The Saints

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Patrick Peyton - Episode Five: The Mother’s Day Broadcast New York City. 1945. Father Peyton has his national radio air time, but what will he do with it? How can he make the Rosary into a successful radio program for a large national audience? Calling on the support of friends and strangers alike, he puts his faith in the Blessed Mother, and...

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Patrick Peyton - Episode Four: The Rosary Crusade December 1941. Albany, New York. Following his miraculous recovery from tuberculosis, the newly ordained Father Patrick Peyton is looking for a way to thank Our Lady. That opportunity comes when the United States enters a world war, and Father Peyton begins the work that will make him a household na...

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Patrick Peyton - Episode Three: Peytons Take a Lot of Killing 1928. Scranton, Pennsylvania. Working as a janitor under Monsignor Kelly’s watchful eye, Patrick has slowly rediscovered his faith. And now, his calling to the priesthood. But becoming a priest may be more difficult than he thinks. With just an eighth grade education, nineteen year...

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Patrick Peyton - Episode Two: American Millionaire New York harbor, 1927. Pat and Tom Peyton arrive in America, full of excitement and hope, and ready to reunite with their sister Nellie. But New York City is a lot bigger than County Mayo, and a job isn’t always easy to come by, especially for Irish boys. Now, their wits, faith and resilience...

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Patrick Peyton - Episode One: County Mayo, God Help Us Ireland. 1927. Attymass, County Mayo. In a tiny farming village at the foot of the Ox Mountains, life is bleak, and prospects are few. Faith and family are all people have. But one young man has bigger dreams that will take him from Bonniconlon, to Broadway, and beyond: into the heart of every...

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Franz Jagerstatter - Episode Five: The Garden of Eternal Life Berlin. 1943. Franz is in prison, sentenced to death by a Nazi-led court. He prays constantly, writes to his family, and holds fast to one last earthly hope: To meet his wife face to face for the last time.  🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/  &...

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Franz Jagerstatter - Episode Four: From the Other Side 1943. The village of Saint Radegund, Austria. Franz’s worst fear has come true. He has been drafted into the Nazi army. Uncertain of when he might see his family again, he defies orders and spends one last night with his wife and daughters. Will anyone notice, and what consequences will t...

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Franz Jagerstatter - Episode Three: The Garden of Death 1943. Austria. Five years have passed. The German war machine ravages much of Europe, but Saint Radegund has remained peaceful, and Franz and Fani now have three young daughters. With the war escalating, almost everyone they know has sided with Hitler's Nazi Party. In a village transformed, Fr...

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Franz Jagerstatter - Episode Two: Nazis at the Door 1937. As Adolf Hitler begins his conquest of Austria, newlyweds Franz and Fani make a honeymoon pilgrimage to Rome. Franz has read more about his Catholic faith and about the Nazi political project. When he hears the pope give a stirring anti-fascist speech, he is more resolved than ever to resist...

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Franz Jagerstatter - Episode One: All Aboard Austria. 1936. As Nazi soldiers descend on the tiny rural village of Saint Radegund, raising money and signing up recruits, a young, bad-boy farmer returns from years in exile, and gets their attention for all the wrong reasons. Now, can this reformed local troublemaker finally find happiness and stabili...

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Basil the Great - Episode Five: Theophany Annesi. 370 A.D. Modestus stands at Basil’s door with the emperor’s army behind him. Now Basil must choose: profess the Arian creed and become a heretic, or condemn his whole monastery to martyrdom. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/    Get free daily e...

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Basil the Great - Episode Four: Persecution Comes Village of Annesi. 368 A.D. Eight years have passed since Basil’s return home. Eight years of hard work and sacrifice. Basil and Macrina now run a new kind of monastery - an expansive, impressive city of prayer and almsgiving. While their monastery grows, a new emperor is rising to power. An e...

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Basil the Great - Episode Three: Desert Fathers North Africa. 360 A.D. Inspired by Macrina’s example, Basil has left everything to follow Christ! But in the desert he still needs food and water to survive. Taken in by a kindly desert hermit, Basil struggles to discover what God wants of him. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesa...

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Basil the Great - Episode Two: To Gain the Whole World Athens. 356 A.D. In his first week away from home, Basil made friends with the emperor’s nephew, found a renowned teacher, and won a heated debate. But now, all that is on the line as his new friends invite him to join in a pagan ritual - an occult mockery of the Mass! Will Basil keep on...

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Basil the Great - Episode One: Melting Pot The Roman province of Cappadocia, 356 A.D. An ambitious young student sets out from his small Christian community to the dangerous and exciting city of Athens. And although he may be brilliant, he’s far from worldly-wise. Can his faith survive his ambition? This is the story of Basil the Great. 🌐 Su...

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint Dymphna - Episode Five: Lily of Eiru Geel, 643. Three years after Dymphna's martyrdom, pilgrims flock to the little town, seeking the Gaelic saint's spiritual intercession. But what became of Dymphna's friends? And what became of Mila? 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/    Get free daily episodes del...

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint Dymphna - Episode Four: Trail of Gold While the wicked King Damon presses Louis for more information, Mila races to protect her friend Dymphna. Can Mila warn her in time? Or will Damon find Dymphna first? 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/    Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, alo...

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint Dymphna- Episode Three: King Damon In the sleepy town of Geel, Mila pieces together the information she's learned, and a wild, dangerous tale takes shape. Mila confronts Dymphna about her true identity. And a gruff stranger arrives unexpectedly from Eriu…carrying gold coins, and many questions. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: htt...

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint Dymphna - Episode Two: A Gaelic Princess The travelers from Eriu continue to act strangely, but they fascinate Mila. As her friendship with Dymphna grows, the mystery deepens, until Mila discovers just who Dymphna really is!  🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/    Get free daily episodes delivere...

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint Dymphna- Episode One: Silent Child The town of Geel, 640 A.D. When four guests arrive from across the Sea, an innkeeper's quiet daughter is drawn into their mysterious story. Who are these strangers? Why are they running? And what dark secrets do they hide? This is the story of Saint Dymphna. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thes...

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Ignatius of Loyola - Episode Five: The End of the Beginning Rome. 1554. Dismissed from the Society of Jesus, the young novice rides his donkey through the streets of Rome. Reflecting on Father Ignatius’ story, he decides to follow a similar path, but falls into the same traps as the brazen young Íñigo. Will he ever learn? 🌐 Sub...

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Ignatius of Loyola - Episode Four: Ghosts in the Holy Land Venice. 1554 A.D. Young Íñigo sets out for the Holy Land - aspiring to become a martyr! But his journey across Europe brings him to a different kind of adventure. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/    Get free daily episodes delivered...

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Ignatius of Loyola - Episode Three: An Angel of Light Manresa, Spain. 1523. Living in a cave, Íñigo does extreme penances trying to make himself into a great saint. He prays seven hours a day, but still struggles to discern between good and evil.  A war between angels and demons rages in his soul, and it's about to come to the su...

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Ignatius of Loyola - Episode Two: The Muslim, the Priest, and the Beggar  Loyola. 1522. Young Íñigo vows to hold the Virgin Mary as the only woman in his life, then leaves his life of soldiering and parties behind, determined to become a great saint. But sanctity isn't something he can seize at sword point, no matter how hard he...

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Ignatius of Loyola - Episode One: Once Upon a Time in Loyola Italy. 1553. Father Ignatius, founder of the Jesuits, is honored and revered by his community - but few know the story of his wild youth: the story of his conversion. He spurns all personal questions, avoiding “unnecessary attention,” until, one day, he meets a young, vain, am...