🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint Augustine - Episode Five: A Heart at Rest North Africa. 386 A.D. Desperate for genuine conversion, Augustine and his companions retreat to the quiet countryside for intense prayer and discernment. Although his friends try to help him, Augustine fears he’ll never be free from the sins that stand between him and God. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, al...
Nov 08, 2024•20 min•Ep. 260
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint Augustine - Episode Four: The Cost of Sight Milan. 384 A.D. Eight years after leaving Thagaste, Augustine is a respected orator in far-off Milan, where he holds a position in the imperial court. But despite his achievements, his growing disbelief in Truth pushes him to despair. From these dark depths he discovers the words of another gifted orator who changes his life! 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Ge...
Nov 07, 2024•17 min•Ep. 259
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint Augustine - Episode Three: The Human Battleground Roman Thagaste, 374 A.D. Augustine excuses his sinful and indulgent life, thanks to the vile heresy of Manichaeism. Bored of city life and its pleasures, he moves his young family back to Thagaste to find peace and stability. But a reunion with a childhood friend may upset that plan, and launch Augustine into new adventures. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.co...
Nov 06, 2024•16 min•Ep. 258
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint Augustine - Episode Two: The Head and the Heart Carthage. 373 A.D. Two years after leaving Thagaste, Augustine revels in the decadent pleasures of his new home. His unexpected meeting with Aurora leads him further astray. But when the writings of Cicero and Virgil arouse his deep longing for beauty and truth, he finds himself questioning everything! Including his wayward life. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast...
Nov 05, 2024•14 min•Ep. 257
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint Augustine - Episode One: The Thrill of Evil North Africa. 370 A.D. The Roman city of Thagaste is home to a remarkable but restless sixteen year old boy. Torn between his intense desires and his brilliant mind, he has become a slave to his passions. His mother prays for his conversion, but can making bad choices and getting into trouble ever be a pathway to God? This is the story of Augustine. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://...
Nov 04, 2024•13 min•Ep. 256
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Miguel Pro - Episode Five: Viva, Cristo Rey! Running from the police, and accused of attempting to assassinate General Obregón, Miguel and his family hide and wait at the Valdez house. General Cruz and Detective Valente do their all to find the fugitives. When help comes in the form of a betrayal, will it mean the end for Miguel Pro? 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered to your em...
Nov 01, 2024•22 min•Ep. 255
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Miguel Pro - Episode Four: The Black Essex Mexico City. 1927. General Valdez and Detective Valente believe they're close to capturing the infamous "Cocol." Meanwhile, Father Miguel visits the faithful, giving them the sacraments in secret. As the net tightens, everyone he visits is at risk of arrest, or worse... 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with ...
Oct 31, 2024•19 min•Ep. 254
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Miguel Pro - Episode Three: Rebel Priest Mexico City. 1927. On the run again, Father Miguel is just a few steps ahead of Detective Valente’s men. And his safe places to hide are running out. Is this the end of the line for Father Miguel Pro? 🌐 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...
Oct 30, 2024•19 min•Ep. 253
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Miguel Pro - Episode Two: Unexpected Visitors Mexico City. 1927. As Detective Valente plans to finally catch the mysterious “Cocol”, Miguel Pro drives to the Valdez home and what may be a dangerous trap. Will the detective get his man? Or will Father Miguel manage to escape capture once again? 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, act...
Oct 29, 2024•13 min•Ep. 252
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Miguel Pro - Episode One: A Son of Loyola Mexico. 1927. A revolutionary regime wants to crush the Catholic faith. The sacraments are outlawed. Churches are closed. Priests and lay people are exiled, imprisoned and executed. But a brave group of faithful have taken up arms against their foes. They are “the Cristeros." Serving them and the Catholics remaining in Mexico City is a young, newly ordained Jesuit priest. This is the story of Miguel Pro...
Oct 28, 2024•19 min•Ep. 251
Saint Faustina: Episode Five Description: 🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint Faustina - Episode Five: The Apostle Poland. 1933. Sister Faustina continues to suffer attacks, both worldly and supernatural. But she is undeterred: Jesus has asked her to have the image of His Divine Mercy painted and shared with the entire world. But as she gets closer to fulfilling this mission, bigger and more frightening challenges await! 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesain...
Oct 25, 2024•17 min•Ep. 250
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint Faustina - Episode Four: The Confessor Vilnius. 1933. Sister Faustina arrives for a new assignment at a new convent, where she meets the priest who will help her spread the message of Divine Mercy. But first, she must overcome the jealousy and gossip of the other sisters, and serious doubts about the truth of her visions. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered to your email in...
Oct 24, 2024•15 min•Ep. 249
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint Faustina - Episode Three: The Vision Poland. 1924. One by one, the doors of Warsaw’s convents are closed on Helena, and she is sent away. But she may have one last chance! As she makes her way to the Convent of Our Lady of Mercy, she hopes and prays to finally be admitted as a religious sister. But will the doors be open to her? And will the sisters allow a poor peasant girl to join them, without a rich girl’s dowry? 🌐 Subscribe for Free...
Oct 23, 2024•20 min•Ep. 248
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint Faustina- Episode Two: The Rejection The Warsaw-Vienna Railway station. 1924. Nineteen year old Helena arrives in the big city alone, her only belongings in a small burlap sack. Now, she must find a place to stay, and a convent that will take her. But Warsaw is no place for a girl far from her home, and finding a new one may prove harder than she imagined. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily ...
Oct 22, 2024•14 min•Ep. 247
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint Faustina - Episode One: The Dance Rural Poland, 1924. Helena Kowalska has a problem. Her parents and nine siblings love each other dearly, but life on their small farm is harsh, filthy, poor, and physically deprived. When her parents rule out her dream of religious life, she turns to Jesus, and receives a message of mercy that will change the world! This is the story of Sister Faustina. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesai...
Oct 21, 2024•12 min•Ep. 246
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Therese of Lisieux - Episode Five: Your Little Sister December, 1896. As the Carmelites of Lisieux celebrate Christmas, Sister Therese’s illness is worse, but she’s still determined to love Jesus through her “Little Way”. Though only twenty-four years old, she is an inspiration to many, including a young seminarian who seeks her advice. But time may be running out for Therese, and she writes the two books that will one day make her name known a...
Oct 18, 2024•17 min•Ep. 245
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Therese of Lisieux - Episode Four: Elevator to Heaven 1894. Twenty-one year old Therese is now Sister Therese of the Child Jesus, the assistant novice mistress at the Carmelite convent in Lisieux. And her older sister Pauline is the Mother Prioress. But the Martin family faces new struggles. Papa’s health is declining. And Therese finds that her “Little Way”, is a lot more difficult than she expected. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https...
Oct 17, 2024•15 min•Ep. 244
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Therese of Lisieux - Episode Three: Let Me In! November, 1887. Rome, Italy. Determined as ever to become a Carmelite, fifteen-year old Therese and her father Louis have traveled to Rome, on a mission to meet the pope! But will she be allowed to speak with him? And will the Carmelites of Lisieux allow her in? One thing is certain: Therese Martin will not give up! 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily ...
Oct 16, 2024•13 min•Ep. 243
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Therese of Lisieux - Episode Two: Save Souls 1887. Lisieux, France. Five years have passed and fourteen-year old Therese is as strong-willed as ever. With two of her sisters now in Carmel, she’s searching for her own place in the world. When she reads the story of a notorious criminal on death row, she’s convinced she’s found it. Now her only problem…is convincing everyone else! Will this Little Flower get her way? 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily E...
Oct 15, 2024•14 min•Ep. 242
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Therese of Lisieux - Episode One: The Little Flower Lisieux, France. 1882. Nine-year old Therese Martin is a mass of contradictions: she can be sweet and sensitive, but when she doesn’t get her way, watch out! Motherless since the age of four, her father and her four older sisters try to make a happy home for her. But when her sister Pauline shares some wonderful news…Therese goes on the rampage! This is the story of Therese of Lisieux. 🌐 Subs...
Oct 14, 2024•13 min•Ep. 241
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Isaac Jogues - Episode Five: A Hero’s Welcome With the cover of night, Father Isaac steals quietly towards the Hudson River, and the Dutch ship that will rescue him. He arrives in France to a hero’s welcome, the most celebrated Catholic priest of his day. But is he, as some say, “a living saint?” Summoned to the royal palace of Versailles for an audience with the queen, Father Jogues shocks everyone with a startling revelation. 🌐 Subscribe for...
Oct 11, 2024•17 min•Ep. 240
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Isaac Jogues - Episode Four: Escape from Ossernenon With the deaths of René and Ahatsistari, Father Isaac is completely friendless among the Mohawks. Or is he? Resolved to continue his mission to the natives, he receives an unexpected visit that brings new hope, and a question: Should he remain a slave in captivity, or does God have another plan for him? 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes...
Oct 10, 2024•13 min•Ep. 239
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Isaac Jogues - Episode Three: The Sign of the Cross Captured by the Mohawks, Father Isaac, Ahatsistari, and René are led into the wilderness - deep into Mohawk territory - away from their friends...their country…and everything familiar. As they cross a raging river, a deafening sound emerges from the hilltop ahead: Ossernenon – the great Mohawk fortress. What fate awaits them? 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ ...
Oct 09, 2024•12 min•Ep. 238
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Isaac Jogues - Episode Two: You Have Her Help Disease. Bitter Cold. Famine. The constant threat of ambush and violent death. Faced with these dangers, Father Jogues struggles to gain the trust of the native peoples. They are dying from a mysterious new disease. But a few of the Huron have been baptized. And Father Jogues is about to meet a young French surgeon whose friendship will change both their lives. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: ...
Oct 08, 2024•14 min•Ep. 237
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Isaac Jogues - Episode One: A Foolish Endeavor The North Atlantic, 1636. Three great colonial powers - France, Britain and the Dutch Republic - vie for control of North America, forging alliances with three great powers in the New World - the Huron, Algonquin and Mohawk nations. At stake is territory stretching from the St. Lawrence River to the Great Lakes. Into this maelstrom sails a young French Jesuit priest, newly ordained. His name? Fathe...
Oct 07, 2024•14 min•Ep. 236
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint George - Episode Five: The One True God Awaiting his sentence in jail, George is called before Diocletian, for one last chance to live. Will he remain steadfast? Will he, with God’s help, be able to soften the emperor’s heart, and prevent the coming persecution? How will he stop the Dragon? 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, ...
Oct 04, 2024•12 min•Ep. 235
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint George - Episode Four: The Cross Two forces engage in a deadly conflict. Diocletian insists on punishing his Christian subjects, while George refuses to stand by in silence. Will George continue as a Roman soldier, or will he lay down his sword to fight the Dragon another way? 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheet...
Oct 03, 2024•12 min•Ep. 234
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint George - Episode Three: The Dragon Following his disastrous meeting with the emperor, George wakes to a shocking surprise. A new edict has been posted. All Church property will be confiscated, and Christians must pledge allegiance to Roman gods, or face imprisonment. Can George change Diocletian’s mind and stop the persecution…before it’s too late? 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes...
Oct 02, 2024•11 min•Ep. 233
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint George - Episode Two: The Fire Nicomedia, 302 A.D. Emperor Diocletian returns to a disunified state. Christians are being blamed for the neglect and ruin of pagan temples. George, a rising star in the Roman military, now faces a choice between his country and his faith. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and ...
Oct 01, 2024•14 min•Ep. 232
🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint George - Episode One: The Neighbors Cappadocia, 280 A.D. A Roman Empire in crisis. Political unrest, civil wars, and economic instability threaten its existence. When their crops fail in the jagged hills, pagan farmers blame a local Christian family. So begins the story of Saint George. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com / Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, act...
Sep 30, 2024•15 min•Ep. 231
