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🏔️ Adventures of Faith and Courage A daily podcast bringing the Saints to life with award-winning actors, writers, and sound designers. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith In a culture that has abandoned God, families struggle to find beautiful, faith-affirming stories to inspire their children. The Saints: Adventures of Fait ...
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It’s 1879! Edith and Paul Mallard climb aboard the Night Train as it races the Midnight Express across America! But as accidents delay their journey, a mysterious plot of sabotage begins to emerge. Will Edith and Paul Mallard solve the mystery of the Night Train? Or is their journey doomed to disaster? Join The Merry Beggars for a weekly adventure starting September 11, 2022.
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Subscribe for Free at https://adventwithscrooge.com/ Get daily episodes of Scrooge's adventure every day of Advent! The Merry Beggars present an original Audio Advent Calendar of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol! Journey towards Christmas with Ebenezer Scrooge in a daily 10-minute episode every day of Advent. Join us for a first-of-its-kind audio Advent Calendar as Charles Dickens reads A Christmas Carol in England, 1843. To discover other shows by The Merry Beggars, go to https://themerry ...
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🏔️ 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 …
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🏔️ 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 …
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🏔️ 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 allo…
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🏔️ 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, …
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🏔️ 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 happ…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Isaac Jogues - Episode Five: A Hero’s Welcome With the cover of night, Father Isaac steals quietly towards the Hudson River, and the Dutch ship that will rescue him. He arrives in France to a hero’s welcome, the most celebrated Catholic priest of his day. But is he, as some say, “a living saint?” Su…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Isaac Jogues - Episode Four: Escape from Ossernenon With the deaths of René and Ahatsistari, Father Isaac is completely friendless among the Mohawks. Or is he? Resolved to continue his mission to the natives, he receives an unexpected visit that brings new hope, and a question: Should he remain a sl…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Isaac Jogues - Episode Three: The Sign of the Cross Captured by the Mohawks, Father Isaac, Ahatsistari, and René are led into the wilderness - deep into Mohawk territory - away from their friends...their country…and everything familiar. As they cross a raging river, a deafening sound emerges from th…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Isaac Jogues - Episode Two: You Have Her Help Disease. Bitter Cold. Famine. The constant threat of ambush and violent death. Faced with these dangers, Father Jogues struggles to gain the trust of the native peoples. They are dying from a mysterious new disease. But a few of the Huron have been bapti…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Isaac Jogues - Episode One: A Foolish Endeavor The North Atlantic, 1636. Three great colonial powers - France, Britain and the Dutch Republic - vie for control of North America, forging alliances with three great powers in the New World - the Huron, Algonquin and Mohawk nations. At stake is territor…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint George - Episode Five: The One True God Awaiting his sentence in jail, George is called before Diocletian, for one last chance to live. Will he remain steadfast? Will he, with God’s help, be able to soften the emperor’s heart, and prevent the coming persecution? How will he stop the Dragon? 🌐 …
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint George - Episode Four: The Cross Two forces engage in a deadly conflict. Diocletian insists on punishing his Christian subjects, while George refuses to stand by in silence. Will George continue as a Roman soldier, or will he lay down his sword to fight the Dragon another way? 🌐 Subscribe for …
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint George - Episode Three: The Dragon Following his disastrous meeting with the emperor, George wakes to a shocking surprise. A new edict has been posted. All Church property will be confiscated, and Christians must pledge allegiance to Roman gods, or face imprisonment. Can George change Diocleti…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint George - Episode Two: The Fire Nicomedia, 302 A.D. Emperor Diocletian returns to a disunified state. Christians are being blamed for the neglect and ruin of pagan temples. George, a rising star in the Roman military, now faces a choice between his country and his faith. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Da…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint George - Episode One: The Neighbors Cappadocia, 280 A.D. A Roman Empire in crisis. Political unrest, civil wars, and economic instability threaten its existence. When their crops fail in the jagged hills, pagan farmers blame a local Christian family. So begins the story of Saint George. 🌐 Subs…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Perpetua and Felicity - Episode Five: Martyrs The prison in Carthage. 203 A.D. The time has come. Perpetua and Felicity say goodbye to their loved ones, and give their infant children to other families. Now they face final judgment, and one last chance to save themselves. What will they choose? Apos…
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Perpetua and Felicity: Episode Four
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Perpetua and Felicity - Episode Four: Visionaries Carthage, North Africa. 203 A.D. Imprisoned for refusing to worship the Roman gods, Perpetua and Felicity are starting to crack. Felicity gives birth to her child in prison, and Perpetua fears for her infant son’s future if she dies. Can these two yo…
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Perpetua and Felicity: Episode Three
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Perpetua and Felicity - Episode Three: Prisoners Carthage, 203 A.D. The newly baptized Perpetua and Felicity languish in a dank Roman prison, awaiting news of their judgment and fate. Felicity is seven months pregnant, and Perpetua, a young nursing mother, wonders what the soldiers have done with he…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Perpetua and Felicity - Episode Two: Christians Carthage, 203 A.D. Rome’s cruel persecution of Christians has begun. Young Perpetua and Felicity - now fully catechized - flee to the forest to be secretly baptized. But they’re not alone. Roman soldiers have been sent to stop them. Will they make it i…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Perpetua and Felicity - Episode One: Mothers North Africa. 202 A.D. In the ancient Roman city of Carthage, harshness rules. Women and girls are the property of their fathers and husbands. Slaves serve their wealthy masters, and are treated as things. But a new religion - Christianity - offers freedo…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ John Vianney - Episode Five: The Curé of Ars Écully, France. 1815. Father Balley’s death devastates his friend and former student, the newly ordained Father Jean-Marie Vianney. Now, the people of Écully want Jean-Marie as their pastor. But his superiors have other ideas. Jean-Marie vows to go wherev…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ John Vianney - Episode Four: Overcoming Obstacles France, 1810. Hidden against his will by the renegade villagers of Les Noes, the accidental deserter Jean-Marie is a popular stranger, known to all as the kindly and helpful “Jerome”. But runaway soldiers are criminals, and Jean-Marie can’t stay hidd…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ John Vianney - Episode Three: An Unexpected Detour France, 1809. Jean-Marie’s pilgrimage has been successful. Back at Father Balley’s school, to everyone’s surprise, he’s finding his studies much easier! But when a letter arrives with an official demand, Jean-Marie’s life takes an unexpected turn. 🌐…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ John Vianney - Episode Two: Forgetting and Failure France, 1806. The revolution has failed. Napoleon Bonaparte rules imperial France, and Catholics can worship again freely. Jean-Marie still wants to be a priest, but is he now too old? Can he overcome his discouraging doubts, and the grappins that p…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ John Vianney - Episode One: The Hiders France, 1793. A bloody revolution has outlawed religion. Churches have been desecrated. Tens of thousands guillotined. Priests are being hunted and killed. In the small farming town of Dardilly, one brave family risks everything to help these priests, an act of…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Thomas More- Episode Five: God’s First June, 1535. Thomas has been locked in the Tower of London for over a year. After several long trials, the king’s authorities have failed to convict Thomas of treason. As the months pass, Thomas remains resolved not to violate his conscience, or the teachings of…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Thomas More - Episode Four: The King’s Faithful Servant 1534. King Henry has gotten his way, and has married Anne Boleyn. But he hasn't forgotten Thomas’ silent disapproval. Now Henry and Cromwell accuse Thomas of lying under oath. England’s proud king will not rest until all have sworn allegiance t…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Thomas More - Episode Three: Merry Beggars London, 1532. Just three years after becoming the first layman appointed as Lord High Chancellor of England, Thomas More faces a choice: maintain his position and the King’s favor, or deny Church teaching and lose his soul. Now, he must negotiate not only t…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Thomas More - Episode Two: The Lord Chancellor London, 1529. Several months have passed since Meg’s miraculous recovery, and the More family thrives in joyful activity: They welcome Cecily's first child, and celebrate John and Anne’s engagement. But while Thomas’ family grows and flourishes, the Tud…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Thomas More - Episode One: A Merry Gentleman London,1527. England’s charismatic King Henry VIII has a problem: almost twenty years into his reign, he has no male heir! Now, he comes to the home of his most trusted friend and advisor with a remedy - a bold plan that will set the two men at odds, and …
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Katharine Ann Drexel - Episode Five: A New Order 1889. Back in Philadelphia after their trip to the wild American west, the Drexel sisters enjoy dinner and regale Uncle Tony with stories of their adventures. They each have exciting news. But when Katherine shares hers, Uncle Tony is less than please…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Katharine Ann Drexel - Episode Four: Heading West The Drexel Estate, Torresdale, Philadelphia. 1887. Fresh from her trip to Rome and her meeting with Pope Leo, Katharine is plagued with competing desires. She wants the life of a contemplative religious sister, but the pope has encouraged her to miss…
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Katharine Ann Drexel: Episode Three
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Katharine Ann Drexel - Episode Three: All Three The Drexel family estate. Philadelphia, 1885. Having lost their mother, and now their father, the three Drexel sisters stay at home in mourning. But an unexpected visit from Uncle Tony brings them startling news: Their father left a will! Are their for…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Katharine Ann Drexel - Episode Two: Distractions Philadelphia, 1883. Following the death of their dear mother, the three Drexel sisters are now worried for their father, Francis. He rarely leaves his room, and is acting…strangely. Now, he emerges from his gloomy den with astonishing new plans for th…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Katharine Ann Drexel - Episode One: Family Adventures New Years Eve, 1876. Philadelphia. As the newly formed United States begins its 100th year, 18-year old debutante Katie Drexel is in a celebratory mood. Her wealthy family has everything to look forward to. But soon, unwelcome events take her in …
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Francis of Assisi - Episode Five: Followers As followers begin to join his ranks, Francis seeks greater confirmation from God. Will rebuilding San Damiano, a ruined church, matter at all? Can God use these impoverished beggars to build His Kingdom? But as more people begin to follow Francis, he begi…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Francis of Assisi - Episode Four: Renunciation Calling Francis a thief, Pietro drags him in front of the Bishop in the town square, the piazza. Accused of theft and disrespect, Francis is humiliated. Will Francis face punishment for selling the family’s silks to rebuild San Damiano? Have his dreams …
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Francis of Assisi - Episode Three: San Damiano After angering his father by touching a leper, Francis’ father Pietro commands him to meet with Bishop Guido. But as he waits to meet Bishop Guido, God is preparing Francis for a divine mission that will impact the world for thousands of years. Somethin…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Francis of Assisi - Episode Two: The Leper Recovering at home after being captured in war, Francis slowly comes back to health. But as he returns to normal life, he is not the same. His behavior draws attention and hurts the family reputation. A voice from his dreams haunts him: “Will you follow the…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Francis of Assisi - Episode One: The Knight Assisi, Italy. 1202 A.D. Francesco di Bernardino is the son of a wealthy cloth merchant in Assisi, Italy. Between lavish parties and manly sport, Francesco doesn’t have much time for God. But when he joins the war between Assisi and Perugia, his life is fa…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Maximillian Kolbe - Episode Five: We’ve Only Just Begun Auschwitz. 1941. As hunger and thirst pull Fr. Kolbe toward death, he recalls a pivotal moment in the early days of the Militia Immaculatae. Now, as Nazi guards observe him in his prison cell, only one question is on their minds: How long can t…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Maximillian Kolbe - Episode Four: A Torrent of Obstacles Rome. 1917. Returning from the hospital, Brother Kolbe wastes no time in forming the Militia Immaculatae. The first members are eager to begin, but face a torrent of obstacles. In 1941, Fr. Kolbe, dehydrated and clinging to life, prays with th…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Maximillian Kolbe - Episode Three: A Different Kind of Army 1917. 23-year-old Raymund Kolbe is a Franciscan Brother and seminarian in Rome. His studies have occupied all his time and energy over the last seven years. But the young Kolbe still feels that he isn’t doing enough. In 1941, Fr. Kolbe figh…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Maximillian Kolbe - Episode Two: Days of Discernment Ukraine, 1910. 16-year-old Raymund Kolbe is in his third year at Lviv’s Jr. Seminary. His faith has continued to grow strong. But as the day of his initial vows draws near, he worries he can’t keep both the vows of the priesthood - and the vows he…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Maximillian Kolbe - Episode One: A Knightly Heart Poland. 1941, the second year of the Nazi Occupation of Poland. In the most infamous concentration camp of the war, an escape has taken place. The remaining prisoners of Auschwitz are now being punished for their comrades’ freedom. One Polish priest,…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Clare of Assisi - Episode Five: Canticle of the Creatures Assisi, Italy. 1206 A.D. It's been twelve years since Monaldo's brutal attack on Clare's sister Catarina. Clare has become abbess of a convent at San Damiano, and the ranks of her "Poor Ladies" have grown. But now, everyone's concern is for t…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Clare of Assisi - Episode Four: Pursuing Lady Poverty Clare races through the night to the Church of Saint Mary of the Angels, but she's not safe yet. Her escape from the family palace has been discovered! Now, she must flee to the safety of a cloistered convent before Monaldo and his men can captur…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Clare of Assisi - Episode Three: Renegade Clare and her sister Catarina steal away in secret to visit San Damiano, the church Francesco and their cousin are restoring. Inspired by their singular devotion to God, Clare makes a radical decision from which there's no going back. But will her uncle ever…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Clare of Assisi- Episode Two: A Family Disgrace Clare's refusal to marry Lord Ranieri enrages her uncle Monaldo. Even worse, she wants only to follow God in religious life! Now, the young, charismatic Francesco di Berndardone - the man who loves lepers - performs a public gesture that shocks everyon…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Clare of Assisi - Episode One: Finding Francesco Assisi, Italy, 1194 A.D. A girl born to a noble family is destined to be “a great light, a source of illumination to many.” Pressured by her family towards an unwanted early marriage, this independent young woman fights to live out another, higher voc…
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