ACH027: You may know his name as director of It’s A Wonderful Life, but as Tom and Noëlle Crowe reveal, Frank Capra was a talented Catholic storyteller dedicated to revealing the truths of the Gospel through the cinema and thus created an enduring character that remains part of Christmas traditions today.

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* The Catholic Vision of Frank Capra

* Frank Capra vs. the Devil

* On Religion – After 70 years, It's (still) a Wonderful (Catholic) Life in Frank Capra's epic – Columns

* Frank Capra – Wikipedia

* Resolved by Faith: Frank Capra

* Capra's Comedy of Triumph | EWTN

* Frank Capra’s Forgotten Christmas Classic

* Frank Capra made It’s A Wonderful Life after an experience of deepening faith | Catholic Strength

* New Again: Frank Capra – Interview Magazine

* The "People"

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ACH026: St. Mary Cathedral in Galveston is the Mother Church of the Catholic Church in Texas. Tom and Noëlle Crowe tell the story of St. Mary’s and of Catholics in Galveston, who endured together through rapid growth and upheaval, fatal epidemics, and devastating storms.

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* The 1900 Storm – Galveston, Texas

* Mother church of Texas, Mary statue begins months-long restoration effort

* 1900 Galveston hurricane – Wikipedia

* ST. MARY'S ORPHANAGE, GALVESTON | The Handbook of Texas Online| Texas State Historical Association (TSHA)

* St. Ursula's By The Sea – Remembering Ursuline Academy | Galveston Monthly Magazine

* 10 sisters of Congregation of the Sisters of Charity lost lives in Galveston Hurricane of 1900–Aleteia

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ACH025: Fr. Leo Heinrichs was a Franciscan martyred during Mass in his Colorado parish in 1908. Tom and Noëlle Crowe reveal the story of this humble German friar who was slain by an anti-Catholic anarchist during Holy Communion and at the feet of a statue of Our Lady, where he had said he would choose to die.

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* FATHER LEO HEINRICHS: PRIEST OF THE EUCHARIST

* San Francisco Call 24 February 1908 — California Digital Newspaper Collection

* 108 Years Ago, This Priest's Murder at Mass Shocked the U.S.

* Leo Heinrichs, O.F.M. – Protomartyr of Colorado 1867-1908

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ACH024: William Grace was an Irish immigrant to the US, founder of a successful company that remains to this day, a generous philanthropist, and first Catholic mayor of New York City. Tom and Noëlle Crowe explore how Grace stood up to political corruption and worked to make a better life for the people of his businesses and city.

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* William Russell Grace – Wikipedia

* William Russell Grace Facts

* W.R. Grace, the Businessman Mayor

* Know Your Mayors: William Russell Grace – The Bowery Boys: New York City History

* CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: William Russell Grace

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ACH023: St. Anthony Chapel in Pittsburgh is a remarkable place of pilgrimage containing more than 5,000 relics of saints, the Blessed Mother, and Jesus. Tom and Noelle Crowe introduce us to the chapel and the Belgian priest who built it with his own money and explain why we venerate relics.

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* Saint Anthony Chapel | Pittsburgh, PA

* Visiting the World's Second Largest Collection of Catholic Relics at St. Anthony's Chapel in Pittsburgh – UncoveringPA

* 5,000 Relics in St. Anthony's Chapel | Roadside America

* Saint Anthony's Chapel (Pittsburgh) – Wikipedia

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ACH022: Carlos Rodriguez was the first Puerto Rican to be beatified and the first Caribbean native layman. Tom and Noelle Crowe talk about what made this humble catechist and lover of the Eucharist and the Liturgy into an icon of holiness.

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* Carlos Manuel Rodríguez Santiago – Wikipedia

* Carlos Manuel Cecilio Rodríguez Santiago (1918-1963) – Vatican

* Carlos Manuel Rodriguez: 1918-1963: Religious Educator

* Blessed Carlos Rodriguez Santiago might be 1st Puerto Rican saint–Aleteia

* PUERTO RICO HERALD: Carlos Manuel Rodriguez Moves Closer To Sainthood

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ACH021: A young Italian Dominican friar named Fr. Samuel Mazzuchelli came to the American Midwest in the early 19th century. Tom and Noëlle Crowe reveal how he almost singlehandedly transformed the Catholic Church in that part of the country and continues to inspire through his example.

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* The influence and bio of Samuel Mazzuchelli–Aleteia

* Samuel Mazzuchelli, O.P.: a kaleidoscope of scenes from his life

* Samuel Mazzuchelli – Wikipedia

* Life and Works – Sinsinawa Dominicans

* The Memoirs of Father Samuel Mazzuchelli

* Ste. Anne Catholic Church | History

* The Apostle of the Upper Midwest: Samuel Mazzuchelli – Crisis Magazine

* Green Bay parish celebrates life of its founder, Fr. Samuel Mazzuchelli | The Compass

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ACH020: Over the span of about 200 years, up to 1,000 Catholic missionaries and natives, including men, women, and children, were martyred in what is now the US Southeast. Tom and Noelle Crowe tell us about the brave Catholics who refused to renounce Christ under persecution from both native peoples and European Protestants.

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* Martyrs of La Florida Missions – Tallahassee, FL

* Hundreds of Martyrs Sow the Seeds of Faith in the United States

* The New World- Catholics and the Colonies · The Catholic People in American History · American Catholic History Classroom

* Canonization sought for martyrs from early Florida including some from St. Augustine – Lifestyle – The St. Augustine Record – St. Augustine, FL

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ACH019: Rose Hawthorne was born into 19th century American literary royalty, but as Tom and Noelle Crowe reveal, she suffered the deaths of family, including a child, and an abusive husband. That didn’t stop her from converting to Catholicism, starting a Dominican community, and founding homes for terminally ill cancer patients.

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* Rose Hawthorne Biography

* The Remarkable Rose Hawthorne

* Mother Mary Alphonsa – Wikipedia

* Rose Hawthorne Lathrop – The GIVEN Institute

* Rose Hawthorne, a life consecrated to terminal cancer patients — Aleteia

* Rose Hawthorne Lathrop Poems > My poetic side

* Rose Hawthorne, Nathaniel Hawthorne's Daughter, Becomes Candidate for Catholic Saint – New England Historical Society

* Mother Mary Alphonsa, Daughter of Nathaniel Hawthorne, is Now Called a Servant of God

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ACH018: In the late 19th century, Charles Seghers was bishop of Vancouver, then archbishop of Oregon City, but his heart was in the missions of Alaska. Tom and Noelle Crowe tell us the story of this man of God who had a heart for the missions of the extreme Northwest and of his tragic death.

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* Archbishop Seghers, Pacific Coast Missionary (PDF)

* Biography – SEGHERS, CHARLES JOHN – Volume XI (1881-1890) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography

* Charles John Seghers – Wikipedia

* CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Charles John Seghers

* The Apostle of Alaska, Archbishop Charles Seghers – Crisis Magazine

* The Life and Death of Missionary Bishop Seghers

* The bishop, the madman, and murder – Yukon News

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