Saint Friends

Hey, friends! Today’s episode is all about a French woman who answered the call to go halfway around the world and help those she had never met in the wilderness of…Indiana. Let’s find out why those who answer the most difficult calls to holiness often end up in heaven with our new friend: Saint Theodora Guérin.

Hey, friends! Today’s Saint Friends were twin brothers who practiced early medicine around the Mediterranean region. They never let go of their faith and were martyred for it. Let’s find out how we can live out Christ’s call to love others with our new friends: Saints Cosmas & Damian.

Hey, friends! Today’s Saint Friend is better known for his blood than his life of faith but he is still an important early Saint of the Church. Let’s find out how letting the love of God flow through your veins can protect you from terrible things, like bears, with our new friend: Saint Januarius.

Hey, friends! Can we ever get tired of our original Saint Friend, the Blessed Virgin Mary making another appearance on the podcast. Just a few days after the celebration of her birth, today we remember the name of our old Saint Friend being given to her. Let’s find out why this name is so important with our longtime friend: the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Hey, friends! Today’s episode is all about someone who took the example of Jesus being a servant to the poorest of the poor seriously. She founded a world renowned religious order of women in white and blue bordered saris and is one of the most well-known modern Saints. Let’s find out about the “call within the call” with our new friend: Saint Teresa of Calcutta.

There are only three holy people whose deaths the Church celebrates: Jesus, our old friend and his mother, the Blessed Virgin Mary, and today’s Saint Friend. Though some thought him crazy for his way of life, he was the final herald of the coming of the Savior of the World. Let’s find out about the end of the life of our new friend: John the Baptist.

Hey, friends! Today’s episode is a back-to-back sequel with our previous episode about our original Saint Friend, Mary. On this octave day of the Assumption, the Church celebrates Mary’s queenship as she sits beside her Son in Heaven. Let’s find out more about the Holy Queen enthroned above with our friend: Mary, the Queen of Heaven.

Hey, friends! Our original Saint Friend returns once again as we celebrate the end of her life on earth and beginning of her eternal life in heaven. Let’s find out why God took Mary’s body and soul to heaven on this special episode about the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Hey, friends! Today’s episode is about one of the better known Saints who fought against a dangerous heresy and, with the help of the Blessed Virgin Mary, gave us what we call the Rosary. Let’s find out how to set the world on fire with our new friend: Saint Dominic.

Hey, friends! Today’s Saint Friend was mostly blind but led those around him to a life of redemption in Christ. Let’s find out more about how someone who writes Christmas carols can reform the Church and fight heretics with our new friend: Saint Alphonsus Liguori, bishop and Doctor of the Church.