🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Clare of Assisi - Episode Five: Canticle of the Creatures Assisi, Italy. 1206 A.D. It's been twelve years since Monaldo's brutal attack on Clare's sister Catarina. Clare has become abbess of a convent at San Damiano, and the ranks of her "Poor Ladies" have grown. But now, everyone's concern is for the ailing Francesco, who grows weaker by the day. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delive...
Aug 16, 2024•16 min•Ep. 200
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Clare of Assisi - Episode Four: Pursuing Lady Poverty Clare races through the night to the Church of Saint Mary of the Angels, but she's not safe yet. Her escape from the family palace has been discovered! Now, she must flee to the safety of a cloistered convent before Monaldo and his men can capture her. Will Clare make it? Or will she be dragged back to a wealthy life and a forced marriage? 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesai...
Aug 15, 2024•10 min•Ep. 199
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Clare of Assisi - Episode Three: Renegade Clare and her sister Catarina steal away in secret to visit San Damiano, the church Francesco and their cousin are restoring. Inspired by their singular devotion to God, Clare makes a radical decision from which there's no going back. But will her uncle ever allow it? 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with col...
Aug 14, 2024•11 min•Ep. 198
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Clare of Assisi- Episode Two: A Family Disgrace Clare's refusal to marry Lord Ranieri enrages her uncle Monaldo. Even worse, she wants only to follow God in religious life! Now, the young, charismatic Francesco di Berndardone - the man who loves lepers - performs a public gesture that shocks everyone, and confirms Clare’s desire to fulfill a secret vow. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes ...
Aug 13, 2024•9 min•Ep. 197
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Clare of Assisi - Episode One: Finding Francesco Assisi, Italy, 1194 A.D. A girl born to a noble family is destined to be “a great light, a source of illumination to many.” Pressured by her family towards an unwanted early marriage, this independent young woman fights to live out another, higher vocation. This is the story of Clare of Assisi. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered t...
Aug 12, 2024•14 min•Ep. 196
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Edith Stein - Episode Five: Atonement Germany, 1933. Adolph Hitler has risen to power, and the people trade their freedom for the promise of German greatness. As the Nazis systematically remake German society in their own image, Edith, now a respected scholar and teacher, writes to the Pope, condemning those who have enabled and allowed Hitler's oppression. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episo...
Aug 09, 2024•19 min•Ep. 195
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Edith Stein - Episode Four: Metanoia 1923. On a weekend visit to Hatti and Autos' farm, thirty-two year old Edith discovers a book that changes her life. Now, what lies ahead for the brilliant young philosopher from Breslau? And how will her family respond? 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite you...
Aug 08, 2024•14 min•Ep. 194
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Edith Stein - Episode Three: Seeking Truth Germany, 1916. Edith returns from her service with the Red Cross, but the Great War rages on. And soon, events make Edith even more determined to never stop seeking the Truth. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith In a culture that has ...
Aug 07, 2024•14 min•Ep. 193
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Edith Stein - Episode Two: Gottingen 1913. Two years into her university studies, Edith is still resolute in her search for Truth. She wants to study philosophy in far-away Gottingen, but needs her mother's blessing. And as she makes new friends and encounters exciting new ideas, an unexpected event in distant Sarajevo is about to change her entire world. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episode...
Aug 06, 2024•12 min•Ep. 192
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Edith Stein - Episode One: Life in a Jewish Family Breslau, Germany, 1903. In a rapidly changing world, full of new ideas, opportunities and dangers, a brilliant fourteen-year-old girl faces a heartbreaking choice: rest in the faith of her family, or venture into an unknown world, pursuing her hunger for the Truth. This is the story of Edith Stein. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes deliv...
Aug 05, 2024•14 min•Ep. 191
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Stanley Rother - Episode Five: Countdown July, 1981. Guatemala. Father Stanley has returned to his parish and his people. As he and his friends prepare for the local Feast of St. James, an unexpected visitor arrives, with an unwelcome message. Now, Father Stanley Rother faces the choice that will define his life. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with...
Aug 02, 2024•12 min•Ep. 190
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Stanley Rother - Episode Four: Retreat Santiago Atitlán, 1980. As more Catholic and indigenous people disappear, Father Stanley and his helpers remain steadfast, serving the Tz’utujil people and proclaiming the hope of the Gospel. But now, renewed threats force Father Stanley to ask: Is it time to abandon this dangerous mission, and say goodbye to Guatemala? 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily epis...
Aug 01, 2024•10 min•Ep. 189
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Stanley Rother - Episode Three: Unrest 1980. Santiago Atitlán, Guatemala. Against all hope, Father Stanley searches for Diego's body in the dense forest outside the village. And as the civil war heats up, Stanley and his catechists face an impossible challenge: minister to the Tz'utujil people, while staying out of the deathsquads’ crosshairs. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered ...
Jul 31, 2024•12 min•Ep. 188
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Stanley Rother - Episode Two: Road Trip It’s 1968, a year of protest and violent civil unrest. Thirty-three year old Father Stanley Rother has been dutifully serving the people of Oklahoma for five years. But now, his bishop calls him to a private meeting, and proposes a move: from the safety of America’s heartland, to the uncertainty of a small nation entrenched in a vicious civil war. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspod...
Jul 30, 2024•12 min•Ep. 187
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Stanley Rother - Episode One: Gospel Plow 1959. America. On a humble family farm in central Oklahoma, a young man, rejected from his true calling, wonders what life has in store for him. When a new opportunity arises, he jumps at it, and begins a heroic journey to places far from the fields of Okarche. This is the story of Stanley Rother. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered to yo...
Jul 29, 2024•12 min•Ep. 186
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Maximillian Kolbe - Episode Five: We’ve Only Just Begun Auschwitz. 1941. As hunger and thirst pull Fr. Kolbe toward death, he recalls a pivotal moment in the early days of the Militia Immaculatae. Now, as Nazi guards observe him in his prison cell, only one question is on their minds: How long can this priest last? 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along wi...
Jul 26, 2024•18 min•Ep. 185
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Maximillian Kolbe - Episode Four: A Torrent of Obstacles Rome. 1917. Returning from the hospital, Brother Kolbe wastes no time in forming the Militia Immaculatae. The first members are eager to begin, but face a torrent of obstacles. In 1941, Fr. Kolbe, dehydrated and clinging to life, prays with the remaining inmates of his cell, singing hymns to his lady - Mary. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free dail...
Jul 25, 2024•14 min•Ep. 184
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Maximillian Kolbe - Episode Three: A Different Kind of Army 1917. 23-year-old Raymund Kolbe is a Franciscan Brother and seminarian in Rome. His studies have occupied all his time and energy over the last seven years. But the young Kolbe still feels that he isn’t doing enough. In 1941, Fr. Kolbe fights with all of his strength to bolster the strength of his comrades - but the prisoners in cell 18 are fading fast. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Epis...
Jul 24, 2024•12 min•Ep. 182
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Maximillian Kolbe - Episode Two: Days of Discernment Ukraine, 1910. 16-year-old Raymund Kolbe is in his third year at Lviv’s Jr. Seminary. His faith has continued to grow strong. But as the day of his initial vows draws near, he worries he can’t keep both the vows of the priesthood - and the vows he has already sworn to Our Lady. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered to your email ...
Jul 23, 2024•12 min•Ep. 182
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Maximillian Kolbe - Episode One: A Knightly Heart Poland. 1941, the second year of the Nazi Occupation of Poland. In the most infamous concentration camp of the war, an escape has taken place. The remaining prisoners of Auschwitz are now being punished for their comrades’ freedom. One Polish priest, imprisoned for speaking out against the Nazis, will make the ultimate sacrifice to save the life of a husband and father. His name? Father Maximili...
Jul 22, 2024•12 min•Ep. 181
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Kateri Tekakwitha - Episode Five: Kahnawake Murderous bounty hunters chase Kateri and André as they race northwards, towards freedom at the mission of Kahnawake. It’s just a few hours’ away at the top of Lake Champlain, but will Kateri and Andre make it there safely before they’re caught? Can Kateri finally be reunited with her cousin? 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered to your ...
Jul 19, 2024•15 min•Ep. 180
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Kateri Tekakwitha - Episode Four: Up The River Kateri and André paddle northwards, to the safety of the Christian mission at Kahnawake. But when her uncle Okwaho discovers their escape, their lives are in danger. Will they be stopped before they can reach the mission? What dangers await them as they make their way through the wilderness? 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered to you...
Jul 18, 2024•13 min•Ep. 179
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Kateri Tekakwitha - Episode Three: Time to Fly Tekakwitha is faced with a choice: be baptized and risk her life, or obey her family’s wishes and never become a Christian. With threats and tensions mounting, Tekakwitha and Abbé Jacques must get her out of danger, before it’s too late! 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity shee...
Jul 17, 2024•14 min•Ep. 178
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Kateri Tekakwitha - Episode Two: Proposals and Expectations After months of preparation, a great feast marks a new alliance among the Mohawk. Tekakwitha will marry the son of a great Mohawk chief! But since hearing the Good News of the Gospel, Tekakwitha can’t shake her conviction that she is called to another life. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along w...
Jul 16, 2024•13 min•Ep. 177
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Kateri Tekakwitha - Episode One: The Blackrobes 1673. The Mohawk Nation village of Caughnawaga, in present day New York. With a new ceasefire between the Mohawk and the French, Jesuit missionary priests return to the wary Mohawk. But one young indigenous woman, the niece of the tribe’s chief, comes to them with a surprising request. That woman’s name? Tekakwitha. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily...
Jul 15, 2024•15 min•Ep. 176
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Our Lady of Fatima - Episode Five: Miracle of the Sun Fatima, October 13th, 1917. The children prepare to meet the Lady for the sixth and final time. Today, they’ve been promised a miracle that everyone will see. As storm clouds gather over the Cova, will the anxious crowd witness the miracle and believe in the Lady? 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along ...
Jul 12, 2024•13 min•Ep. 175
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Our Lady of Fatima - Episode Four: Kidnapped August 13th, 1917. Governor Santos has kidnapped Lucia, Jacinta, and Francisco to prevent them from meeting the miraculous Lady at the Cova. As their parents desperately search for them, the Governor begins his interrogation, determined to put an end to their visions by any means necessary. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered to your e...
Jul 11, 2024•12 min•Ep. 174
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Our Lady of Fatima - Episode Three: Vision of Hell June 13th, 1917. Fatima. A month has passed since The Lady first appeared, and the children are shocked to find a crowd waiting at the Cova. Jacinta's slip of the tongue has spread their story across Portugal, igniting a firestorm of reactions. Some rejoice at the news of a miracle, others remain skeptical, and some will stop at nothing to silence the little visionaries. 🌐 Subscribe for Free D...
Jul 10, 2024•14 min•Ep. 173
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Our Lady of Fatima - Episode Two: Many Rosaries May 1917. The world spirals into war, with Nazis and Communists rising to power. The faithful in Portugal pray for a miracle amidst growing religious persecution and global violence. In Fatima, three ordinary children, Lucia, Jacinta, and Francisco, are stunned when an angel appears to them. Returning to the same spot, they encounter a beautiful lady with a mysterious request. Who is she? What doe...
Jul 09, 2024•14 min•Ep. 172
Our Lady of Fatima: Episode One Description: 🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Our Lady of Fatima- Episode One: Angel of Peace Fatima, Portugal. 1916. The world is gripped by a world war of unspeakable scale. The new Portuguese First Republic prepares to join the war on the side of the allies. In Fatima, the governor begins imposing the government’s anti-Catholic policies on his traditional district. In the same district, three children get ready to bring their family’s sheep t...
Jul 08, 2024•13 min•Ep. 171