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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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On the Night Train

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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 🗺️ 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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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Edith Stein - Episode Five: Atonement Germany, 1933. Adolph Hitler has risen to power, and the people trade their freedom for the promise of German greatness. As the Nazis systematically remake German society in their own image, Edith, now a respected scholar and teacher, writes to the Pope, condemn…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Edith Stein - Episode Four: Metanoia 1923. On a weekend visit to Hatti and Autos' farm, thirty-two year old Edith discovers a book that changes her life. Now, what lies ahead for the brilliant young philosopher from Breslau? And how will her family respond? 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Edith Stein - Episode Three: Seeking Truth Germany, 1916. Edith returns from her service with the Red Cross, but the Great War rages on. And soon, events make Edith even more determined to never stop seeking the Truth. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Edith Stein - Episode Two: Gottingen 1913. Two years into her university studies, Edith is still resolute in her search for Truth. She wants to study philosophy in far-away Gottingen, but needs her mother's blessing. And as she makes new friends and encounters exciting new ideas, an unexpected event…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Edith Stein - Episode One: Life in a Jewish Family Breslau, Germany, 1903. In a rapidly changing world, full of new ideas, opportunities and dangers, a brilliant fourteen-year-old girl faces a heartbreaking choice: rest in the faith of her family, or venture into an unknown world, pursuing her hunge…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Stanley Rother - Episode Five: Countdown July, 1981. Guatemala. Father Stanley has returned to his parish and his people. As he and his friends prepare for the local Feast of St. James, an unexpected visitor arrives, with an unwelcome message. Now, Father Stanley Rother faces the choice that will de…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Stanley Rother - Episode Four: Retreat Santiago Atitlán, 1980. As more Catholic and indigenous people disappear, Father Stanley and his helpers remain steadfast, serving the Tz’utujil people and proclaiming the hope of the Gospel. But now, renewed threats force Father Stanley to ask: Is it time to a…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Stanley Rother - Episode Three: Unrest 1980. Santiago Atitlán, Guatemala. Against all hope, Father Stanley searches for Diego's body in the dense forest outside the village. And as the civil war heats up, Stanley and his catechists face an impossible challenge: minister to the Tz'utujil people, whil…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Stanley Rother - Episode Two: Road Trip It’s 1968, a year of protest and violent civil unrest. Thirty-three year old Father Stanley Rother has been dutifully serving the people of Oklahoma for five years. But now, his bishop calls him to a private meeting, and proposes a move: from the safety of Ame…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Stanley Rother - Episode One: Gospel Plow 1959. America. On a humble family farm in central Oklahoma, a young man, rejected from his true calling, wonders what life has in store for him. When a new opportunity arises, he jumps at it, and begins a heroic journey to places far from the fields of Okarc…
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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 🗺️ Kateri Tekakwitha - Episode Five: Kahnawake Murderous bounty hunters chase Kateri and André as they race northwards, towards freedom at the mission of Kahnawake. It’s just a few hours’ away at the top of Lake Champlain, but will Kateri and Andre make it there safely before they’re caught? Can Kateri…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Kateri Tekakwitha - Episode Four: Up The River Kateri and André paddle northwards, to the safety of the Christian mission at Kahnawake. But when her uncle Okwaho discovers their escape, their lives are in danger. Will they be stopped before they can reach the mission? What dangers await them as they…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Kateri Tekakwitha - Episode Three: Time to Fly Tekakwitha is faced with a choice: be baptized and risk her life, or obey her family’s wishes and never become a Christian. With threats and tensions mounting, Tekakwitha and Abbé Jacques must get her out of danger, before it’s too late! 🌐 Subscribe for…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Kateri Tekakwitha - Episode Two: Proposals and Expectations After months of preparation, a great feast marks a new alliance among the Mohawk. Tekakwitha will marry the son of a great Mohawk chief! But since hearing the Good News of the Gospel, Tekakwitha can’t shake her conviction that she is called…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Kateri Tekakwitha - Episode One: The Blackrobes 1673. The Mohawk Nation village of Caughnawaga, in present day New York. With a new ceasefire between the Mohawk and the French, Jesuit missionary priests return to the wary Mohawk. But one young indigenous woman, the niece of the tribe’s chief, comes …
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Our Lady of Fatima - Episode Five: Miracle of the Sun Fatima, October 13th, 1917. The children prepare to meet the Lady for the sixth and final time. Today, they’ve been promised a miracle that everyone will see. As storm clouds gather over the Cova, will the anxious crowd witness the miracle and be…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Our Lady of Fatima - Episode Four: Kidnapped August 13th, 1917. Governor Santos has kidnapped Lucia, Jacinta, and Francisco to prevent them from meeting the miraculous Lady at the Cova. As their parents desperately search for them, the Governor begins his interrogation, determined to put an end to t…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Our Lady of Fatima - Episode Three: Vision of Hell June 13th, 1917. Fatima. A month has passed since The Lady first appeared, and the children are shocked to find a crowd waiting at the Cova. Jacinta's slip of the tongue has spread their story across Portugal, igniting a firestorm of reactions. Some…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Our Lady of Fatima - Episode Two: Many Rosaries May 1917. The world spirals into war, with Nazis and Communists rising to power. The faithful in Portugal pray for a miracle amidst growing religious persecution and global violence. In Fatima, three ordinary children, Lucia, Jacinta, and Francisco, ar…
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Our Lady of Fatima: Episode One Description: 🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Our Lady of Fatima- Episode One: Angel of Peace Fatima, Portugal. 1916. The world is gripped by a world war of unspeakable scale. The new Portuguese First Republic prepares to join the war on the side of the allies. In Fatima, the governor begins imposing…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Pier Giorgio Frassati - Episode Five: To the Top! On the second floor of the grand Frassati mansion, Pier Giorgio lies paralyzed in bed, cut down at twenty-four years of age by a mysterious affliction. Doctor Sarto arrives to care for him. As daring plans take shape to get a medicine which could cur…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Pier Giorgio Frassati - Episode Four: A Turning Point One day after Pier Giorgio's arrest. Daylight breaks in the jail cell where we left Pier Giorgio, Father Matteo, and the three fascist blackshirts. But something has happened - an event that has changed the hearts of everyone. 🌐 Subscribe for Fre…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Pier Giorgio Frassati - Episode Three: It’s Nothing October 1922: Mussolini and his fascist supporters march on the Italian capitol of Rome, finally taking control of the government. Celebrations and protests are mounted all over Italy. Against his father's advice, Pier Giorgio attends an anti-fasci…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Pier Giorgio Frassati - Episode Two: There You Feel Free High above Turin, Pier Giorgio and Marco lead a group of young friends on a mountain trek. As they near the top, some in their party have fallen far behind. When Pier Giorgio descends to help those in need, he shares a surprising little secret…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Pier Giorgio Frassati - Episode One: And Now We Run 1922. A new technology - radio - fills the airwaves with jazz and news from across the world. In Italy, the fascist leader Benito Mussolini promises a new era of greatness. But in the wealthy northern city of Turin, at the foot of the Piedmont moun…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Josemaria Escriva - Episode Five: Through the Mountains November, 1937. Low on rations, hungry, tired, and frightened, Josemaria and his friends are sustained by faith. As the smugglers lead them up through the Pyrenees, republican death squads scour the mountains, hunting them down. Will the men of…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Josemaria Escriva - Episode Four: Smuggling Saints November, 1937. Josemaria, Alvaro, Isidoro and Juan say goodbye to their loved ones, beginning their escape to freedom through Andorra and France. It’s a treacherous mountain journey, full of danger and the constant threat of betrayal and death. Pla…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Josemaria Escriva - Episode Three: Storm of Persecution March, 1937. Madrid, Spain. As the Spanish civil war rages on, Father Josemaria is still undercover, posing as “Doctor Marañon” at the insane asylum. But how long will he be safe in Madrid? When the anti-Catholic militias conduct another search…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Josemaria Escriva - Episode Two: Seeking Asylum August, 1936. Madrid. Following the assassination of Calvo Sotelo, Spain has descended into chaos, the rule of law has broken down, and armed militias are openly hunting and murdering their political enemies, including Catholic priests. Now the young m…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Josemaria Escriva - Episode One: Dreams Fall Short Spain, 1936. A country on the brink of civil war. As sectarianism rips Spain apart, no one can escape its murderous grip. But in the midst of bitter partisanship, hatred and mistrust, one young priest holds hope for unity, and proposes a different w…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint Genesius - Episode Five: Walking the Walk Rome, 303 AD. the Vicennalia festival. During a mock baptism onstage, Genesius has a vision of his sins and the mercy offered by God through baptism. Regaining consciousness, Genesius finds himself in the middle of the colosseum with a new perspective.…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint Genesius - Episode Four: Show Time Rome, 303 AD. The day has finally come. Emperor Diocletian has arrived in Rome to celebrate 20 years as emperor. This is the day that Crassus and Genesius have spent three months rehearsing for. But with Rufus and Alba now in prison, and his heart pulled in a…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint Genesius - Episode Three: Stage Fright Rome, 303 AD. It’s the day before the Vicennalia, the festival celebrating Diocletian’s anniversary as emperor. Genesius is torn by his guilt for hurting Rufus and Alba. Meanwhile, Crassus, Genesius, and the troupe are preparing to perform for the emperor…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint Genesius - Episode Two: Sealing the Deal Rome, 303 AD. It’s the day of the Augustalia festival. Every year, Romans crowd the Forum to watch actors perform plays and honor the emperor as one of the gods. Christians would normally avoid this festival, But Rufus and Alba have made an exception th…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint Genesius - Episode One: Talking the Talk Rome, 303 AD. Emperor Diocletian struggles to unite an unwieldy and crumbling empire. The new Christian religion has torn many Romans away from traditional imperial paganism. In response to this, Diocletian issues an edict making Christian worship illeg…
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