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.

A country landscape near Konawa is the site of the former Sacred Heart Mission, where monks, nuns, and Indians built the Church in Oklahoma.

("Cradles of Catholicism" series, no. 48, Oklahoma)

In this episode Scott covers the history of the popular Advent hymn O Come, O Come, Emmanuel, which originates with the O antiphons.

Gaude! Gaude! Emmanuel. Nascetur pro te, Israel!

The story of Catholicism in the Cowboy State revolves around St. Mary's Cathedral in Cheyenne.

("Cradles of Catholicism" series, no. 47, Wyoming)