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Continue reading →: CE5 – Mother CabriniHow do we find the motivation to do things? How can we be motivated to learn English, despite all the time it takes, the boring lessons, etc.? Can the saints help us? I’d choose Saint Mother Cabrini any day over the likes of Sylvester Stallone or Og Mandino who are…
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Continue reading →: CE4: St Francis of Sales – Democratising DevotionWhatever your situation in life, St Francis of Sales has some advice that can help you, and in today’s podcast, he’ll even help you to learn English. Must be worth a listen!
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Continue reading →: The Holy SacramentsIn my podcast about St Francis of Sales, due to be published next Sunday, 22 December, I mentioned that I adopted (chose) St Francis of Sales as my patron saint at my confirmation. I started to explain something about the sacraments, but it seems like this information should be shared…
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Continue reading →: Effect and affect: what do they mean & how do we use them?In the last podcast, talking about St Ignatius of Loyola, I said: [he noticed] that holy books affect him much more positively than popular heroic, or chivalrous, romances. and, This is an effect of modesty. Ignatius didn’t want to boast about himself We might be able to see the difference…
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Continue reading →: CE3: St Ignatius of LoyolaPractise your English by listening to the fascinating story of a soldier whose eyes and ears were opened to the will of God.
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Continue reading →: CE2: Happy New Liturgical YearThis podcast is different from most – today I introduce you to my Beginners Catholic English Course based on the weekly Mass readings. A short text with lots of help with vocabulary and speaking. Free transcript available on the website www.catholicenglish.org
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Continue reading →: CE1: Welcome to the Catholic Way of Learning EnglishThe first episode of the Catholic English Podcast, where you can learn English with the saints. This introduction is all about our method and includes some gems from Canadian theologian and philosopher Bernard Lonergan SJ.
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Continue reading →: Seek and you will find.What does the word seek mean in English, and how do we use it? There are several verbs in the English language that deal with our sense of sight. First, we have five senses. We’ll concentrate on the sense of sight here, but to put it into context, here are…


