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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Junipero Serra - Episode Five: Going the Distance Mission San Diego. Alta California. 1769. Having barely survived the Kumeyaay attack, Junipero and his friends take stock of their situation. With no supplies or soldiers to protect them, should they retreat to Mexico, or face starvation and massacre in California? Against all odds and Governor Port...

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Junipero Serra - Episode Four: Missionaries at Last Baja California. 1769. Fifty-five-year-old Father Junipero Serra has been in New Spain for almost twenty years. He and the Franciscans have done much good, serving the indigenous peoples throughout the Mexican wilderness. Now, the King of Spain sends them even further north, into the unknown front...

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Junipero Serra - Episode Three: Uncertain Destination Back in Mexico City after the ordeal in the Sierra Gorda, Junipero and his companions enjoy a moment of rest. But not for long! A massacre far north at the Texan Mission San Saba threatens all-out-war between the Comanche Indians and the Spanish. Only Junipero and his Franciscans can stop it! Bu...

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Junipero Serra - Episode Two: No Rest for the Missionary The Spanish colony of Mexico. 1749. Having just set foot on land, Junipero, Francisco and Juan can’t wait to start their mission in the peace and beauty of Mexico City. But trouble soon arises! Spanish settlers are persecuting the native people in the mountainous north, and Junipero and his f...

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Junipero Serra - Episode One: The Bright Young Professor The island of Majorca, Spain. 1737. A brilliant young priest and scholar rises to the very pinnacle of academic success.  But he longs for something more - crossing the ocean for a life of adventure in the missions of The New World. This is the true story of Junipero Serra. 🌐 Subscribe for F...

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint Charbel - Episode Five: The Miracle Worker Lebanon, 1898. Twenty-three years after the miracle of the lamp, Father Charbel lives as a hermit at Annaya, high in the mountains above Lebanon. But with pilgrims coming to see the now famous “Miracle Monk”, will he ever find the silence and solitude he desires? 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes:...

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint Charbel - Episode Four: The Monk Lebanon, 1859. After six years in the monastic seminary, Youssef is now Father Charbel. He enjoys a quiet and happy life of work and prayer with his brother monks. But when events in Lebanon threaten its peace, Charbel finds the only answer is to draw closer to God. And a foolish prank turns into a glorious mi...

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint Charbel - Episode Three: The Novice Lebanon, 1851. Youssef slips out into the night to join the monks at Mayfouk - leaving behind his family and their more worldly plans for him. But as he starts religious life as “Brother Charbel” - his family fights hard to drag him back. And just when he feels safe, an evil foe arrives, intent on destroyin...

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint Charbel - Episode Two: The Call Lebanon, 1851. Seven years have passed. Twenty-three year old Youssef yearns for a monk’s life of prayer and contemplation - far from the busy world. But his mother, brother and uncle have other ideas! Now Youssef must quiet his thoughts, and listen for God’s voice in his heart. Can his vocation ever withstand...

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint Charbel - Episode One: The Peasant Lebanon. 1844. The tiny village of Bekaa Kafra. High up in the northern mountains, a fifteen year old peasant boy longs to find God in solitude. But opposition from his family and friends, and foreign occupation of his country stand in his way. Only a miracle can help him. This is the story of Saint Charbel....

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Gianna Molla - Episode Five: Love and Sacrifice 1962, Italy. Having rushed back to Milan from the mountains in pain, Gianna waits for news in her hospital bed, Pietro by her side. When her doctor returns to explain her diagnosis, Gianna is left with an impossible choice. What will she decide for herself and her baby?  🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Ep...

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Gianna Molla - Episode Four: Joy in New Life It's 1961. At a gathering at their home in Milan, Pietro and Gianna share some wonderful news with their friends and family. But on a long-awaited holiday in the mountains of Courmayeur, Gianna discovers something worrisome, and fears it may threaten her growing family’s happiness. 🌐 Subscribe for Free...

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Gianna Molla - Episode Three: The Secret to Happiness Ponte di Magenta, Italy, 1958. Newly married Gianna Molla is a woman living out her calling. Married for three years, she and Pietro already have two children. With their busy domestic life, new responsibilities, her medical practice, and Pietro’s demanding job, what is God calling her to do? An...

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Gianna Molla - Episode Two: A Newfound Vocation Two years have passed since thirty-two year old Gianna set aside her plans for Brazil. While she loves her career as a doctor, everyone else is trying to find her a husband! But her single life may be about to change, when a quiet and elegant gentleman re-enters it unexpectedly. Is this the future she...

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Gianna Molla - Episode One: God’s Call to Brazil Mesero, Italy, 1951. In the outskirts of Milan, a young, idealistic doctor is looking for “it”: the one thing that will make her happier than any other thing on earth. She thinks she’s found it in her plans to serve the poor in Brazil. But her fragile health threatens to keep her at home. Torn betwee...

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Carlo Acutis - Episode Five: Highway to Heaven Just when his presentation on the Eucharistic miracles is finally complete, Carlo’s sickness worsens. With his presentation due tomorrow, will Carlo be able to teach his catechism students about Jesus in the Eucharist? If Carlo can’t teach them, will all his work go to waste? 🌐 Subscribe for Free Dail...

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Carlo Acutis - Episode Four: My Alarm Clock Carlo wants to be a saint, but to be a saint you have to do something incredible. Carlo focuses all his energy on his website of Eucharistic miracles so that the world can know Jesus is waiting for them in every tabernacle around the world. Will the world listen? 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: http...

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Carlo Acutis - Episode Three: A Website for Miracles Carlo’s friend Gio continues to ask him about his devotion to the Catholic faith. But Gio doesn’t believe that Jesus is really in the Eucharist. Carlo must search for a new way to communicate this truth to his best friend. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/    Get...

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Carlo Acutis - Episode Two: The Longest Line Carlo is eager to tell his catechism class about St. Tarcisius, the Roman boy who died to defend the Eucharist. His class, however, are much more interested in lollipops than the mystery inside the tabernacle. How can Carlo share his faith when no one seems to care? 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes:...

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Carlo Acutis - Episode One: A Eucharistic Tan Milan, 2006. 96% of Italians are Catholic, only 26% practice their faith. As modern technology races through society, will the Catholic faith be believed? One young boy in Italy still believes that Jesus is in the Eucharist. His faith will be heard around the world. This boy? Carlo Acutis. 🌐 Subscribe...

🏔️ 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 delivered to...

🏔️ 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, along with co...

🏔️ 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: https://th...

🏔️ 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 delivered to your email...

🏔️ 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...