following the death of George Floyd and the use of religious symbols in a photo opportunity by President Trump.
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The Leap of Faith Friday 2nd October 2020 from 2022-03-07T10:59:35.254064
On the programme tonight, author, journalist&commentator Paul Vallely on his new book Philanthropy, From Aristotle to Zuckerberg. St. Nicholas'Collegiate Church celebrates its 700th anniversary. An...
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The Leap of Faith Friday 8th January 2021 from 2022-03-07T10:59:35.249169
We're joined by the Most Reverend Dr Dermot Farrell, the Archbishop Elect of Dublin. We also talk with Professor John Horne, Fellow Emeritus of European History at Trinity College Dublin and a memb...
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The Leap of Faith Friday 5th February 2021 from 2022-03-07T10:59:35.243266
Professor Max Watson from the Presbyterian Church in Ireland on the Dying with Dignity Bill 2020. Dr Gladys Ganiel from Queen's University Belfast on how Churches on the island of Ireland are navi...
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The Leap of Faith Friday 5th March 2021 from 2022-03-07T10:59:35.228232
As Pope Francis arrives in Iraq, we hear Christian and Muslim perspectives on this historic visit, which carries both symbolism and risk.
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The Leap of Faith - Friday 2nd April 2021 from 2022-03-07T10:59:35.215947
On the programme this evening, a Good Friday gathering of guests celebrates sacred music inspired by the Passion: Composer Sir James MacMillan, Director of the Royal Irish Academy of Music, Deborah...
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The Leap of Faith - Friday 9th April 2021 from 2022-03-07T10:59:35.184874
John Wilkins, former editor of The Tablet, on the life of Father Hans Kung, who died this week aged 93. Sean Duggan Head Chaplain to the Irish Prison Service on how his team have adapted during the...
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The Leap of Faith - Friday 7th May 2021 from 2022-03-07T10:59:35.177439
Dublin priest Fr Bryan Shortall talks to us about the re-opening of Churches from next week and online worship. Catherine Wiley of the Catholic Grandparents Association tells us about its Faith C...
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The Leap of Faith - 4th June 2021 from 2022-03-07T10:59:35.159770
Pope Francis has issued the most extensive revision to Catholic Church law in four decades. We talk with journalist and biographer to Pope Francis Austen Ivereigh and Marie Collins, a former member...
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Leap of Faith 7th Dec 2018 from 2021-12-03T16:41:41.380622
On the Leap of Faith this week, Michael Comyn's guest is Galway Historian Catherine Corless. This Friday, December 7th she will be awarded an honorary degree at Trinity College Dublin in recognitio...
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The Leap of Faith - 18th June 2021 from 2021-06-18T12:00
We talk with Fr Alan Hilliard, author of Dipping into Life: 40 Reflections for a Fragile Faith. We also have live music with Scott McKeown and Victoria Johnston, two musicians who express their C...
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The Leap of Faith - 11th June 2021 from 2021-06-11T12:00
June 13th is National Holy Wells Day. We'll hear from Fr Brian Grogan SJ and Sr Helen Grealy. Author Yanky Fachler tells us some of the almost 200 stories he shared with an online audience durin...
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Leap of Faith 9th Nov 2018 from 2021-06-03T05:28:48.522732
Author, preacher and photographer Helena Connolly talks about her search for perfect places to pray. We also head to St.Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin where the Very Reverend Dr.William Morton Dean ...
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The Leap of Faith - 28th May 2021 from 2021-05-28T12:00
We talk with Brother Liam O'Meara, who is the founder of the Burren Chernobyl Project. Actor, playwright&psychotherapist, Isobel Mahon shares how faith enriches her professional life. And Fathe...
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The Leap of Faith - Friday 21st May 2021 from 2021-05-21T12:00
This evening Michael and guests mark Bob Dylan's 80th birthday. Michael is joined by Dr Michael Booth who lectures in the Dept of English at UCC&from Philadelphia, singer-songwriter Wesley Stace. W...
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Leap of Faith 2nd November 2018 from 2021-05-15T06:36:22.219830
Michael Comyn's guest is biologist and author Doctor Rupert Sheldrake who tonight, considers the relationship between science and spiritual practices.
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The Leap of Faith - Friday 30th April 2021 from 2021-04-30T12:00
First up of this evening we go to Israel where there has been a tragic loss of life at the Lag B'Omer religious festival. Christian Aid Ireland's CEO Rosamond Bennett on calls for a People's Vacci...
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The Leap of Faith - Friday 23rd April 2021 from 2021-04-23T12:00
A nurse living in Ireland discusses faith during India's covid crisis as millions of devotees mark, Aparna Shukla. Stormont debates a bill banning conversion therapy for people questioning sexuali...
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Leap of Faith 2nd February 2018 from 2021-04-20T16:53:56.667724
On the programme tonight are psychotherapy and religion mutually exclusive, we hear of a 15 year correspondence between psychologist Carl Jung and theologian Fr Victor White.
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Leap of Faith 9th Feb 2018 from 2021-04-20T16:53:56.666833
Two clergymen, who have a great deal in common- and it's not just their rugby heritage- Canon Horace McKinley and the Reverend Graham Stockdale, share stories of lives dedicated to faith and family.
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Leap of Faith - 2nd March 2018 from 2021-04-20T16:53:56.663881
Another chance to hear the programme, first broadcast on Good Friday last year that was nominated for the prestigious Jerusalem Awards, that asks - Did Jesus have to die?
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Leap of Faith 9th March 2018 from 2021-04-20T16:53:56.662943
Dr David Shepherd reviews a new Hollywood film that may revise your perception of the role of Mary Magdalene in the development of the early Christian Church.
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Leap of Faith - Dr.Elisabeth Kübler-Ross from 2021-04-20T16:53:56.659172
Psychiatrist Dr.Elisabeth Kübler-Ross was a pioneer in the field of grief and on tonights episode we hear her story.
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Leap of Faith 5th October 2018 from 2021-04-20T16:53:56.652237
We join Dr Gerard Gillen at the organ of the Pro-Cathedral in Dublin as he recounts his 42 years as Titular Organists there. At a Mass last Sunday, attended by President Michael D Higgins and celeb...
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The Leap of Faith - Friday 16th April 2021 from 2021-04-16T12:00
Tonight, creating a culture of care post-Covid-19, Ramadan in contemporary Ireland and a suggestion of unfinished business in the peace process in Northern Ireland.
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The Leap of Faith - Friday 26th March 2021 from 2021-03-26T12:00
We hear from a Quaker elder living in Co Limerick about his journey of faith, having been a monk in the Trappist Community of Mount Melleray Abbey. Deirdre Ní Chinnéide, singer and spiritual direct...
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Leap of Faith 5th Jan 2018 from 2021-03-26T00:41:13.467855
This week, we take a look back of some of the highlights of the programme over the last year and revisit the topics and guests that engaged the audience in 2017.
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The Leap of Faith Friday 19th March 2021 from 2021-03-19T12:00
Tonight, the story of an Irish Priest shot dead 100 years ago by a Ku Klux Klan member. It's Naw-Rúz, the first day of the Bahá'i calendar year. We hear from Sarah Sabour-Chadwick on how her faith ...
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The Leap of Faith Friday 12th March 2021 from 2021-03-12T12:00
Tonight, recently appointed Bishop of Achonry, Paul Dempsey, on getting plans for a national synod underway, Regina Sexton on fasting and feasting and Swami Purnananda tells us the story of an Iris...
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The Leap of Faith Friday 19th February 2021 from 2021-02-19T12:00
As more than 50 Irish faith leaders sign a statement condemning the persecution of the Uyghurs and other Muslims in Xinjiang, China, we speak with one of the signatories. We take a look at Centring...
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The Leap of Faith Friday 12th February 2021 from 2021-02-12T12:00
We talk to Sister Patricia Murray, executive secretary of the International Union of Superiors General. Vincent Doyle of CopingInternational.com talks about children of the ordained and we talk to ...
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Leap of Faith 8th Dec 2017 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
All Things Bright and Beautiful and Once in Royal David's City - both well-known hymns but what about their author? We hear about the life of Dublin born, Cecil Frances Alexander and Midlands Pries...
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Leap of Faith 1st Dec 2017 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Christians need to see the New Testament through the lens of the Jews who wrote it - Professor Amy Jill Levine takes on the parables of the Bible, and should Christians claim back the word Christma...
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Leap of Faith 24th Nov 2017 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On the programme today, the Jonathan Swift Festival and celebrations for members of the Bahai Faith.
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Leap of Faith 17th Nov 2017 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On the programme tonight a contrast between brightness and darkness - money and evil.
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Leap of Faith 3rd Nov 2017 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On the programme tonight the impact of the Balfour Declaration, one hundred years after it declared British support for the establishment of a home for the Jewish people in Palestine.
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Leap of Faith - 27th Oct 2017 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
As the 500th-anniversary approaches of the publishing of his 95 theses, by Martin Luther in Wittenberg ... we've gathered a panel to learn more about this German Augustinian Monk and to discuss the...
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Leap of Faith 20th October 2017 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We talk with Professor Jim Lucey, Medical Director, St Patrick’s Mental Health Services and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Trinity College Dublin who was one of the first Lay Canons to be inst...
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The Leap of Faith Friday 15th January 2021 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In the week of the Final Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes we'll hear three different voices of those affected and their reactions to the report.
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Leap of Faith 23rd Nov 2018 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week the Reverend Trevor Sargent talks about the change from politics to ministry, and Fr Pat Collins talks about the role of Prophecy in the foundation of the Christian Faith.
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The Leap of Faith Friday 29th January 2021 from 2021-01-29T12:00
As the first signs of Spring appear, we find out more about the Celtic spirituality surrounding Saint Brigid.
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The Leap of Faith Friday 23rd January 2021 from 2021-01-22T12:00
On the programme tonight, both our guests in their eighties, share insight and wisdom from their early lives that resonates today. We are joined by Sister Helen Préjean and Holocaust survivor Tomi ...
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The Leap of Faith Friday 25th September 2020 from 2020-09-25T12:00
Fr Tony Flannery talks about his latest communication received from the Vatican. John Lonergan former Governor at Mountjoy Prison&Hilary Abrahamson chair of the Dublin City Interfaith Forum talk ab...
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The Leap of Faith Friday June 26th from 2020-06-26T12:00
Back in March this year, we spoke with people of many different faiths and none as they shared how their beliefs were influencing their comprehension of the newly announced Covid-19 epidemic.
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The Leap of Faith Friday June 19th from 2020-06-19T12:00
On the programme tonight, extreme weather, pirates and plagues, just some of the challenges facing medieval Irish Pilgrims.
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The Leap of Faith Friday June 12th from 2020-06-12T12:00
We're joined by the new Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland the Right Reverend Dr David Bruce. Patricia Friel, the Irish charities director, on Mary's Meals work during the COVID Pandem...
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The Leap of Faith 170420 from 2020-04-17T12:00
On tonight's programme, different kinds of isolation, from a French enclosed order of nuns, mariners at sea, missions abroad and the tranquillity of Inis Mor on the Aran Islands. The Leap of Faith ...
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The Leap of Faith Friday April 10th from 2020-04-10T12:00
This week, The Leap of Faith brings you a programme produced by CTVC in the UK. With churches closed and the lockdown firmly in place, the UK faces a very different Easter this year. More and more ...
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The Leap of Faith Friday March 20th from 2020-03-20T12:00
Chris Patten, now Lord Patten of Barnes, reflects on the way in which faith has underpinned his entire life, both personally and politically.
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The Leap of Faith Friday 28 February 2020 from 2020-02-28T12:00
Dr.Kevin Hargaden on what we can learn from desert monks when it comes to economics and social justice. The Very Reverend Doctor Dean Sarah Rowland Jones talks about St.David the patron saint of ...
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The Leap of Faith Friday 14 February 2020 from 2020-02-14T12:00
On tonight's programme: a report on Jewish tradition, the New Year of the Trees celebrated as part of World Interfaith Harmony Week. We review 'A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood' and the French t...
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The Leap of Faith Friday 31 January 2020 from 2020-01-31T12:00
We take a look at Chinese New Year and China's approach to organised religion. And as the world marks the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, we talk with author and historian Yanky Fa...
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The Leap of Faith Friday 24 January 2020 from 2020-01-24T12:00
We talk with the Very Reverend Father Bryan Shortall OFM Cap. He is a member of the Capuchin Franciscan Order&Parish Priest at St Francis of Assisi Church in Priorswood in Dublin. He's also the aut...
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The Leap of Faith Friday January 17th from 2020-01-17T12:00
On the Leap of Faith this week, BBC broadcaster Adrian Chiles talks about his conversion to the Roman Catholic Church. We also review the latest film from writer-director Terrence Malick, A Hidden ...
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The Leap of Faith Friday January 10th from 2020-01-10T12:00
On tonight's programme, what are the religious influences that contribute to the tensions in the Middle East and is there a role for faith in any possible solution? We talk about epiphanies and als...
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A Christmas Leap of Faith from 2019-12-25T12:00
A festive gathering of guests, including Father Bryan Shortall. author Christine Dwyer Hickey, UCD Chaplain Scott Evans, Dr Aileen Murtagh from St Patrick's Mental Health Services in Dublin, Gurus...
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The Leap of Faith Friday 20 December 2019 from 2019-12-20T12:00
As we look forward to Christmas, we hear of some of the Christmas traditions in Mexico during Posada Navideña. Music composer Michael Holohan tells us of the Irish connections to the well-loved car...
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The Leap of Faith Friday November 22nd from 2019-11-22T12:00
A sculpture of Jesus, depicted as a homeless person on a bench is the focus for World Day of the Poor in Dublin and for more than forty years he has been covering religious and social affairs in th...
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The Leap of Faith Friday November 15th from 2019-11-15T12:00
We talk with journalists, Anne Thompson&Inés San Martín who are in Dublin this week to talk at an event on Media and Faith in a Secular Age. Noel Sweeney was in Dublin's Christchurch as The Sikh C...
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The Leap of Faith from 2019-10-11T12:00
On the Leap of Faith this week, Rabbi Julia Neuberger on Yom Kippur and the role of atonement in the Jewish Faith. Lisa Sharon Harper is in Ireland this weekend to address the Rubicon Conference an...
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The Leap of Faith Sept 27th, 2019 from 2019-09-27T12:00
Miriam O’Regan founder of Fearless Women a conference on Oct 11/12 in the Helix in Dublin . We also meet Áine O’Neill and Colm Flynn presenters of Life and Soul.
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The Leap of Faith Friday Sept 20th, 2019 from 2019-09-20T12:00
We hear from Fr. Peter McVerry, founder of the McVerry Trust. The Reverend Brian Anderson is co-chair of the Irish Inter-Church Meeting and President of the Irish Council of Churches and Sister ...
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The Leap of Faith Friday April 12 2019. from 2019-04-12T12:00
As Sikhs across the world celebrate their holiest day of the year, Vaisakhi, we'll get a flavour of the festival from the streets of Dublin, awash with the colour saffron. And we'll also be heari...
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The Leap of Faith - Friday 29th of March from 2019-03-29T12:00
On the programme tonight, singer-songwriter Omar Simon on his conversion to Islam and music tribute to the people of New Zealand following the recent terror attack. A new window into the world with...
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The Leap of Faith - Friday 22nd of March 2019 from 2019-03-22T12:00
Michael is joined Ryma Halfaoui, one of the students organising the demonstration of solidarity with Muslims. Fr Dermot Mansfield, author of ‘Heart Speaks to Heart: The Story of Blessed John Henry ...
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The Leap of Faith Friday 22nd February 2019 from 2019-02-22T12:00
Tonight Michael Comyn hears from Marie Collins, a clerical abuse survivor. Fr Joe McDonald, Parish Priest at St. Matthews Church in Dublin. Crux Journalist Christopher White joins us from Rome and ...
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Leap of Faith 25th Jan 2019 from 2019-01-25T12:00
Paddy Monaghan talks about his lifetime commitments to renewal and reconciliation among Christians, his personal gift from the Rev Ian Paisley and his work with the Alpha course. We also meet Aparn...
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Leap of Faith - 18th Jan 2019 from 2019-01-18T12:00
As the persecution of people of faith around the world reaches unprecedented levels we hear from those who monitor and report on the situation. We also speak with the author of Boy with the Top Kno...
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Leap of Faith 11th Jan 2019 from 2019-01-11T12:00
As the Vatican searches for a new Director and Deputy Director of Communications, following resignations in December, the programme looks ahead to the issues that will face their replacements. As p...
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Leap of Faith Christmas Special from 2018-12-25T12:00
Michael Comyn is joined by a panel of invited guests share gifts of music and stories for this Christmas morning.
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Leap of Faith - 21st Dec 2018 from 2018-12-21T12:00
On tonight's programme, for the Winter Solstice, psychotherapist, musician and singer Deirdre Ni Chinnéide, will be playing her music and sharing an insight into her Celtic spirituality.
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Leap of Faith 14th December 2018 from 2018-12-14T12:00
Tonight the programme asks; is the pursuit of wealth incompatible with Christianity? And we hear from the President of the Buddhist Union on their goal of bringing a Buddhist philosophy to Irish s...
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Leap of Faith 30th November 2018 from 2018-11-30T12:00
We meet Fadilah Salawu, a Muslim and the first black head girl in her school. We also hear from Irish Poet, Dramatist and Broadcaster Aidan Matthews who shares the story of his formation as a Chris...
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Leap of Faith - 16th Nov 2018 from 2018-11-16T12:00
Ahead of German Remembrance Day this Sunday, November 18th, which commemorates victims of war and violence, we visit the German Military Cemetry with guide Frank Tracey
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Leap of Faith 26th October 2018 from 2018-10-26T12:00
Author John Scally shares a collection of writings designed to leave a positive impact and Patrick Ussher share memories of his late mother Dr. Mary Redmond founder of the Irish Hospice Foundation.
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Leap of Faith 19th October 2018 from 2018-10-19T12:00
As winter draws in, faith organisations begin their conference season, we hear of two such events that focus on building a fairer society.
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Leap of Faith 1 from 2018-10-12T14:00
Ahead of the World Premiere of Aifreann in St. Mary's Pro-Cathedral, we meet the composer of this new Mass in Irish, we also meet one of the seven commissioners and the Director of the choirs perfo...
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Leap of Faith 28th September 2018 from 2018-09-28T14:00
Artifical Intelligence is considered by some as the greatest threat to religion since Charles Darwin published On the Origin of the Species. On tonight's programme we explore the ethics that gover...
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Leap of Faith 21st September 2018 from 2018-09-21T14:00
Following on from the Pope's 36-hour visit has anything changed and what can the panel predict what might be the future for the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland?
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Pope Francis Visit Special from 2018-08-25T14:00
On our Leap of Faith Special, Michael is joined in studio by Fr. Bryan Shorthall, theologian Dr. Anne Thurston & historian Dr. Daithi O'Corrain to consider the impact of the Pope's visit for the Ca...
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Leap of Faith 27th April 2018 from 2018-04-27T14:00
We hear from Elma Walsh, the mother of Donal Walsh the young 16-year old Kerry teenager who died five years ago of cancer. His appearance on RTE TV weeks before his death inspired teenagers and adu...
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Leap of Faith - 20th April 2018 from 2018-04-20T14:00
If you pray, should you pray for a change in the weather? Tonight's guests share entirely different views.
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Leap of Faith - Tiglin from 2018-04-13T14:00
On the programme tonight recovery from addiction supported by a Christian ethos - we hear from the founder of Tiglin - Aubrey McCarthy.
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Leap of Faith - Good Friday from 2018-03-30T14:00
One woman's efforts to draw attention to life in Direct Provision in Ireland and a preview of a new documentary on the last six days in the life of Jesus.
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Leap of Faith 23rd March 2018 from 2018-03-23T13:00
John O'Loughlin-Kennedy tells the story of the founding of Concern, 50 years ago, in response to famine in Biafra.
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Leap of Faith 16th March 2018 from 2018-03-16T13:00
Two theologians, with different perspectives, discuss the impact of the speech made by former President Mary McAleese on the role of women in the Catholic Church.
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Leap of Faith 23rd Feb 2018 from 2018-02-23T13:00
Fr.Alan Hilliard, author of Dipping into Lent a new guide to creating a personal retreat over the 40 days before Easter. A novel Lenten event run by the Jesuit Centre of Spirituality and Culture in...
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Leap of Faith 16th Feb 2018 from 2018-02-16T13:00
Broadcaster Norah Casey talks about Lent, Faith and self esteem and her support of the World Meeting of Families. This week Norah Casey was also awarded the Philanthropist of the Year Award. Norah...
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Leap of Faith 26th January 2018 from 2018-01-26T13:00
On the programme tonight; 50 years after Pope Paul the sixths Humanae Vitae encyclical, we hear the story of one priests' stance in 1968 and the repercussions of that decision for him, to this day.
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Leap of Faith - 19 Jan 2018 from 2018-01-19T13:00
Have you ever been inspired by the preacher at a religious service or do you seek out one that is renowned for their brevity? Tonight the programme explores the art, craft and techniques of great p...
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Leap of Faith 12th Jan 2018 from 2018-01-12T13:00
A look forward to the World Meeting of Families next August and news this weekend of a Hindu Festival that celebrates the Sun God with foods that give energy and keep people warm in this nippy weat...
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Leap of Faith - 22nd December 2017 from 2017-12-22T13:00
On the programme this morning, as U2 go straight to number one with their latest album Songs of Experience, is there a Christian influence on their music?
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Leap of Faith - 15th Dec 2017 from 2017-12-15T13:00
this week the unique style of artist Harry Clarke and in particular two windows constructed by him in St Joseph's Church, Terenure, The Annunciation and The Coronation of the Virgin in Glory. We ...
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