The Saints

Emil Kapaun: Episode One


Listen Later

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage

🗺️ Emil Kapaun - Episode One: The Soldier Priest

South East Asia. August, 1945. The Second World War has been raging for nearly six years, claiming the lives of more than four hundred thousand American soldiers. A multitude of chaplains has been sent to minister to these men in their dying moments. One of them is a 29-year-old Catholic priest, a Kansas-born farmer’s son who finds himself in the thick of battle. This is the story of Father Emil Kapaun.

🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/  

Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more!

🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith

In a culture that has abandoned God, families struggle to find beautiful, faith-affirming stories to inspire their children. The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage provides thrilling and inspiring stories to ignite your family’s pursuit of virtue and holiness. Join us for a new 5-Episode adventure every week!

🚦 Rating: 7+

Emil Kapaun truly became Christ to those around him. Serving with joy and abandonment during his military service, he embraced his role as the spiritual father of Pyoktong prison camp with the same virtues. In the face of awful conditions and inhumane treatment, Kapaun gave himself entirely to the service of his brothers, eventually dying as a consequence. His ultimate sacrifice teaches undying lessons of courage, selflessness, and joy.   

This series contains moments of extreme danger and intensity, including raised voices. Several battle scenes are portrayed, including severe injuries and deaths. Fr. Kapaun and his companions are captured and forced to march to a prison camp. They are subjected to ideological indoctrination, psychological pressure and difficult conditions in the prison camp. A character contracts dysentery. Fr. Kapaun is seriously injured by a falling rock. Fr. Kapaun undergoes delirium when an injury becomes infected. Fr. Kapaun’s actual death is not portrayed, but is imminent at the end of the series. 

📱 Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/themerrybeggars 
https://www.instagram.com/themerrybeggars 
https://twitter.com/themerrybeggars 
https://www.linkedin.com/company/themerrybeggars 

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

The SaintsBy The Merry Beggars

  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8

4.8

569 ratings


More shows like The Saints

View all
Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz by Ascension

Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz

6,137 Listeners

Messy Family Podcast : Catholic Conversations on Marriage and Family by Mike and Alicia Hernon : Catholic Marriage Parent and Family

Messy Family Podcast : Catholic Conversations on Marriage and Family

788 Listeners

Pints With Aquinas by Matt Fradd

Pints With Aquinas

6,567 Listeners

The Fr. Mike Schmitz Catholic Podcast by Ascension

The Fr. Mike Schmitz Catholic Podcast

7,549 Listeners

Abiding Together by Heather Khym, Michelle Benzinger, Sister Miriam James Heidland

Abiding Together

4,080 Listeners

All Things Catholic with Dr. Edward Sri by Ascension

All Things Catholic with Dr. Edward Sri

1,356 Listeners

Catholic Sprouts: Daily Podcast for Catholic Kids by Nancy Bandzuch

Catholic Sprouts: Daily Podcast for Catholic Kids

815 Listeners

Saint Stories for Kids by Shining Light Dolls

Saint Stories for Kids

1,558 Listeners

American Catholic History by Noelle & Tom Crowe

American Catholic History

817 Listeners

Catholic Bible Study by Augustine Institute

Catholic Bible Study

599 Listeners

Catholic Saints by Augustine Institute

Catholic Saints

1,037 Listeners

Saints Alive Podcast by Saints Alive

Saints Alive Podcast

1,088 Listeners

Catholic Classics by Ascension

Catholic Classics

1,082 Listeners

The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) by Ascension

The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)

11,216 Listeners

The Rosary in a Year (with Fr. Mark-Mary Ames) by Ascension

The Rosary in a Year (with Fr. Mark-Mary Ames)

5,390 Listeners