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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ King Louis IX - Episode Four: My Soul Ablaze Damietta, Egypt. 1249 A.D. King Louis has been captured by the Saracens. In the camp of the French crusaders, the devastated Queen Marguerite must remain steadfast for the good of the whole camp. Will the King escape death, rejoin his wife, defeat the Saracens, and finally reach the Holy Land? 🌐 Subscri...

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ King Louis IX - Episode Three: Fire on the Earth Damietta, Egypt. 1248 A.D. The Seventh Crusade has begun: a horde of Egyptian Saracens have ambushed King Louis and his tiny retinue of soldiers. Stuck between the desert and the Mediterranean, they face almost certain slaughter! With Queen Marguerite now in labor, Louis must keep his family and his...

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ King Louis IX - Episode Two: Blood and Water The Mediterranean Sea. 1248 A.D. King Louis the Ninth of France has set sail for the Holy Land with an army of French knights – and his wife and children! The liberation of Jerusalem has begun. But first: they must overthrow a powerful Egyptian Sultan supplying the Ottoman enemy with money, food, a...

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ King Louis IX - Episode One: Zeal Consumes Me Paris, France. 1244 A.D. King Louis the Ninth is a controversial figure. He spends long hours in prayer and stays clear of disputes with other kingdoms. But despite the King's desire for peace, an argument between the Pope and Holy Roman Emperor threatens to change Louis' world... forever. This is the s...

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Padre Pio - Episode Five: In the Heights the Mountains Italy. 1916. After the marks of the wounds of Christ appear in Padre Pio's hands, feet and side, Church authorities have ordered Pio to stop all public ministry as a priest. With the faithful clamoring at his door, Padre Pio must find a way to live out his vocation in obedience to the Church.&n...

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Padre Pio - Episode Four: A Mystery to Himself Italy. 1916. Arrested for desertion, Padre Pio finds himself thrust into a perilous predicament. A simple misunderstanding quickly escalates, with the grim possibility of prison or worse, hanging over Pio. As tension mounts and uncertainty grows, Pio's faith is put to the test. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Da...

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Padre Pio - Episode Three: Homecoming Italy. 1910. Still in Pietrelcina, Padre Pio faces a pivotal moment: his Capuchin superior fears his fragile health may hinder his monastic vocation. As a great war begins, Pio discovers that pain and persistent trials may be inseparable from his priestly service. Will he find the fortitude to fulfill his vocat...

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Padre Pio - Episode Two: A Worthwhile Suffering Italy. 1903. Brother Pio returns to Pietrelcina facing physical affliction and spiritual trials. His ill health is an obstacle to his vocation. With challenges at every turn, will his faith endure the trials that lie ahead? 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/  &nbs...

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Padre Pio - Episode One: The Path Pietrelcina, Italy. 1902. As a young man embarks on his journey to become a Capuchin monk, he encounters a series of unexpected trials that test his faith. Amidst the serene sounds of his hometown, whispers and warnings loom large. Will his steadfast spirit withstand the challenges ahead? This is the story of Padre...

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Solanus Casey - Episode Five: The Face of Christ in Detroit Yonkers, New York. 1921. Father Solanus wakes up in the hospital awaiting the doctor’s news of his fate. Will he survive this latest ordeal? And will his faith carry him through? 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/    Get free daily episodes...

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Solanus Casey - Episode Four: Opening the Door Detroit, Michigan. Christmas Eve, 1896. On the Blessed Mother's instructions, Barney has traveled four hundred miles from his home in Wisconsin to the Capuchin monastery in Detroit. He hopes to become a Capuchin novice. But after so many failures, heartbreaks and disappointments, will Barney’s lu...

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Solanus Casey - Episode Three: A Study in Humility Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 1891. After witnessing a horrific act of violence, Barney's life is in turmoil. Set on becoming a man of peace, he enters seminary in Milwaukee. Barney feels called to the priesthood, but he's not sure a farm boy from Oak Grove is cut out for classes in Latin and German. 🌐 Su...

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Solanus Casey - Episode Two: A Man of Peace Wisconsin. 1887. Barney Casey has just returned from Minnesota, working odd jobs to support his large family at home. Now that he's back, he's more eager than ever to marry his old sweetheart, Becky Tobin. But first? He has to speak with her father! 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintsp...

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Solanus Casey - Episode One: Seeds and Dreams Oak Grove, Wisconsin. 1887. Irish immigrant farmers Bernard and Margaret Casey raise their sixteen children on a small plot of land where the work never ends and the profits are few. Now, some poor harvests have them more worried than usual, and it's up to their seventeen-year-old son Barney to help the...

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Therese of Lisieux - Episode Five: Your Little Sister December, 1896. As the Carmelites of Lisieux celebrate Christmas, Sister Therese’s illness is worse, but she’s still determined to love Jesus through her “Little Way”. Though only twenty-four years old, she is an inspiration to many, including a young seminarian who seeks...

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Therese of Lisieux - Episode Four: Elevator to Heaven 1894. Twenty-one year old Therese is now Sister Therese of the Child Jesus, the assistant novice mistress at the Carmelite convent in Lisieux. And her older sister Pauline is the Mother Prioress. But the Martin family faces new struggles. Papa’s health is declining. And Therese finds that...

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Therese of Lisieux - Episode Three: Let Me In! November, 1887. Rome, Italy. Determined as ever to become a Carmelite, fifteen-year old Therese and her father Louis have traveled to Rome, on a mission to meet the pope! But will she be allowed to speak with him? And will the Carmelites of Lisieux allow her in? One thing is certain: Therese Martin wil...

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Therese of Lisieux - Episode Two: Save Souls 1887. Lisieux, France. Five years have passed and fourteen-year old Therese is as strong-willed as ever. With two of her sisters now in Carmel, she’s searching for her own place in the world. When she reads the story of a notorious criminal on death row, she’s convinced she’s found it....

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Therese of Lisieux - Episode One: The Little Flower Lisieux, France. 1882. Nine-year old Therese Martin is a mass of contradictions: she can be sweet and sensitive, but when she doesn’t get her way, watch out! Motherless since the age of four, her father and her four older sisters try to make a happy home for her. But when her sister Pauline...

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ John Henry Newman - Episode Five: Heart Speaks to Heart Littlemore, England, 1845. Former Anglican priest John Henry Newman yearns to be received into the Catholic Church. An opportunity comes in the form of visiting Italian priest Father Dominic Barberi, an encounter that marks the beginning of John's new life as a Roman Catholic. 🌐 Subscribe for...

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ John Henry Newman - Episode Four: Life in Littlemore Littlemore, England, 1842. With no friends left to support him in Oxford, John Henry Newman moves to Littlemore to be close to his sister. A chance meeting with his new friend, the Catholic priest Father Charles Russell, prompts John to reconsider his anti-Catholic past...and determines his futur...

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ John Henry Newman - Episode Three: The Oxford Movement Oxford, England, 1833. John Henry Newman's bold call to restore Christian tradition captivates the nation! His Tracts draw attention to religion, but now they may be drawing the wrong kind of attention to those who are writing them. Can John continue to follow the promptings of the Holy Spirit...

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ John Henry Newman - Episode Two: Credo in Newmanum Italy, 1833. After resigning his teaching post at Oriel College, Oxford, John Henry Newman and his friend Hurrell Froude take in the sights of Rome, where the beauty of Catholic art and tradition challenges their Anglican beliefs. When illness strikes, John is tasked with a mission that will shake...

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ John Henry Newman - Episode One: An Oxford Man Oxford, England, 1830. Young Anglican priest John Henry Newman is the toast of Oxford. His lectures and sermons are loved by students and townspeople alike. He is a very model of a Protestant minister until his desire for truth leads him straight to Rome. This is the story of John Henry Newman. 🌐 Subs...

🏔️ 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 f...