The SaintCast - Catholic Saints on Call Podcast
1) SaintCast #147, Soundseeing in Molokai, in the footsteps of Father Damien
This week, Paul travels to the island paradise of Molokai, Hawaii. From 1866 to 1969 thousands of men, women, and children diagnosed with leprosy were forcibly exiled to this island to die here in ano...Show More
2) SaintCast #146, Servant of God Professor Jerome Lejeune
In the wake of the 42nd annual March for Life, we revisit the life and work of Servant of God Jerome Lejeune, French geneticist and pediatrician. The first to discover the genetic basis of a disease,...Show More
3) SC 145 'The Pope who Quit' St. Celestine V
Prior to Pope Benedict XVI, over 700 years ago, one man resigned the papacy at age 84 and was canonized a saint a short while later. Peter Angelerio, otherwise known as Pope Celestine V was a saintly ...Show More
4) SaintCast #144, Seven New Saints!
Paul travels to Rome for the canonization of 7 new saints, including the North American Saints Kateri Tekakwitha and Mother Marianne Cope. Hear the excitement in the crowd of tens of thousands of pilg...Show More
5) SaintCast #143, The Holy Chalice of Valencia. Is this the Holy Grail?
From the Cenaculum, to St. Lawrence in Rome, to Spain. . . this small stone cup has been tenaciously protected and revered for centuries. This week on the SaintCast we interview Janice Bennett, author...Show More
6) SaintCast #142, Soundseeing in Athens, St. Paul and the Areopagus
Paul takes SaintCast listeners on a tour of ancient Athens, touring the Acropolis, and especially the Areopagus hill, where St. Paul preached his sermon on the unknown god, found in the Acts of the Ap...Show More
7) SaintCast #141, Be My Methodius? and Profile of Bl. Niels Stensen
Be my Cyril or Methodius? We naturally think of today as St. Valentine's Day. In today's SaintCast we learn of the alternate feast day patrons, Cyril and Methodius, as well as the other Saints celebra...Show More
8) SaintCast Extra #140 - Philmont Bound
Back from an extended SaintCast break, Paul embarks on a trip into the New Mexico wilderness under the patronage of St. George, the patron Saint of scouting. Back with all new episodes, including stor...Show More
9) SaintCast #139, Auschwitz Diaries, Last Days of St. Maximilian Kolbe
SaintCast listener Peter Wiberg interviews Auschwitz survivor Tadeusz Raznikiewicz, from Uppsala, Sweden, eyewitness to the last days of St. Maximilian Kolbe. You won't want to miss this chilling firs...Show More
10) SaintCast #138, St. John Fisher, and canonization 101
Does the Catholic Church 'make' a saint? Of course not, but in this episode of the SaintCast, learn the intricate details of the canonization process from square one. Also, a profile of the great Engl...Show More