Author: paul

  • 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 […]

  • SC 18 Pilgrimage to Compostela Feast of St. James

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_18__Pilgrimage_to_Compostela_1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadLast week marked the Feast of St. James the Greater, and we spoke with Brother Giles Baker of the Order of St. John of God (and also the producer and talent behind The Secrets of Harry Potter) about the centuries old Pilgrimage to Compostela in northern Spain. Podcasting around […]

  • 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 14 St. Bonaventure,CA mission Soundseeing

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/Saintcast_Episode_14_St._Bonaventure_of_Bagnoreggio.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadTune in to find out the answer to what the 70’s rock group America has in common with the saints. Just back from the Atlanta Eucharistic Congress and the informal SQPN summit where a great time was had by all. This week’s special saint is the subject of a […]

  • 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 […]

  • SC 12 Bilocation, St. Charles Lwanga

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_12_Bilocation_and_the_Saints.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadWhat do Padre Pio and the TV Series LOST have in common? Tune in to this week’s SaintCast to find out. We discuss the phenomenon of bilocation in the context of saints. There are some important martyrs on the calendar of saints for this week. Paul finds a relic […]

  • SaintCast Episode 11 St. Gianna Beretta Molla

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_11.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadWelcome SQPN listeners, and Happy Feast of St. Rita! Today we present an audio sound seeing tour of the National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi in San Francisco, California. Padre Pio for President? That’s who one Italian legislator apparently voted for last week. . though as we learned […]

  • SaintCast Episode 10 The Incorruptibles

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_10_The_Incorruptibles.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadHappy Mother’s Day! Now we’re back on a weekly schedule, with the longest SaintCast to date. Have you ever wondered about the remains of Saints who are said to be incorruptible? What does this mean? There are over 100 well-documented cases of bodies of saints remaining incorrupt for many, […]

  • SC 9 Imelda Lambertini, Patron 1st Communicants

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_9_Bl._Imelda_Lambertini.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download A bit delayed this week, but we present the first SaintCast soundseeing tour — a visit to the beautiful Church of Sts. Peter and Paul in the North Beach District of San Francisco. In this season of First Communicants, we talk about the Blessed Imelda, who on May […]

  • SaintCast Episode 8 St. Catherine of Siena

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_8_St._Catherine_of_Siena.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadGreetings from the City by the Bay, under the patronage of Saint Francis of Assisi. The SaintCast travels to San Francisco after the SaintCaster breaks a finger! Hear about St. Catherine of Siena, the Dominican stigmatic who helped bring the papacy back to Rome, the last holy men and […]

  • SaintCast 7 St. Bernadette Soubirous, La Salette

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_7_St._Bernadette_Soubirous.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadHappy Easter to all! Yesterday was Easter, but 127 years ago on April 16th, a saint was welcomed into heaven, Bernadette Soubirous. Tune in to this week’s SaintCast to hear how about a young, poor, sickly 14 year old girl from Lourdes, France, and her visions of a beautiful […]

  • SC 6 St. Maximilian Kolbe, knight of immaculata

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_6__St._Maximilian_Kolbe_knight_of_the_immaculata_part_I_the_meaning_of_relics_interview_with_relicman_saints_of_this_week_no_saint_jeopardy.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn late April, 1918, Maximilian Kolbe was ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor Conventual. He then embarked on his mission as a Knight of the Immaculata. He consecrated his life to the Blessed Virgin and set out to convert the world. He founded a number of […]