Author: paul

  • SaintCast Episode 37, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_37_Elizabeth_Ann_Seton.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThis SaintCast sponsored by Todd from Houston, Texas, for his wife and girls. We profile the first American-born saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton, the foundress of Catholic education in the United States. Grab your stethoscope and learn about a couple of the first Doctors of the Church, in this week’s […]

  • 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 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 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 […]

  • 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 Episode 24 Levitation and the Saints

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/24_SaintCast_Episode_24_Levitation.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadToday we talk about mystical levitation in the history of the Saints (many thanks to Joan Carroll Cruz and her book Mysteries, Marvels, and Miracles). What is it all about, who has had this gift, and what does it feel like? A listener in Lima, Peru, gives us some […]

  • 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 […]

  • SC 22 Soundseeing at Castel Gandolfo

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_22_Castelgandolfo.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSituated high above Lake Albano south of Rome, the hamlet of Castelgandolfo became the papal summer retreat under Urban VIII, the Barberini pope, and remains the possession of the popes today (it is extraterritorial). My son Chris and I traveled there for the blessing and Angelus greeting of Benedict […]