Category: Saint Profile

  • 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 […]

  • SaintCast Episode 5, St. Isidore of Seville

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_5_St._Isidore_of_Seville.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadWho is the Patron Saint of the Internet? No it’s not Al Gore. . . and why is St. Isidore from the 600’s, associated with the Internet? Who are the Frost Saints? Why do saints wear halos? All these questions, a guest appearance by Fr. Seraphim Beshoner, and more […]

  • SC 4 St. Thérèse of Lisieux, The Little Flower

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_4_St._Therese_of_Lisieux.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadNearly 118 years ago this next week, Therese Martin entered the cloister of Carmelite nuns at Lisieux, France, and never left, though she became one of the most beloved saints of the last century. She is the patron saint of missionaries, though she never left the convent. Learn about […]

  • SC 3 Sir Thomas More, A Man for All Seasons

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_3_St._Sir_Thomas_More.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadNearly 500 years ago this week, Parliament passed the Act of Succession, making the children of Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII heirs to the English throne. It was also proclaimed that subjects were to swear an oath to the King’s supremacy over the Church in England. People who refused […]

  • SC 2 St. Joseph, Foster Father of Jesus

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_2_St._Joseph_Foster_Father_of_Jesus_1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadHave you ever been to a St. Joseph Table? Chances are if you’re Sicilian or of Sicilian descent, you have! Why is the St. Joseph Statue below upside down? Tune in to find out. . . . Today we learn of some traditions associated with St. Joseph, Foster Father […]

  • SaintCast Episode 1, Padre Pio of Pietrelcina

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/Saintcast_Episode_1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThe inaugural podcast of the SaintCast. . . a look at a special man of incredible holiness, who was alive during many of our lives . . St. Padre Pio of Pietrelcina, astonishing insights from a spokesman for the Padre Pio shrine in New York City, a look at […]