Keep The Faith's Podcast

Father Emil Kapaun  was a United States Army chaplain during World War II and the Korean War. Kapaun was a chaplain in the Burma Theater of World War II, then served again as a chaplain with the U.S. Army in Korea, where he was captured. During the battle of Usan he braved enemy fire to rescue nearly 40 men, for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor. Relive the lives of the saints, experience th...

Saint Cecilia was a Roman Christian virgin martyr who died after witnessing to her faith following the martyrdom of her husband and brother. She became the patroness of music and musicians, it being written that, as the musicians played at her wedding, Cecilia "sang in her heart to the Lord" In 1599, her body was discovered to be incorrupt.  Relive the lives of the saints, experience their noble p...

Pope Saint Pius X was pope from 1903-1914 and is know for his firm demeanour, sense of personal poverty, and devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. He is famous for his vigorous condemnation of Modernism, lowering the age for First Communion, preparing the 1917 Code of Canon Law, and promoting liturgical reforms and Thomistic scholastic theology.  Relive the lives of the saints, experience their nob...

Saint John Berchmans was a Jesuit scholastic known for his piety and for taking Aloysius Gonzolga as his spiritual model. He had to overcome much family opposition to join the Society of Jesus. He died at age 22 and is patron saint of altar servers and students. Relive the lives of the saints, experience their noble pursuit of holiness, and share with them their struggles, tears, and selfless sacr...

Blessed Louise of Savoy was a member of the French royal family who became a Poor Clare nun after her husband died when she was 27. Serious about the spiritual life from a young age, she used her vast wealth to meet the needs of the poor. As a nun she was a model of humility and obedience until she died at age 42.  Relive the lives of the saints, experience their noble pursuit of holiness, and sha...

Blessed Margaret of Savoy was Marchioness of Monferrrat who grew in piety after hearing the preaching of St Vincent Ferrer, and following the death of her husband after 15 years, decided to abandon the world and join the Third Order Dominicans. The Duke of Milan asked for her hand in marriage, but she resolved to give herself entirely to God and founded a Domiincan monastery, where she died in a s...

Saint Aelred was a Cistercian monk and abbot who was a companion of King David of Scotland and advisor to King Henry II of England. He was a successful missionary to the Picts and is known for his remarkable sermons and biography of St Edward the Confessor. He lived a austere life and suffered many infirmities with patience and died in 1166. Relive the lives of the saints, experience their noble p...

Saint Hyacinth was a Dominican who earned the title Apostle of the North for his successful evangelization efforts in Poland, Prussia, Pomerania, Lithuania, Demark, Sweden, Norway and lower Russia. He founded several convents and monasteries and died a saintly death August 15, 1257 in Cracow. After his death God glorified His servant with many miracles and Hyacinth was canonized in 1594. He is the...

Saint Theophone Venaard was a French missionary martyr who suffered beheading in Tonkin Vietnam in 1861. Ministering from hiding he was ultimately betrayed, condemned, and held in a cage until his execution. He wrote beautiful letters to his family and  family and faced coming his death with exemplary faith.  Relive the lives of the saints, experience their noble pursuit of holiness, and share wit...

Saint Homobonus was a married laymen who beleived that God allowed him to work in order to support people in poverty. As a cloth merchant, he carried out his business with laudable honesty and though quite sucessful, lived and dressed with simplicity and attended Matins and daily Mass. He died in 1197 and was canonized in 1199, and is consider the patron saint of tailors, business people, clothing...

Blessed Margaret of Castello was born blind with severe curvature of the spine and stunted growth. Her parents hid her from the public in a walled-in chamber next to the castle's chapel (where she could received instruction and the sacraments) until she was sixteen. After not being cured at a shrine in nearby Castello, she was abandoned by them and cared for by the townspeople as one of the poor....

Saint Benedict Joseph Labre was a French Franciscan tertiary,  from a well to do family near Arras, France. After attempting a monastic lifestyle, he joined the Third Order Franciscans and lived a life of poverty and pilgrimage. He traveled to most of the major shrines of Europe, subsisting by begging, following in the role of the mendicant, the "Fool-for-Christ." Saint Benedict Labre is the patro...

Saint George is the patron of England and was martyred near Lydda in Palestine around the time of Constantine. His legend has been embellished with wildly fantastic stories, and while entertaining are not verifiable – however they do show that he was a very popular early saint and widely venerated. Gaining popularity during the crusades, his coat of arms became virtually the uniform of English cru...

Eve Lavallière was an accomplished actress and high flyer, who changed her whole way of life when a parish priest invited her to Mass and gave her a book about Mary Magdalen. The story of Eve Lavallière is a story of grace triumphing over sin and circumstances. It is a story of hope for anyone whose life seems to be a mess which is out of control. Relive the lives of the saints, experience their n...

Saint Francis Jerome was a Jesuit priest, teacher and missionary who spent his time preaching, visiting the sick, slaves, and prisoners in the streets of Naples. After more than 40 years in this "Naples Mission" he died at the age of 74. Relive the lives of the saints, experience their noble pursuit of holiness, and share with them their struggles, tears, and selfless sacrifices heroically endured...

St. Germaine Cousin was a poor, pious, French shepherdess who was born with a deformed hand and arm. After her mother's death, father's new wife frequently abused her and forced her care for the family sheep. Her great faith led her to attend daily mass and teaching the village children. Living humbly, she died in at the age of 22 and was later found to be incorrupt.  Relive the lives of the saint...

St. Andrew Corsini was Bishop of Fiesole for 24 years, he acquired a reputation for holiness and fairness in four spheres: Charitable works for the poor and the sick; Raising the standard of the clergy by training, and examining them, dismissing those he found unworthy insisting that the clergy live in their parish; Restoration of churches; Reconciling people at odds with each other, personally, i...

Bishop Alfred Allen Curtis was the second Bishop of Wilmington and a convert from the Anglican ministry who became a Catholic priest and bishop .  Some who knew him, especially the Visitation Sisters, considered him a saint and believed he had the power to answer prayers. Relive the lives of the saints, experience their noble pursuit of holiness, and share with them their struggles, tears, and sel...

Joseph Calasanctius was a Spanish Catholic priest, educator and the founder of the Pious Schools, which provided free education to poor boys. For this purpose he founded the religious order that ran them, commonly known as the Piarists. Relive the lives of the saints, experience their noble pursuit of holiness, and share with them their struggles, tears, and selfless sacrifices heroically endured...

Saint Camillus of Lellis was a Roman Catholic priest from Italy who founded the Camillians, a religious order dedicated to the care of the sick. He was beatified by Pope Benedict XIV in the year 1742, and canonized by him four years later in 1746. Relive the lives of the saints, experience their noble pursuit of holiness, and share with them their struggles, tears, and selfless sacrifices heroical...

Blessed Stephen and Raymond were priests and preachers who fought against the Albigensian heresy centered in Toulouse France, ultimately being martyred by the heretics. Relive the lives of the saints, experience their noble pursuit of holiness, and share with them their struggles, tears, and selfless sacrifices heroically endured for the God they loved above all else! The dramatized lives of these...

The Green Scapular, incorporated in the Lives of the Saints, is a professionally dramatized account of the story of Sister Justine Bisqueyburu and the origin and spiritual power of the Green Scapular and it's devotion. Relive the lives of the saints, experience their noble pursuit of holiness, and share with them their struggles, tears, and selfless sacrifices heroically endured for the God they l...

Saint Bonaventure was a leading medieval theologian, minister general of the Franciscans and the Cardinal Bishop of Albano. He wrote books on the spiritual life and is a doctor of the Church. Relive the lives of the saints, experience their noble pursuit of holiness, and share with them their struggles, tears, and selfless sacrifices heroically endured for the God they loved above all else! The dr...

The life of Blessed Richard Gwyn. He was one of the 40 Martyrs of England, converted to Catholicism, was married with six children. He was arrested and was in prison four years bbefore being hanged, drawn and quartered. Relive the lives of the saints, experience their noble pursuit of holiness, and share with them their struggles, tears, and selfless sacrifices heroically endured for the God they...

Dr. William Marra discusses the Passion of Christ and the cost of love, especially in light of the problem of evil. The problem of evil is the single greatest obstacle to the acknowledgment of the existence of God. The Crucifix of Christ is only real answer to evil. Ever other solution is inadequate.