Category: Saint Profile

  • SC 35 Saints in the Mass, More Sinterklaas

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_35_Saint_in_the_Mass.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadLearn Dutch on the SaintCast! . . More on Sinterklaas from dutchgrammar.com, St. Isidore looks down on Boston College, Fr. Jay Finelli on the Saints in the Mass, St. Jeopardy quiz answer, More on Church Doctors, The Saints of the Week, and a great quote from St. John of […]

  • SC 34 Jolly Old St. Nick, Saints of Advent

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_34_Jolly_Old_St._Nick.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadOn this SaintCast Extra, we profile the real, St. Nicholas of Myra, delve into legends surrounding his life, and discuss modern day customs related to Sinterklaas! We learn about and pray to the Saints of Advent. From Xavier and Ambrose, to John the Baptist, Lucy, and Thomas, St. Nicholas, […]

  • SaintCast 33 Doctors of Church, Teresa of Avila

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_33_Doctors_of_the_Church.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThis SaintCast is sponsored by Terri of Jefferson City, Missouri, in honor of her favorite Saint, St. Teresa of Avila. Who are the ‘Doctors of the Church?’ In this episode we introduce a new segment on the Doctors of the Church, and profile our first Doctor, Teresa of Avila. […]

  • SC 32 Seat of Soul, Frances Xavier Cabrini

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_32_Seat_of_the_Soul.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn the Wee Small Hours of the Morning, Paul posts the latest SaintCast. We review the new American TV series called “3 lbs.” about the “seat of the soul”, the human brain. The diocesan phase for the cause for canonization of Albino Luciani, Pope John Paul I, has been […]

  • SaintCast 29 North American Martyrs

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_29.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadHappy St. Crispin’s Day to all! SaintCast #29 profiles the North American Martyrs. In the first of 2 segments written by Kathy Couture, we look at the lives of the French Jesuits who left the comforts of home to evangelize in a hostile frontier, giving their lives in the […]

  • SC 28 Four New Saints, Catacombs of St. Callistus

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_28_Four_New_Saints.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadFour new Saints raised to the altars by Pope Benedict this past Sunday! An American, two Italians, and a Mexican archbishop were canonized Sunday, October 15th in Rome. We hear a bit about each of the new Saints and their missions. We introduce a new SaintCast segment, This Date […]

  • SC 26 Archbishop Chaput-St. Francis as model

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_26_St._Francis_of_Assisi.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSt. Francis as an animal and tree lover? Think again. Today we are honored to welcome to the SaintCast the Archbishop of Denver, Colorado, Charles J. Chaput, who is also a Capuchin Franciscan. Archbishop Chaput points to Francis as a dynamic, charismatic leader and Church reformer of his time, […]

  • SaintCast Episode 25 St. Vincent de Paul

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_25_St._Vincent_de_Paul.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn today’s episode, we profile a Saint known for his works of charity. He shares a common love for living the Gospel and his love for the poor, with another important Saint whose Feast Day we celebrate this week. We’ll hear bits of a old time radio drama from […]

  • SaintCast 23 Bl. Andre Bessette

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_23_Blessed_Andre_Bessette.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadAfter a brief hiatus, the SaintCast returns with a tribute to the humble porter from Montreal, and Holy Cross Brother, Blessed Andre Bessette. We go over e-mail and audio feedback, including a question for Tom Serafin of the International Crusade for Holy Relics. We welcome a brief passage from […]

  • SaintCast 21 St. Teresa Benedicta

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_21_St._Teresa_Benedicta.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThis week we profile a 20th century Carmelite Saint, and Jewish convert, who died in the Nazi concentration camps, St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, or St. Edith Stein. We spent last weekend dropping our oldest child off at college, and we relate our first experiences with our daughter […]

  • SC 20 Assumption of Mary, Anne Catherine Emmerich

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_20_The_Assumption.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn honor of the Podcast Carnival on the Assumption, though a bit late, we discuss the doctrine of the Assumption, it’s historical basis, and the history of the Feast of the Assumption. Why are there no first class relics of the Blessed Virgin Mary? What relics are extant? We […]

  • SaintCast Episode 19 St. Ignatius of Loyola

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_19_St._Ignatius_of_Loyola.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadPaul’s back from Italy, and ready for podcasting once again! I visited an incredible number of Saintly places, and am excited to share them with listeners in the form of audio sound-seeing tours over the next few months. We’ve got news of a miracle for the cause of Fulton […]

  • SaintCast 17 Georgia Martyrs, St. Tavy’s Day

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_17_Georgia_Martyrs.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadOver 400 years ago, five Franciscan friars lost their lives defense of the faith, specifically the Christian view of marriage. They were martyred in Florida, far from their Spanish home. Their cause for canonization was begun in the diocese of Savannah, Georgia, in 1984. We talk to Paul Thigpen, […]

  • SaintCast 16 Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_16_Blessed_Kateri_Tekakwitha.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadHope everyone in America had a great Independence Day, and my hopes for a great summer/winter, and a Blessed Feast of St. Benedict for the rest of the world’s listeners! A great SaintCast “welcome” to the Technopriest, Fr. Bill Kessler, who paid a visit to our humble abode in […]

  • SaintCast Episode 15 St. Maria Goretti

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_15_St._Maria_Goretti.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadWe start off this week with e-mail and a song from independent artist Anne Davis. Her moving song “Until That Day” was written for a friend’s wedding, and is featured at the outset of the podcast. You can purchase her album at the link below. My daughter Laura joins […]

  • SC 13 St. John Francis Regis, Relicman

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_13_St._John_Francis_Regis.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadToday on the SaintCast we debut a new segment, “Ask the RelicMan.” We have our first Audio St. Jeopardy, as well as our first audio listener feedback responses! An incredibly saintly man is profiled in today’s SaintCast, the patron of Kansas City, Missouri, St. John Francis Regis. He was […]