Nashville is the capital of country music, the capital of the Volunteer State, and the capital of Tennessee Catholicism. Its St. Mary's Church joins St. Michael's in Cedarville as the birthplaces of Catholicism Tennessee.

("Cradles of Catholicism" series, no. 45, Tennessee)

Often forgotten in the hysteria of the Salem Witch Trials, is the martyrdom of Ann Glover, killed as a “witch” because shewas an Irish Catholic in a Puritan colony.

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Maryland Jesuits founded Delaware's first parish: St. Mary of the Assumption, known in its early days as the "Coffee Run Church."

("Cradles of Catholicism" series, no. 44, Delaware)

The pioneering bishops of the Pacific Northwest, Francois Blanchet and Modeste Demers, figure in the story of the beginning of the Church in the state of Washington at St. Francis Xavier Mission on the Cowlitz River.

("Cradles of Catholicism" series, no. 43, Washington)

In this episode Scott uncovers the history of the true cross upon which Jesus was crucified.

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Distinctive white pinnacles top the Basilica of St. Mary in Natchez, built by Bishop John Chanches in the 1840s.

("Cradles of Catholicism" series, no. 42, Mississippi)

The terrifying words were recorded in an 1876 book by Monsignor Louis Gaston de Segur, recounting a ghastly apparition witnessed by his grandfather. But the holy de Segur wrote prolifically, and about much more than the reality of hell. In this episode Scott treks thru the life of Louis Gaston de Segur.

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Ecumenism seeks to separate humanity, divided by religion to find common ground. Seems like a good ideal, but some Catholics (including many popes) were strongly opposed to it.

In this episode, Scott treks thru the Catholic tradition of ecumenism?

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This historic Jamestown isn't in Virginia; it's in North Dakota—and it's home to the first Catholic parish and the first Catholic cathedral in the state.

("Cradles of Catholicism" series, no. 41, North Dakota)

In this episode Scott treks thru the history of how an order of Franciscans sisters, and an F5 tornado, helped bring about the world famous Mayo Clinic.

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