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					<description><![CDATA[Listen again to Songs of Hope Christmas Day Special. Its an array of carols sent to air on 25dec24 from 7am to 9am. Rod is the presenter.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2022 12:10:52 +0000</pubDate>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Listen again to a new Australian Christmas carol we put to air on Christmas Day on Songs of Hope. Its title is &#8220;A New Born King&#8221; and the composer and performer is Rev Fr Mark Baumgarten  of Perth, Western Australia.</p>



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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2022 11:23:56 +0000</pubDate>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">On Christmas Day on Songs of Hope we played a new Christmas Carol performed by the Sydney Boys Choir. The name of the carol is &#8220;My Hometown&#8221;. The carol was composed by Finn Twist. Listen to the segment podcast below:</p>



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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Dec 2017 04:42:48 +0000</pubDate>
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