Author: paul

  • SaintCast 53, St. George

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_53_Saint_George.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadHappy Feast of St. George to all our British listeners. What do we know of the real St. George? Audio feedback from Wales and the big island of Hawaii, the return of St. Jeopardy. Send us an audio file on your patron saint, or your favorite saint for our […]

  • SaintCast 52. St. Faustina and Divine Mercy

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_52_St._Faustina.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadPrayers for those lost at Virginia Tech massacre. The Apostle of Mercy, St. Faustina. We learn a little about her life from the rector of the Diocesan Shrine of Divine Mercy in Kansas City, Missouri, Msgr. William Blacet. The Feast of St. Bernadette and one of her miracles recounted […]

  • 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 […]

  • SaintCast Episode 50, Old Testament Saints

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_50_Old_Testament_Saints.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadAre the Old Testament Prophets and Patriarchs still in heaven? Why do Catholics not call them Saints? Join us as Fr. Seraphim Beshoner talks us through this question, and explains why the Eastern Church does call Abraham St. Abraham. In the ‘Ask the Doctor’ segment, why do we cover […]

  • SaintCast Episode 49, SS. Gabriel and Raphael

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_49_Sts._Gabriel_and_Raphael.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadWe continue our profile of the archangels – with Sts. Gabriel and Raphael. Where are they mentioned in the Bible? We learn of the patron of bee-keepers, the honey-tongued orator of the early Church. Does the tooth fairy have a patron saint? Great audio feedback and two classic prayers. […]

  • SaintCast Episode 48, St. Michael the Archangel

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_48_St._Michael.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadOn this SaintCast, listener feedback and the patron Saint of Policemen – St. Michael the Archangel. How is he associated with exorcisms? We learn of St. Michael in other world religions. St. Jeopardy, yoga and St. Patrick, a new Pennsylvania Servus Dei, Sally Gardens, and the working donation site […]

  • 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 […]

  • SaintCast Episode 46, St. Patrick

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_46_St._Patrick.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadHappy St. Patty’s Day to all! today we’ll discover the real St. Patrick – Visions, Snakes, Clover, and Cabbage! With excerpts from the Canadian documentary “St. Patrick, Apostle of Ireland” we discover what we know of the ‘real’ St. Patrick. the answer to our ‘snow sports’ patron saint, and […]

  • SaintCast Episode 45, St. Clement of Rome

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_45_St._Clement_of_Rome.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadPope Benedict XVI sets the tone for this SaintCast, continuing his catechesis at his general audiences with more on St. Clement of Rome. We take a look at what we know about the fourth pope, his life, his letters, his death. We continue our look at the Station Churches […]

  • 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 […]

  • SaintCast Episode 43, 1st Anniversary Show

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_43_First_anniversary.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadCan you believe it’s been a year since the first SaintCast on St. Padre Pio of Pietrelcina? Many saints, soundseeing tours, and interviews later, we’re still telling the wonders of the saints. After all, there are thousands! Tune in today to hear feedback from my favorite podcasters. Learn about […]

  • SaintCast Episode 42, St. David of Wales

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_42_St._David_of_Wales.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadA very happy and blessed St. David’s Day to all! Yes, today is the Feast of St. David of Wales, and many in Wales will be wearing daffodils and leeks. Yes, I said Leeks. Paul took a leek yesterday in the grocery store, and wore it in his scrubs […]

  • SC Episode 41, Michelangelo-Seat of the Soul

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_41_Michelangelo_and_the_soul1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadDid Michelangelo leave a secret at the center of the great Sistine Chapel ceiling? Should we call it the “Buonarotti Code?” Join us as we explore what might be the great Renaissance artist’s conception of the ‘endowment of the soul’ and the intellect of man rather than “The Creation […]

  • 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 39, St. John Bosco, boxing’s patron

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_39_St._John_Bosco.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadWho would be Rocky’s patron Saint? The Relicman, Tom Serafin, returns with a series on electronic simony. I just received my 2nd class relic of JPII and you can request one, too. Listen in to find out how. Feedback on where Hinduism sees the “Seat of the Soul.” We […]

  • SC 38, Canonization 101 with CNN’s John Allen

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_38_with_John_Allen.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadToday, we welcome to the SaintCast, a friend and former high school debate team member, John Allen. You know John as the Senior Vatican correspondent for CNN and as Senior Correspondent for the National Catholic Reporter. He enlightens us on the formal process of canonization as it exists today, […]