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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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, […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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, […]
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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 […]