🏔️ Adventures of Faith and Courage
A daily podcast bringing the Saints to life with award-winning actors, writers, and sound designers.
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🏔️ Adventures of Faith and Courage
A daily podcast bringing the Saints to life with award-winning actors, writers, and sound designers.
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage
🗺️ Frances Xavier Cabrini - Episode Three: Things Saints Do
Early morning, March 1889. New York City. With no home, no money, and no support from the local bishop, Mother Cabrini and her missionaries spend a sleepless night in a rat and bedbug infested tenement. Now, they must find a home, or go back to Italy in defeat.
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Mother Cabrini’s boundless energy and missionary spirit are not weakened by her night spent in a poor, dangerous neighborhood. Instead, she begins ministering to its inhabitants and seeks to bring them back to the sacraments. Facing obstacle after obstacle, Mother Cabrini continues in her mission, armed with faith and utter determination.
This episode contains moments of intensity and arguments. A poor character mocks Mother Cabrini’s mission and the Church in America. Mother Cabrini must argue with her bishop in order to carry on with her mission. A character smokes a pipe.
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage
🗺️ Frances Xavier Cabrini - Episode Two: Not East, But West
Italy, 1889. Mother Cabrini's missionaries are in Codogno and Milan, but Frances has much bigger plans. She is determined to bring her order to the Pope's attention and win papal approval for a mission to China.
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Mother Cabrini demonstrates great courage, overcoming her fear of water and even her desire for missionary work in China in order to become a missionary to the United States. She remains as a moment of courage when her sisters cannot be, giving them an example of love and service to their missionary work in spite of dreadful circumstances.
This episode contains moments of intensity and danger, including arguments and raised voices. Cabrini’s near-drowning is mentioned. The Sisters are not welcomed by the bishop and spend a night in a dangerous tenement on the famous “murder-a-night” street.
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Frances Xavier Cabrini: Episode One
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage
🗺️ Frances Xavier Cabrini - Episode One: House of Providence
Northern Italy, 1858. In a tiny rural village, a little girl dreams of becoming a missionary. But as she gets closer to making that dream a reality, she must overcome several obstacles that stand in her way. This is the story of Frances Xavier Cabrini.
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As a child, Mother Cabrini demonstrated the missionary zeal which would define her adulthood. Even facing poor health and a seeming dead-end in the House of Providence, she persists in her desire for missionary life, arguing effectively to found her order of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart.
This episode contains raised voices and moments of fear and intensity. A character’s life is endangered when she falls in a river. A character berates Mother Cabrini for her lack of physical health and dreams of missionary work.
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage
🗺️ Saint Augustine - Episode Five: A Heart at Rest
North Africa. 386 A.D. Desperate for genuine conversion, Augustine and his companions retreat to the quiet countryside for intense prayer and discernment. Although his friends try to help him, Augustine fears he’ll never be free from the sins that stand between him and God.
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🚦 Rating: 7+
Saint Augustine teaches us lessons of humility, perseverance, and the transformative power of grace. Despite his early years spent in sensual pursuits and intellectual pride, his restless heart yearned for truth. His mother’s unwavering prayers and his own searching spirit ultimately led him to surrender in humility to God’s call. In his moment of conversion, Augustine’s story reminds us that no soul is beyond redemption and that true wisdom begins in humility before God.
This series contains moments of intensity and fear. Augustine struggles with his passionate nature and against carnal pleasures. He is depicted in a non-Christian relationship, with their child. A gladiator fight can be overheard. Voices are raised in argument. A character dies of illness. A boy is separated from his mother. A government persecution of the church is portrayed.
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage
🗺️ Saint Augustine - Episode Four: The Cost of Sight
Milan. 384 A.D. Eight years after leaving Thagaste, Augustine is a respected orator in far-off Milan, where he holds a position in the imperial court. But despite his achievements, his growing disbelief in Truth pushes him to despair. From these dark depths he discovers the words of another gifted orator who changes his life!
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🚦 Rating: 7+
Saint Augustine teaches us lessons of humility, perseverance, and the transformative power of grace. Despite his early years spent in sensual pursuits and intellectual pride, his restless heart yearned for truth. His mother’s unwavering prayers and his own searching spirit ultimately led him to surrender in humility to God’s call. In his moment of conversion, Augustine’s story reminds us that no soul is beyond redemption and that true wisdom begins in humility before God.
This series contains moments of intensity and fear. Augustine struggles with his passionate nature and against carnal pleasures. He is depicted in a non-Christian relationship, with their child. A gladiator fight can be overheard. Voices are raised in argument. A character dies of illness. A boy is separated from his mother. A government persecution of the church is portrayed.
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage
🗺️ Saint Augustine - Episode Three: The Human Battleground
Roman Thagaste, 374 A.D. Augustine excuses his sinful and indulgent life, thanks to the vile heresy of Manichaeism. Bored of city life and its pleasures, he moves his young family back to Thagaste to find peace and stability. But a reunion with a childhood friend may upset that plan, and launch Augustine into new adventures.
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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+
Saint Augustine teaches us lessons of humility, perseverance, and the transformative power of grace. Despite his early years spent in sensual pursuits and intellectual pride, his restless heart yearned for truth. His mother’s unwavering prayers and his own searching spirit ultimately led him to surrender in humility to God’s call. In his moment of conversion, Augustine’s story reminds us that no soul is beyond redemption and that true wisdom begins in humility before God.
This series contains moments of intensity and fear. Augustine struggles with his passionate nature and against carnal pleasures. He is depicted in a non-Christian relationship, with their child. A gladiator fight can be overheard. Voices are raised in argument. A character dies of illness. A boy is separated from his mother. A government persecution of the church is portrayed.
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage
🗺️ Saint Augustine - Episode Two: The Head and the Heart
Carthage. 373 A.D. Two years after leaving Thagaste, Augustine revels in the decadent pleasures of his new home. His unexpected meeting with Aurora leads him further astray. But when the writings of Cicero and Virgil arouse his deep longing for beauty and truth, he finds himself questioning everything! Including his wayward life.
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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+
Saint Augustine teaches us lessons of humility, perseverance, and the transformative power of grace. Despite his early years spent in sensual pursuits and intellectual pride, his restless heart yearned for truth. His mother’s unwavering prayers and his own searching spirit ultimately led him to surrender in humility to God’s call. In his moment of conversion, Augustine’s story reminds us that no soul is beyond redemption and that true wisdom begins in humility before God.
This series contains moments of intensity and fear. Augustine struggles with his passionate nature and against carnal pleasures. He is depicted in a non-Christian relationship, with their child. A gladiator fight can be overheard. Voices are raised in argument. A character dies of illness. A boy is separated from his mother. A government persecution of the church is portrayed.
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage
🗺️ Saint Augustine - Episode One: The Thrill of Evil
North Africa. 370 A.D. The Roman city of Thagaste is home to a remarkable but restless sixteen year old boy. Torn between his intense desires and his brilliant mind, he has become a slave to his passions. His mother prays for his conversion, but can making bad choices and getting into trouble ever be a pathway to God? This is the story of Augustine.
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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+
Saint Augustine teaches us lessons of humility, perseverance, and the transformative power of grace. Despite his early years spent in sensual pursuits and intellectual pride, his restless heart yearned for truth. His mother’s unwavering prayers and his own searching spirit ultimately led him to surrender in humility to God’s call. In his moment of conversion, Augustine’s story reminds us that no soul is beyond redemption and that true wisdom begins in humility before God.
This series contains moments of intensity and fear. Augustine struggles with his passionate nature and against carnal pleasures. He is depicted in a non-Christian relationship, with their child. A gladiator fight can be overheard. Voices are raised in argument. A character dies of illness. A boy is separated from his mother. A government persecution of the church is portrayed.
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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage
🗺️ Miguel Pro - Episode Five: Viva, Cristo Rey!
Running from the police, and accused of attempting to assassinate General Obregón, Miguel and his family hide and wait at the Valdez house. General Cruz and Detective Valente do their all to find the fugitives. When help comes in the form of a betrayal, will it mean the end for Miguel Pro?
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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+
Blessed Miguel Pro was a Jesuit priest who lived a life of utter love and sacrifice, but knew how to do it with humor. When the Mexican government began persecuting the church and killing priests, Miguel Pro used his cleverness to continue ministering to the faithful Catholics of Mexico City. When he was finally captured and falsely accused, he maintained his courage to the last.
This series contains moments of intensity and danger. A character is depicted dying from an illness. Executions are mentioned. Several characters smoke tobacco throughout the series. Religious characters are threatened with interrogation and torture, and one is described as having been tortured. Government persecution of religion is depicted. A failed assassination attempt is described. The series ends with a depiction of a martyrdom by firing squad.
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🗺️ Miguel Pro - Episode Four: The Black Essex
Mexico City. 1927. General Valdez and Detective Valente believe they're close to capturing the infamous "Cocol." Meanwhile, Father Miguel visits the faithful, giving them the sacraments in secret. As the net tightens, everyone he visits is at risk of arrest, or worse...
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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+
Blessed Miguel Pro was a Jesuit priest who lived a life of utter love and sacrifice, but knew how to do it with humor. When the Mexican government began persecuting the church and killing priests, Miguel Pro used his cleverness to continue ministering to the faithful Catholics of Mexico City. When he was finally captured and falsely accused, he maintained his courage to the last.
This series contains moments of intensity and danger. A character is depicted dying from an illness. Executions are mentioned. Several characters smoke tobacco throughout the series. Religious characters are threatened with interrogation and torture, and one is described as having been tortured. Government persecution of religion is depicted. A failed assassination attempt is described. The series ends with a depiction of a martyrdom by firing squad.
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