SaintCast Episode #121, Saints and the Pets they Love
Five 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.
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SaintCast #120, “Damien was in love with the Lord,” Bishop Larry Silva on Fr. Damien
Today we welcome Honolulu’s Bishop Larry Silva to the SaintCast to discuss the upcoming canonization and life of Blessed Damien de Veuster. He talks of the upcoming celebrations and pilgrimages and what Fr. Damien means to Hawaii and the world.
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SaintCast #119, Testimony the DVD
Today Paul emerges from 2 weeks of hibernation (while recuperating from a respiratory illness) to highlight a new DVD on the life of Servant of God John Paul II. This new DVD reveals never-before-revealed secrets about events in the life of His Holiness that come to us via the memories of his long-time secretary, Cardinal [...]
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SaintCast #118, “Who is the real St. Patrick?”
Man-on-the-street segment returns with Paul asking “What do you know about St. Patrick?” You’ll be surprised at the answers. Fr. Jim Martin returns to talk about his DVD “Who Cares about the Saints?”
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SaintCast #117, Soundseeing at Mission San Juan Capistrano
Travel with Paul today to southern California to the “jewel” of the California missions, as he visits Mission San Juan Capistrano, on this the 3rd anniversary of the SaintCast. Follow along with photos at saintcast.org while learning about the mission founded by Blessed Junipero Serra, and the swallows of Capistrano.
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SaintCast #116 – Fr. Damien to be Canonized
Great news from Rome this week, that Blessed Fr. Damien de Veuster, the priest to the lepers of Molokai is to be canonized in October. On this SaintCast we interview Ken Bath of the ROMCAL.net website, about his program to bring the Roman Catholic liturgical calendar to the masses.
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SaintCast #115, Who are the Servites?
Today on the SaintCast live (well almost) from San Diego, we learn about the 7 Florentine noblemen who started the Servite Order 775 years ago. Also, St. Dominic goes to the dogs.
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Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes
Today in the Catholic Church is the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. Fr. Jim Martin, Fox News contributor, America magazine editor, and frequent SaintCast contributor, talks about Bernadette Soubirous in this clip from his just-released DVD, “Who Cares About the Saints?”
SaintCast #114, Aquinas for Dummies
Do you understand Aquinas? OK. . I’m not the only one with that difficulty. But today on the SaintCast, two medieval philosophy scholars, Joel Lonfat and Bettina Kreissl-Lonfat tell us why he’s so important to the Church, what his major writings meant, who influenced him, and even take us through the Five Ways to come [...]
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SaintCast #113 – “The Dumb Ox,” St. Thomas Aquinas
High on a rocky ledge in what was once the kingdom of Sicily, this cousin of the emperor Frederick II contemplated his future while a prisoner in his own family’s castle. Who would have thought that he would come to be recognized as one of the greatest minds of the Catholic Church. . .
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