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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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He hosts an all expenses paid luxury cruise to Europe for fifty guests and showers them with expensive gifts. When he's mugged in a dark alley, he insists that the thugs also take the $300 stashed away in his back pocket. He flies into a rage whenever one of his employees suggests cutting costs. Every time he places a bet, he wins, causing him even more despair! In Brewster's Millions by George Barr McCutcheon, a classic riches-to-rags tale, Montgomery Brewster is bound by the terms of an ec ...
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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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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Philip Howard - Episode Five: Imprisoned and Free 1583. The English Channel. As Philip sails to Brussels, encouraged by a letter forged by Queen Elizabeth, his ship is accosted by an unknown vessel. While Philip fears that he may never reach the continent, he is unaware of the greater danger that hi…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Philip Howard - Episode Four: Danger in Service England, 1583. Three years later. Philip and Anne have been secretly hiding Catholic priests in their home. With Queen Elizabeth sending her spies throughout England, Philip and Anne live under the constant danger of discovery and execution. As Queen E…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Philip Howard - Episode Three: Discovering Faith 1580. With his grandfather's death, Philip Howard receives the title of Earl of Arundel. Joining the House of Lords, Philip finds himself excited by the prospect of public service. But when his guardian, Lord Burghley, invites him to watch a debate in…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Philip Howard - Episode Two: Indulgence and Neglect England, 1572. With a secret letter delivered after his execution, Thomas Howard leaves his final wishes for his son Philip Howard. Forced to marry against his will and burdened by his family’s history, Philip faces a choice. Will he abandon his fa…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Philip Howard - Episode One: Unwanted Duty England, 1571. The Protestant Reformation has shaken the foundations of Europe. In the ten years since taking the throne, Queen Elizabeth the first has worked tirelessly to repress the Catholic faith. Catholics throughout England practice their faith in sec…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Moses the Black - Episode Five: A Gift for the Church The Monastery, 387 AD. Moses has lived in the monastery for 20 years, praying, fasting, and working alongside his new brothers as they offer their lives to Jesus. But everything changes when Abba Isidore makes a surprising request - asking Moses …
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Moses the Black - Episode Four: Three Scoundrels The Monastery, 367 AD. After four months at the monastery, Moses is finally learning to trust in the love of God, rather than his own strength. His path towards God seems clear until he is attacked by robbers from the world he thought he had left behi…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Moses the Black - Episode Three: A New Master The Monastery of Scetis, 367 AD. Challenged by Abbot Isidore, Moses leaves behind his life of robbery. Coming face to face with his past, Moses strives for a new goal: holiness. But when his past gets in the way, will Moses abandon the monastery or will …
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Moses the Black - Episode Two: On the Run 367 AD. In the nine years since he escaped from slavery, Moses has become a notorious criminal, leading a gang of seventy robbers who plunder the district of Alexandria. Today, Moses plans to exact revenge on his former master, Pomponius, unaware that this r…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Moses the Black - Episode One: Lord of the Robbers 358 AD. Alexandria, Egypt, the biggest city in the Empire after Rome itself, is home to every level of society, from the wealthiest aristocrats to the poorest slaves. One slave, released by his master, embarks on a life of crime, unaware that he is …
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Joan of Arc - Episode Five: The Siege of Orleans 1429 AD: The Siege of Orleans. The final battle that determines France’s fate. Either they push the English back or they will be crushed by the besieging enemy. But Joan’s generals conspire behind her and the French soldiers, used to defeat, show no s…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Joan of Arc - Episode Four: The Maid A creaky inn yards from the dauphin’s palace. Joan is here, waiting. The dauphin’s advisors are slow to let anyone near the prince. Everyone is a threat, even this strange young girl who says she hears voices from God. They interrogate Joan for weeks while the si…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Joan of Arc - Episode Three: The Patriot Laxart’s seventeen year old niece, Joan of Arc, bangs on his door in the early hours of the morning. She walked thirteen miles alone. In the dark. In a war torn country. A country weary from one hundred years of war. God has chosen her to save France, but can…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Joan of Arc - Episode Two: The Girl France, 1429 AD. Five years have passed. France is still losing. Slowly. The Dauphin is hiding in Chinon. What is left of the French army cowers in Orleans, besieged by the English. When Orleans falls, so will France. Joan, the peasant girl who has never rode a ho…
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Joan of Arc - Episode One: Daughter of God The Hundred Years War, France. 1424 AD. England and France have waged war for 87 years. France is dying. Everyday, the English press further and further into France, claiming it for their own. In the unremarkable French village of Domremy, a peasant girl is…
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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…
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🏔️ 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 sen…
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🏔️ 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.…
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🏔️ 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 peopl…
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🏔️ 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…
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🏔️ 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…
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🏔️ 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…
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🏔️ 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 fe…
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🏔️ 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 vo…
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🏔️ 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…
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🏔️ 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 her…
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🏔️ 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 …
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🏔️ 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’…
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🏔️ 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…
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🏔️ 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…
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🏔️ 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 al…
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🏔️ 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 …
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🏔️ 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 Dai…
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🏔️ 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 see…
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🏔️ 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 aroun…
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🏔️ 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://thesaintspodc…
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🏔️ 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 episode…
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🏔️ 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…
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🏔️ 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/ Ge…
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🏔️ 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. …
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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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