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SC 136, St. Paul Miki and companions
http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_136_St._Paul_Miki_and_companions.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThis week we profile St. Paul Miki and companions, and discuss the moving story of the Catholic Church in Japan. New book on John Paul II, and a new Blessed from the Spanish Civil War . . A new Saint Jeopardy question, saintly jokes, an appearance by the iPadre, […]
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SC 135, St. Anthony’s Feast, Boston
http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_135_St._Anthonys_Feast_Boston_MA.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIt’s called the largest religious festival in the America, St. Anthony’s Feast in Boston’s North End. Paul takes you there to witness the sights, sounds, and festivities on the last weekend in August, simultaneously celebrated in Montelfalcione, Italy. Saint news on a possible Pius XII miracle, a new movie […]
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SC 134, St. Benildus, Patron of Daily Grind
http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_134_Patron_of_the_Daily_Grind.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadEver wonder to whom to pray to help you get through the daily grind? Here’s the man – a saint for the rest of us. No visions, miracles while alive, no extraordinary penances – just did his daily duty with love for God. Get to know St. Benildus. Is […]
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SC 133, St. Thomas Becket
http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_133_St._Thomas_Becket.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download839 years ago today, the murder of St. Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, inside Canterbury cathedral has been memorialized by T. S. Eliot, Jean Anouilh, and many others. Today we take an in depth look at the life and times of Henry II’s close friend and confidant, whose life […]
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SC Extra – ‘Santa Lucia’
http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Extra_-_St._Lucy.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadWhat do Elvis Presley, Enrico Caruso, Dante Alighieri, and Venetians have in common? They all have a special love for Santa Lucia. On December 13th we celebrate the Feast of St. Lucy. Special traditions take place all over the world. [More…] Hear the story of St. Lucy from the […]
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SC 131 Saintly ‘Ghost’ Story, All Saints Day
http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_131_A_Saintly_Ghost_Story.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadToday, in honor of the Feast of All Saints (and Halloween) we recount a true ghost story as told by St. John Bosco, whose best friend who came to visit after his death. No Jeopardy but a chance to win a mug when Paul goes on the road with […]
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SC 130, Happy St. Crispin’s Day, 5 New Saints
http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_130_St._Crispins_Day.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadPaul wishes a belated ‘Happy St. Crispin’s Day’ to all, recalling the famous speech from Shakespeare’s Henry V at the Battle of Agincourt. We highlight the lives of 4 of the 5 new saints from October 11, the Mills Brothers, New Orleans, a Catholic Pilot and more. [More…] A […]
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SC 129, SoundSeeing Basilica SS. John and Paul
http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_129_Soundseeing_at_Sts._John_and_Paul_in_Rome.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadPaul and daughter Laura walk above the Coliseum in Rome, combing the Celian hill for Saint-related sites, and stumble upon the magnificent Basilica of SS. John and Paul, and the former home of Pope St. Gregory the Great. Also hear news of the miracle of San Gennaro in Naples […]
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SC 128, Blessed Miguel Pro
http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_128_Blessed_Miguel_Pro_Mexican_martyr.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn one of the fiercest Catholic persecutions of the last 100 years, ‘God’s jester,’ Miguel Augustin Pro, was executed for his witness to Christ among the faithful of Mexico. Learn about his many disguises, his pranks, and his faithful ministry to the poor in SaintCast #128. Also, Paul takes […]
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SaintCast 127, St. Philomena
http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_127_Pax_Tecum_Filomena_St._Philomena.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThe bones found in the tomb in the catacombs of St. Priscilla were moved to Naples, and shortly thereafter amazing miracles began happening. What do we know of St. Philomena? Padre Pio generates solar power? Paul mourns the passing of his beloved black lab (yes, there’s a saint for […]
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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. […]
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SaintCast 125, The City of St. Anthony
http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_125_San_Antonio.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadFresh from the CNMC, we pose the question, “Who is the Patron Saint of San Antonio?” We ask that question “on-the-street” (well, really, on the Riverwalk) and you’ll be surprised at the answers! More on Anthony of Padua, and news on the bones of St. Paul. The oldest image […]
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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. […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]