Encore: Ep. 39 St Jerome
Saint Stories for Kids
Shining Light Dolls
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🗓️ 29 September 2022
⏱️ 7 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, and welcome to St. Stories for Kids, a weekly podcast full of fun stories and facts |
| 0:05.6 | about the holy men and women that have come before us. |
| 0:08.4 | I'm your host, Shunha Baros. |
| 0:10.9 | St. Stories for Kids is brought to you by Shining Light Dolls. |
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| 0:23.9 | And sign up to receive free coloring page printables while you're there. |
| 0:27.8 | Today we'll be telling the story of St. Jerome, whose feast is celebrated at September 30th. |
| 0:33.2 | Jerome was born around the year 342 in part of the Roman Empire that is now Croatia or Slovenia. |
| 0:40.0 | We don't know much about his family, but historians guess he came from a well-to-do Christian family. |
| 0:45.6 | Even though he was always aware of Christianity, St. Jerome wasn't baptized until he was 20 years old. |
| 0:51.4 | He was highly educated, and is best known for translating the Bible from the original Hebrew |
| 0:56.5 | into Latin. |
| 0:57.8 | St. Jerome lived as a hermit, a monk, and as a spiritual director. |
| 1:01.6 | In fact, one of his followers was St. Paula. |
| 1:04.8 | St. Jerome is a doctor of the church, and is only second to St. Augustine for the number of writings he produced. |
| 1:11.2 | St. Jerome lived to be about 73 years old. |
| 1:14.7 | St. Jerome is the patron saint of archaeologists, librarians, students, and translators. |
| 1:20.8 | Now it's time for our story. |
| 1:23.7 | For today's lesson, we will be discussing the Blessed Virgin Mary as the new Eve. |
| 1:27.9 | St. Jerome looked down at his book as he spoke to the other monks in the monastery. |
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