The SaintCast

Category: Saint Profile

  • SaintCast 126, St. Benedict

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_126_Saint_Benedict_fixed2.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadHigh in the mountains of Lazio, south of Rome, young Benedict took refuge in the silence of a cave to come to know God, an inauspicious beginning to a man called the “Father of Western Monastacism.” The story of Benedict, his Rule, and an interview with a Benedictine monk. […]

  • SaintCast 124, The Sacred Brain of Jesus

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_124The_Sacred_Brain_of_Jesus_.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThe sacred brain of Jesus? Never heard of that devotion? On today’s SaintCast we review the life of Margaret Marie Alacoque, the saint largely responsible for the devotion to Jesus’s Sacred Heart, and Paul ponders why there’s no devotion to Jesus’s mind. Also, learn about Saint Shemp.A new St. […]

  • SaintCast 123, Justin the Martyr

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_123_St._Justin_Martyr.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadA saint reference in Nacho Libre? Play along with St. Jeopardy to find out what that’s about. We profile an early Church martyr, philosopher, and Father, Justin Martyr, as we go soundseeing at the Ara Coeli Basilica in Rome, Italy. Does a saint’s body have to be found to […]

  • SaintCast 122, A Saint called Bede

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_122_A_Saint_named_Bede.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download Today we profile the Venerable Bede, a huge influence in the world from ‘the Dark Ages,’ all from a small monastery in England. From the timing of Easter to English translation of the Bible and other works, to tables of the tides, Bede left his mark on the […]

  • SaintCast 121, Saints and their pets

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_121_5_new_saints.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadFive new Saints were canonized in Rome, among them a Portuguese soldier, known in Portugal as the Father of the Nation. Also learn about Saints and the pets they loved. Who’s going to “San Antone?” Join us at the Catholic New Media Conference. No Jeopardy quiz this week, but […]

  • SaintCast 120, Bishop Larry Silva on Fr. Damien

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_120_Bishop_Silva_on_Fr._Damien.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadToday we welcome Honolulu’s Bishop Larry Silva to the SaintCast to discuss the upcoming canonization and life of Blessed Damien de Veuster. He talks of the upcoming celebrations and pilgrimages and what Fr. Damien means to Hawaii and the world. “Who is St. Bede” and what does he have […]

  • SaintCast 119, Testimony the DVD

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_119_Testimony_the_DVD.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadToday Paul emerges from 2 weeks of hibernation (while recuperating from a respiratory illness) to highlight a new DVD on the life of Servant of God John Paul II. This new DVD reveals never-before-revealed secrets about events in the life of His Holiness that come to us via the […]

  • SaintCast 116, Fr. Damien to be canonized

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_116_Liturgical_Calendar.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadGreat news from Rome this week, that Blessed Fr. Damien de Veuster, the priest to the lepers of Molokai is to be canonized in October. On this SaintCast we interview Ken Bath of the ROMCAL.net website, about his program to bring the Roman Catholic liturgical calendar to the masses. […]

  • SaintCast 115, 7 Founders of Servite Order

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_115_Seven_Servite_Founders.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadToday on the SaintCast live (well almost) from San Diego, we learn about the 7 Florentine noblemen who started the Servite Order 775 years ago. Also, St. Dominic goes to the dogs. More on relics in the altars of listeners’ parishes, Jeopardy answers, a new St. Jeopardy quiz, and […]

  • SaintCast 114, “Aquinas for Dummies”

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_114_Aquinas_for_Dummies.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadDo you understand Aquinas? OK. . I’m not the only one with that difficulty. But today on the SaintCast, two medieval philosophy scholars, Joel Lonfat and Bettina Kreissl-Lonfat tell us why he’s so important to the Church, what his major writings meant, who influenced him, and even take us […]

  • SC 113, “The Dumb Ox,” St. Thomas Aquinas

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_113_Thomas_Aquinas.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadHigh on a rocky ledge in what was once the kingdom of Sicily, this cousin of the emperor Frederick II contemplated his future while a prisoner in his own family’s castle. Who would have though that he would come to be recognized as one of the greatest minds of […]

  • SC 112, Francis Xavier, Apostle of the Indies

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_112_St._Francis_Xavier.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadHe died nearly alone, on tiny Sancian island, within sight of China – only 10 km from the land of his life’s dream. His dream. . to evangelize the East. On today’s podcast we explore the life and work of Francis Xavier, directly responsible for baptizing the most converts […]

  • SaintCast 111, St. Stephen’s Day Traditions

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_111_St._Stephens_Day.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadHave you killed the wren today? How about bleeding your horse? These are traditions around the world celebrated in honor of the Feast of St. Stephen, the Church’s first martyr, celebrated on the day after Christmas. You’ve heard of the Way of St. James, how about the Way of […]

  • SaintCast 109, Holy Grail Part Deux

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_109_Holy_Grail_part_Deux.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIs the Santo Caliz of Valencia the Holy Grail that Christ used at the Last Supper? Tune in to part II of our series on the Grail to trace it’s history from Christ to St. Lawrence to it’s place in a small chapel in Valencia, Spain today. Paul throws […]

  • SaintCast 108, St. Laurence and the Holy Grail

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_108_St._Laurence_and_the_Holy_Grail.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadToday on the SaintCast, in the first of a 2 part series on the Holy Grail of Valencia, the story of the life and martyrdom of St. Laurence, and how he saved the chalice used in the last supper for posterity. A recent book by Janice Bennett traces the […]

  • SaintCast 107, Four New Saints!

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_107_Four_new_members_in_the_Communion.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThe first Saints of 2008 canonized last weekend in Rome by Pope Benedict XVI are profiled in this SaintCast. Paul’s off to Spain to visit the Holy Grail, Lourdes, and other saintly places. Stay tuned! Three religious and a laywoman from Ecuador were canonized by the Holy Father last […]

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