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Father Kapaun Jeep Mass August 1st, Prairie Star Ranch, Williamsburg, Kansas
The SaintCast is pleased to announce a very special celebration. Come celebrate Mass with us Saturday evening, August 1st, 2015 at Camp Tekakwitha at the Prairie Star Ranch in honor of Servant of God Fr. Emil Kapaun, who celebrated Mass on the hood of his jeep in the Korean War. Celebrant will be military chaplain Fr. Peter […]
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SC 147 Soundseeing in Molokai, in the Footsteps of Father Damien
http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_147_Soundseeing_in_Molokai.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download This week, Paul travels to the island paradise of Molokai, Hawaii. From 1866 to 1969 thousands of men, women, and children diagnosed with leprosy were forcibly exiled to this island to die here in anonymity. Two Catholic saints, Fr. Damien de Veuster and St. Marianne Cope ministered to […]
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SC 146, Servant of God Jerome Lejeune, Physician, Pro-life advocate
http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_146_Servant_of_God_Jerome_Lejeuene.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download In the wake of the 42nd annual March for Life, we revisit the life and work of Servant of God Jerome Lejeune, French geneticist and pediatrician. The first to discover the genetic basis of a disease, Trisomy 21 or Down syndrome. Lejeune was a tireless defender of human […]
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‘Twas the Night Before Conclave. . .
When I had a difficult time sleeping last night, I put this together and posted to Twitter after my cable Internet went down. All composed in stanza’s 140 characters or less. . . With apologies to Clement Clarke Moore . . . ‘Twas the night before conclave & throughout all the nations, The […]
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SC 145 Pope St. Celestine V, “The Pope who Quit”
http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SC145.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download On February 27, Pope Benedict XVI addressed the faithful in his last General Audience saying, “The Lord is calling me to ‘climb the mountain’, to devote myself to prayer and meditation.” In that moment, I believe he was giving a nod to one of his predecessors, who truly […]
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The SaintCast is back with Seven New Saints
http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SC_144.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn this episode of the SaintCast, Paul travels to Rome for the canonization of 7 new saints, including the North American Saints Kateri Tekakwitha and Mother Marianne Cope. Hear the sights and sounds of the beautiful fall day in Rome, the excitement in the crowd of tens of thousands […]
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SC 143, Holy Chalice of Valencia. The Holy Grail
http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_143_The_Holy_Chalice_of_Valencia_the_Holy_Grail_.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadFrom the Cenaculum, to St. Laurence in Rome, to Spain. . . this small stone cup has been tenaciously protected and revered for centuries. This week on the SaintCast we interview Janice Bennett, author of “St. Laurence and the Holy Grail,” a book that traces the history of the […]
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SQPN welcomes Jimmy Akin!
The Star Quest Production Network (SQPN) welcomes the Jimmy Akin Podcast to its network of Affiliate productions. And wait till you hear his version of The Saint Song! The Jimmy Akin Podcast features in-depth answers to questions from listeners on a wide range of topics: Scripture, theology, morality, philosophy, apologetics, Church Fathers, liturgy, canon law. […]
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SC 142, Soundseeing in Athens at the Areopagus
http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_142_Soundseeing_in_Athens.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download Paul takes SaintCast listeners on a tour of ancient Athens, touring the Acropolis, and especially the Areopagus hill, where St. Paul preached his sermon on the unknown god, found in the Acts of the Apostles. Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha miracle approved, more […]
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The all-new SaintCast home coming soon!
Working on a new SaintCast website. . . coming soon. Until then . . . visit the old SaintCast site here There you can access all previous SaintCast episodes by clicking on the episode list on the right menu.
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SC 141, Be My Methodius, Bl. Niels Stensen
Be my Cyril or Methodius? We naturally think of today as St. Valentine’s Day. In today’s SaintCast we learn of the alternate feast day patrons, Cyril and Methodius, as well as the other Saints celebrated on the liturgical calendar this week. …
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SC Extra 140 – Philmont Bound
Back from an extended SaintCast break, Paul embarks on a trip into the New Mexico wilderness under the patronage of St. George, the patron Saint of scouting. Back with all new episodes, including stories from the back country, in 12 days.
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SC 139 Auschwitz-Last Days of Maximilian Kolbe
SaintCast listener Peter Wiberg interviews Auschwitz survivor Tadeusz Raznikiewicz, from Uppsala, Sweden, eyewitness to the last days of St. Maximilian Kolbe. You won’t want to miss this chilling first-hand account of life in Auschwitz, and the s…
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SC 138, St. John Fisher, plus Canonization 101
http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_138_St._John_Fisher.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadDoes the Catholic Church ‘make’ a saint? Of course not, but in this episode of the SaintCast, learn the intricate details of the canonization process from square one. Also, a profile of the great English martyr, St. John Fisher. The Saint news segment features new on the relics of […]
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SC 137 Ven. Michael McGivney, founder of K of C
http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_137_Venerable_Michael_McGivney.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadHe’s responsible for the fact that nearly 2 million Catholic men are closer to their faith and families today – He’s Venerable Michael McGivney and today on the SaintCast we learn about the founder of the Knights of Columbus from the postulator for his canonization cause in Rome, Father […]
