This week Christina tells the story of the first Black Catholic Priest in the United States.

Sources:

Wikipedia:

1896 Eastern North America heat wave

American Civil War

Augustus Tolton

https://tolton.archchicago.org/about/tolton-canonization-timeline

https://tolton.archchicago.org/

https://www.ncronline.org/news/people/vatican-officials-us-study-alleged-miracles-father-toltons-cause

https://tolton.archchicago.org/documents/1604561/1604725/Father_Augustus_Tolton_Exhumation.pdf/94f1bde7-409c-48f3-86f3-595442f8f157

This week, Victoria tells us about the most recently canonized saint in the Roman Catholic Church (as of recording).

Sources:

Wikipedia:

         Artemides Zatti

         Ceferino Namuncura

         Salesians of Don Bosco

         Viedma, Rio Negro

         Bahia Blanca

         Reggio Emilia

          Luzon

https://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/2002/documents/ns_lit_doc_20020414_zatti_en.html

https://www.salesians.org.uk/news/2022/08/artemides-zatti-to-become-a-saint

https://www.sdb.org.ph/fin/2022/11/a-miracle-in-the-philippines-leads-a-salesian-brother-to-canonization/

This week Victoria and Christina are back to ring in the new year with the patron saint of impossible causes, Saint Rita of Cascia.

Sources:

Wikipedia

                Rita of Cascia

                Cascia

https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=205

https://www.thecollector.com/unusual-patron-saints/

https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the-day/saint-rita-of-cascia/

This week, Victoria tells us the odd story of St Torpes, a bold Christian convert who took a boat trip with a dog and a rooster.

This week, we explore the relationship between Ketchup and a Diocletian martyr.

Sources:

Wikipedia:

                Januarius

                Jean, Count of Paris

                Order of St Januarius

                Duchy of Benevento

                Frederick Barbarossa

                Thixotropy

                Caudini

                Samnite

                Juliana of Nicomedia

                Sossius

                Solfatara (volcano)

                Sulfolobus solfataricus

                Thermoacidophile

Papers:

Hills, Helen. "The matter of miracles: San Gennaro’s blood and the Treasury Chapel." The matter of miracles. Manchester University Press, 2021. 65-122.

GARLASCHELLI, LUIGI. "Better blood through chemistry: A laboratory replication of a miracle." Journal of Scientific Exploration 6.3 (1992): 233-246.

de Ceglia, Francesco Paolo. "Thinking with the Saint: The Miracle of Saint Januarius of Naples and Science in Early Modern Europe." Early Science and Medicine 19.2

http://www.museosangennaro.it/

https://www.newmanministry.com/saints/saint-januarius#:~:text=Januarius%20patronage%20of%20Blood%20Banks%2C%20Volcanic%20Eruptions%2C%20and%20Naples.&text=Practical%20Take%20Away-,St.,at%20the%20age%20of%2015.

Video with blood moving (about 1:00-1:04):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rlYbBJB1nA

Video with blood solid (about 1:27-1:29):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l09QqWCZYVk

This week, Victoria brings us back to the roots with St Dorothy and the Diocletian Persecutions.

Sources:

        Wikipedia

                             Dorothea of Caesarea

                             Kayseri

                             Martyrologium Hieronymianum

                             Barking Abbey

                             Aldhelm

                             Capital Virgins

                             Markowa

                             Józef and Wiktoria Ulma with Seven Children

                             Pescia

                             Santa Dorotea

                             Diocletian

                             Diocletianic Persecution

https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=221

https://christianapostles.com/st-dorothy/

https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2000/02/06/100445-virgin-martyr-dorothy-at-caesarea-in-cappadocia-and-those-with-h

This week, we dive into the odd history spiral of St Joseph of Arimathea.

Sources:

Bible

⁠https://www.bbc.co.uk/thepassion/articles/joseph_of_arimathea.shtml#:~:text=The%20story%20of%20Joseph%20of%20Arimathea%20is%20told%20in%20all,the%20Council's%20actions%20against%20Jesus⁠.

⁠https://www.chalicewell.org.uk/our-history/a-brief-history-of-chalice-well/⁠

⁠https://www.britannica.com/topic/Grail⁠

⁠https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Joseph-of-Arimathea⁠

Wikipedia

             Joseph of Arimathea

             Arimathea

             Ramathaim-Zophim

             Eusebius

             Wandering Jew

             Nanteos Cup

             John of Glastonbury

             Glastonbury Thorn

             English Civil War

             Tertullian

             John Chrysostom

             Robert de Baron

             Gospel of Peter

             Pilate Cycle

             Gospel of Nicodemus

             Nicodemus

             Bani Zeid al-Gharbia

             Petruc Comestor

             And did those feet in ancient time

             King Arthur

This week, Christina brings the story of the Passion Flower of India and her impressive miracles.

Sources:

Wikipedia

St Alphonsa of the immaculate conception

Kottayam

Kerala

https://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/saints/2008/ns_lit_doc_20081012_alfonsa_en.html

https://faith.nd.edu/s/1210/faith/interior.aspx?sid=1210&gid=609&pgid=46477&cid=89093&ecid=89093&crid=0&calpgid=61&calcid=53508

https://www.keralatourism.org/kumarakom/kudamaloor-kottayam.php

https://stmuscholars.org/saint-alphonsa-an-inspiring-modern-saint-to-be-looked-up-to/comment-page-4/

https://stalphonsacatholicchurch.org/our-patroness/

This week, we finally conclude out 6 part series on St Peter the Apostle. Find out what the Mistake was and how it resolves.

(See previous episodes for sources)

This week we continue with the mystery of the whereabouts of the body of Saint Peter the Apostle, perhaps as close to Jesus as we may ever get.

(See previous episodes for sources)