Stanley Rother: Episode Two
The Saints
The Merry Beggars
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 30 July 2024
⏱️ 13 minutes
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It’s 1968, a year of protest and violent civil unrest. Thirty-three year old Father Stanley Rother has been dutifully serving the people of Oklahoma for five years. But now, his bishop calls him to a private meeting, and proposes a move: from the safety of America’s heartland, to the uncertainty of a small nation entrenched in a vicious civil war.
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Stanley Rother didn’t know the impact his life would have. He began as a humble Oklahoma farmboy; he became the face of Christ to the people of his part of rural Guatemala. Always humble, Rother exemplified virtues of courage and perseverance in his mission, as well as humility and faith to the end.
This series contains moments of suspense and intensity, including arguments, raised voices, and threats of violence. Several characters are abducted for their faith. A search for an abducted character’s body is portrayed. A character is beaten for his faith. Mentions are made to death threats made against Catholics by the government. Soldiers are heard unloading bodies from a truck. There are mentions of torture. A character is beaten and shot in-scene.
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| 0:00.0 | The story of Blessed Stanley Rother includes discussion of government persecution and torture. |
| 0:05.3 | If you're listening with younger ears, you may want to screen these episodes first. |
| 0:09.3 | Thank you for listening. |
| 0:11.9 | It's 1968, a year of protest and violent civil unrest. |
| 0:18.4 | 33-year-old father Stanley Rother has been serving the people of Oklahoma for five years. |
| 0:24.4 | But now, his bishop calls him to a private meeting and proposes a move, from the safety of |
| 0:30.1 | America's heartland to the uncertainty of a small nation entrenched in vicious civil war. |
| 0:40.3 | The Saints. Adventures of Faith and Courage. |
| 0:45.2 | Stanley Rother. |
| 0:47.0 | Episode 2, Road Trip. |
| 0:50.3 | Listen to all the episodes and discover new shows at the Saintspodcast.com. |
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| 1:15.8 | Thank you. digital banking experience at nicolaybank.com. The Tezutahil people are descendants from the Mayan Indians. As you know, |
| 1:20.9 | Mikatokla is our mission in Santiago-Atlant Guatemala. Beautiful lake, beautiful land, beautiful |
| 1:27.0 | people, but they live in extreme poverty. |
| 1:30.7 | Father Frank was supposed to go, but at the last minute, plans changed. We'd like you to go, |
| 1:36.1 | Stanley. |
| 1:36.6 | Guatemala, Bishop Reed? St. James, the Apostle, is a 400-year-old parish. Until we arrived with the |
| 1:43.0 | Oklahoma Mission, there wasn't a priest in residence |
| 1:45.3 | for over a century. Am I qualified to be a missionary? I've only ever served as a parish priest. |
| 1:51.7 | With your farming and mechanical skills, you're the best chance they have at a better life. |
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