You're listening to a podcast on Catholic Saints. This podcast is produced by the Augustine Institute,

an Apostolate helping Catholics understand, live, and share their faith.

Hello, welcome to a special edition of Catholic Saints.

My name is Dr. Ben Acres.

I'm the chief content officer here at the Augustine Institute.

And my guest today is Paul McCusker, resident storyteller.

And we're celebrating the release of a new CD set that we have of the most recent audio drama that we've done, the victory of Joan of Arc.

So Catholic Saints is where we have a conversation with a professor, now with, or resident storyteller,

or the one who tells the stories of the saints, who heroes and heroines of the Catholic faith that,

you know, celebrate the virtues of faith, hope, a charity, and fortitude in a particular way, I think,

with Joan of Arc. It's a special edition because we usually talk about the story of the

saints, and I want to talk about her life and how it comes out in the telling of the story.

But I also want to unbox this special CD sets and find out these extra resources that we have

here. So if you're following along,

Catholic Saints is a podcast that the Augustine Institute releases weekly. Again, special edition,

Victory of Joan of Arc. So what are some parentally, can we give a broad stroke of the life

of Joan of Arc? She's probably one of the most mysterious saints that we have in our calendar.

We have so many great saints, though. Well, we do, but she's unusual, especially in the context

of where she appeared historically. But the whole thing, I mean, so many of the saints I find

a bit crazy anyway, you know, Francis. And some of them just don't fit neatly.

They do what they do almost in defiance of their times.

So with Joan, here you have a girl, peasant girl, raised in...

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