Category: Soundseeing

  • SaintCast 76, Soundseeing in Assisi, Italy

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_76_Soundseeing_in_Assisi_Italy.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadToday, in honor of the Feast of St. Francis 2 weeks ago, we present another soundseeing tour of some of the sacred places in Assisi. We take you on hike down the Umbrian hillside to San Damiano, the small church where St. Francis first heard Jesus’s call, to the […]

  • SaintCast 72, The Finding of the True Cross

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_72_Finding_of_the_True_Cross.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadToday on the SaintCast we discuss the history behind the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross, and the finding of the relics of the True Cross. We go to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for another “SaintCast Man on the Street” interview to see how many know the patron saint of […]

  • SaintCast 64, Soundseeing in Chicago

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_64_Soundseeing_in_Chicago.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadFrisbees over the altar? Tune in as we visit Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago, and sample Chicago’s own deep dish pizza. A number of great saints are celebrated this week, and Thursday Pope Benedict declare this ‘the year of St. Paul.’ * Encyclical on St. Cyril * Writings of […]

  • SaintCast 60, Jerome Lejeune

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_60_Jerome_Lejeune.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadPaul travels to Chicago for another SaintCast “Man-On-The-Street” interview segment, the Saints of the Week, including St. Bede, Joan of Arc, and Justin Martyr. We have a saintly profile of French geneticist Dr. Jerome Lejeune who discovered the genetic basis of Down’s syndrome. The cause for his beatification was […]

  • SC 56 Basilica of Immaculate Conception Part II

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_56_More_from_WashingtonDC.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSpecial Scottish greetings on this SaintCast. We hear listener feedback of a conversion story, and anticipation of the first Brazilian-born Saint to be canonized this weekend in Sao Paolo. Continuing our tour of the beautiful National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., we learn of Our Lady […]

  • SC 55, Soundseeing Immaculate Conception

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_55_Shrine_of_Immaculate_Conception.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadPaul’s recent visit to Washington, D.C., takes him down Connecticut Avenue, the Metro, and out to the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on the campus of Catholic University. Join him to hear “saintly” tunes on the jukebox at a lunch stop, and to walk through the Upper Church at […]

  • SaintCast 54, Mamertine Prison in Rome

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_54_Mamertine_Prison.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadWho is the patron Saint of salmon? Do other fish have patron saints? A new St. Jeopardy quiz, a brief visit to the Mamertine Prison, where Sts. Peter and Paul were imprisoned in Rome, visiting Rome and Paul’s Rome highlight list, more T-shirt giveaways, and more on SaintCast 54. […]

  • SC 51 Basilica of Sacred Heart Notre Dame

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_51_Basilica_of_Sacred_Heart_Notre_Dame.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadPaschal greetings from all over the world in this show. Some reflections on the Twitter phenomenon, and a cool soundseeing tour of the Basilica of the Sacred Heart at the University of Notre Dame. Specifically, we visit the relics chapel where there are relics of every Saint in the […]

  • SC 47 Soundseeing in Barcelona, Bro Giles

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_47_Soundseeing_in_Barcelona.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadJoin Brother Giles of the Secrets of Harry Potter Podcast on a wonderful tour of the Cloisters of the Cathedral Basilica of Barcelona in Spain. He gives us a vivid portrait of the Saints revered by the Catalonians, whose monuments and memorials are clustered throughout this holy space. We […]

  • SC 44, Soundseeing St. Jude Shrine San Francisco

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_44_St._Jude.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadToday we travel to the St. Jude Shrine within St. Dominic’s Church in San Francisco, California. We brave cable car accidents and wet streets and microphones to bring you this soundseeing tour, with a little history of St. Jude Thaddeus, the patron saint of lost causes. A little about […]

  • SC 40 St. Agatha, Soundseeing in Catania Sicily

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_40_St._Agatha_Soundseeing_in_Catania.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadPaul’s riding cable cars in San Francisco this week. But join him on a soundseeing tour of The Cathedral of St. Agatha in Catania, Sicily, recorded on a trip made last August. Catania is a city that has been destroyed numerous times by the largest active volcano in Europe, […]

  • SC 36, Soundseeing St. Paul Outside the Walls

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_36_Soundseeing_at_St._Paul_Outside_the_Walls_1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadA Soundseeing tour with Paul, his son Chris, and Fr. Julian Haas, OFM Cap., of the Capuchin Curia in Rome, of the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls, where soon pilgrims will be able to see the newly confirmed tomb of the Apostle to the Gentiles. We learn […]

  • SC 31 Soundseeing at University of Notre Dame

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_31_Soundseeing_at_University_of_Notre_Dame.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadJoin us on a Soundseeing tour of the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, USA. We pay a brief visit to the Basilica of the Sacred Heart (more to come), and statues around campus. The long-awaited answer to our last St. Jeopardy is revealed! Help out SQPN […]

  • SC 30 All SaintsCast, Brother Giles in Spain

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/All_SaintsCast.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadHappy All Saints Day! We travel to Spain today to hear Brother Giles taking part in a centuries old custom. . . in a cemetery. The history of All Saints Day, and it’s relationship to Halloween. Duped by an e-mail from Africa . . . . More than you […]

  • 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 27 Podcasting from Assisi, The Porziuncola

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_27_The_Porziuncola.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadToday on the SaintCast we continue our homage to St. Francis, whose Feast Day we celebrated October 4th, by going on a sound-seeing tour of the Basilica of Santa Maria Degli Angeli and the small chapel enclosed within, the Porziuncola, where Francis and his friars gathered and worshipped 800 […]