Were dragons mythological? Symbolic? Real? Dinosaurs?

In this episode Catholic History Trek looks back at the various accounts where saints encountered dragons.

While rare, Catholic masses are occasionally celebrated outside of a church, chapel, or shrine. Sometimes, these non-standard mass locations result in some unusual settings – even baseball stadiums.

 In this episode Scott looks at the history of masses celebrated by the pope at a major league baseball stadium.

As an 18-year old Patrick Peyton was a school dropout working on the family farm in Ireland.

Two decades later Fr. Patrick Peyton was creating Family Theater Productions – a media venture drawing the top names in Hollywood to donate their time to join his mission of promoting family prayer.

The history of the "Rosary Priest" and Family Theater Productions on this episode of Catholic History Trek

Lady Godiva has inspired statues, paintings, songs, poems, and even product names. But was she real, and was her famous ride real? And why mention her on a Catholic history podcast? Find out on this episode of Catholic History Trek.

In this episode, Kevin and Scott bring their long 5 year runof regularly scheduled episodes to a close.

In this last episode featuring both Kevin and Scott together, they speculate on the history of the Church. Will there be more Catholics or less? What kinds of threats will the Church face? And who will be pope in the year 2100?

They discuss these, and other questions, in this episode.

As a note, going forward, Catholic History Trek will continue to create episodes, but they will be more sporadic.

The first Catholic Bible translated from the Latin Vulgate into English was the one known today as the Douay Rheims Bible. This episode covers a brief history of the Bible, English translations, and the Douay.

Kevin wraps up his series on the states with the history of St. Joseph Church on Madeline Island in Lake Superior.

He also makes a special announcement regarding the future of Catholic History Trek.

("Cradles of Catholicism" series, no. 50, Wisconsin)

Fatima. Lourdes. Guadalupe. Many people know the famous Marian apparitions, but few know much about the first Marian apparition.

In this episode Scott treks back to the first approved apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary to have taken place after the Assumption – Our Lady of Puy.

Benedictine monks figure prominently in the history of St. Benedict's Church in Nebraska City—among them the "Crotchety Apostle of Southeast Nebraska."

("Cradles of Catholicism" series, no. 49, Nebraska)

Stille Nacht (Silent Night) was composed over two centuries ago as a collaboration between a priest and a school teacher. The history of this popular Christmas song on this episode of Catholic History Trek.