This week, Victoria tackles the difficult and morally conflicting story of a Mohawk woman turned Catholic Saint, St Kateri Tekakwitha.

Sources:

Wikipedia:

    Kateri Tekakwitha

    Auriesville, New York

    Algonquin people

    Iroquois

    The Huron Feast of the Dead

    Daniel Garacontié

    Consecrated virgin

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/feast-of-the-dead

https://www.syracuse.com/news/2012/10/native_americans_divided_over.html

https://thestarphoenix.com/opinion/columnists/cuthand-kateri-tekakwitha-was-the-first-indigenous-saint

https://www.canadashistory.ca/explore/first-nations-inuit-metis/reclaiming-saint-kateri

https://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/2015/11/13/november-13-2015-saint-kateri-and-native-american-catholics/27910/

https://www.npr.org/2012/02/10/146695395/mixed-reactions-to-first-native-american-saint

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/feast-of-the-dead

https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1525/aa.1960.62.1.02a00050

This week Christina tells the story of Pope Saint John XXIII, born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, also known as the 'Turcophile' and 'Good Pope'

Sources:

Wikipedia

    Pope John XXIII

    Honorary Prelate of His Holiness

    Monsignor

    Society for the Propagation of the Faith

This week, Victoria tells the story of Blessed Otto Neururer, the first priest killed in a Nazi concentration camp.

Sources:

Wikipedia

    Otto Neururer

    Flieb

    Brixen

    Vincentian Family

    Rerum Novarum

    Zillertal

    Kappl

    Götzens

    Anschluss

    Gauleiter

    Dachau concentration camp

    Buchenwald concentration camp

https://aleteia.org/2019/09/03/the-first-of-the-priests-killed-by-the-nazis/

https://www.nationalfonds.org/detail-view/3898

This week, Christina tells Victoria four stories about Saint Christina(s) (and one blessed) that lived through various ages but were still surprisingly similar.

Sources:

Wikipedia:

    St. Christina of Persia

    St. Christina of Bolsena

    St. Christina the Astonishing

    Blessed Christina von Stommeln

    Tyre, Lebanon

    Church of the East

    The Mass at Bolsena

    The Basilica of Saint Cristina

    Stommeln

    Beguine

https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03724a.htm

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-K4sHi5VM8do/VPH_pfa49iI/AAAAAAAAEeE/-QPuzvtLH0s/s1600/Skull%2Bof%2BBl.%2BChristina.jpg

https://rheinische-geschichte.lvr.de/Persoenlichkeiten/christina-von-stommeln-/DE-2086/lido/57c68bded2a1e3.50488730

https://beguines.info/?page_id=2146&lang=en

https://brill.com/view/book/9789004352162/BP000020.xml

Blanton Museum of Art Collection site: https://utw10658.utweb.utexas.edu/items/show/2846

http://www.therealpresence.org/eucharst/misc/PHP/purg_bcv_stommeln.pdf

This week Victoria and Christina discuss the odd history behind Saint Blaise, another one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers.

Sources:

Wikipedia

    St Blaise

    Sivas

    Diocletian

    Marco Polo

    William of Rubruck

    Edict of Milan

    Constantine the great

    Licinius

    Fourteen Holy Helpers

    Leo III the Isaurian

    Maratea

    Order of St Blaise

https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=28

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Blaise

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

Unfortunately we don't have an episode for you this week (see the announcement audio). We will return after a brief hiatus in July. 

This week, Christina tells the story of Albert the Great, one of the most important scholars of the middle ages and a Doctor of the Catholic Church.

Sources:

https://ebrary.net/4390/philosophy/the_fathers_of_the_church

https://suburbanbanshee.wordpress.com/st-albert-the-greats-complete-works-volumes-available-online/

https://www.catholicscientists.org/catholic-scientists-of-the-past/albert-great

https://sciencemeetsfaith.wordpress.com/2018/12/08/albertus-magnus-as-scientist/

https://www.lindahall.org/about/news/scientist-of-the-day/albertus-magnus

https://www.dom.edu/about-st-albertus-magnus

https://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/optics/timeline/people/magnus.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20070606143630/http://www.farlang.com/gemstones/magnus-virtue-stones/page_002

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36402

Wikipedia:

     Albert the great

     Minsterials

     University of Padua

     University of Paris

This week, Victoria tells the story of martyr Blessed Marie-Clementine Anuarite Nengapeta of the Congo.

Our listeners should note a content warning for sexual assault starting at 31:00 and lasting until 33:15. Listener discretion is advised.

Sources:

Wikipedia:

     Congo Crisis

     Simba Rebellion

     Democratic Republic of the Congo

     Marie-Clementine Anuarite Nengapeta

     African Jesuit AIDS Network

https://dacb.org/stories/democratic-republic-of-congo/anuarite-mc/

https://rcdow.org.uk/news/celebrating-the-life-of-blessed-marie-clementine-anuarite/

https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/nengapete-marie-clementine-anuarite-bl

https://www.vaticannews.va/en/africa/news/2018-12/blessed-anuarite-is-also-a-model-for-all-young-people.html

This week Christina tells Victoria the story of the little known Blessed Solanus Casey and his miraculous healings.

Sources:

Wikipedia:

    Solanus Casey

    novena

https://solanuscasey.org

https://www.archstl.org/dear-father-a-simplex-priest-is-restricted-in-certain-areas-of-ministry-1420

This week, we cover the mysterious bi-locations and visions of the Venerable Mary of Jesus of Agreda.

Sources

Wikipedia:

    Mary of Jesus of Agreda

    Agreda, Spain

    Converso

    Discalced Carmelites

    Avila, Spain

    Discalced

    Tarazona

    Convento de la Concepcion (Agreda)

    Jumanos

    Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

    Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument

    Inquisition

https://thecatholictravelguide.com/destinations/spain/agreda-spain-body-of-venerable-mary-of-jesus-of-agreda-the-lady-in-blue/

https://www.roman-catholic-saints.com/mary-of-agreda.html