In the 1800s, a quiet Augustinian friar in a monastery garden uncovered the laws of heredity, decades before anyone knew what DNA was. His name was Gregor Mendel, the “godfather of genetics.” This episode explores how his faith shaped his science, why his work was ignored in his lifetime, and what his story teaches us about hiddenness, legacy, and the fingerprints of God in creation.

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