The Curé d'Ars and Col du Galibier
Catholic Stuff You Should Know
J. 10 Initiative
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🗓️ 25 June 2026
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
This week's episode begins a three-part series by Fr. John, pairing French saints with famous Tour de France stage climbs. These reflections, born from his recent pilgrimage, begin in the farmtown of Ars with St. John Vianney and make their way to the acclaimed Col du Galibier in the French Alps. Fr. Sean, having visited Ars and himself an avid cyclist, brings his own thoughts to bear on the first of these curious pairings.
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| 0:00.0 | welcome to catholic stuff you should know a j10 initiative |
| 0:07.0 | hey welcome to the podcast father john father sean |
| 0:13.1 | just back from some chippole lunch together which was delicious pretty good and delicious |
| 0:17.3 | we had a funny encounter i was about to tell that you want to tell it go ahead |
| 0:21.1 | well we were just walking in and then this random lady goes uh she gets out of her car she were parallel |
| 0:26.3 | parking uh we're walking in she parallel parks and goes oh my gosh father john hi and like we both turn |
| 0:31.5 | around you're like uh hi how are you doing like we didn't recognize her we go in jopolde and then we turn |
| 0:37.2 | around and she's walking into the pot shot. Into the dispenser next door. But she said hello. I was like, oh, that's, okay, there you go. That's interesting. It is interesting. God bless her, whoever she is. Yeah, it is funny, you know, like when you're at, I've only been here for a year year but you're kind of around enough where people start seeing you and usually i think priests most priests can |
| 0:58.0 | remember faces names take time but i was driving down caro boulevard yesterday and these guys are |
| 1:03.8 | yelling at me next door and i thought they were just pissed off my drive or something but they |
| 1:08.3 | were trying to get my attention that funny and at the stop they're like what's up father john i had no idea no idea who they something, but they were trying to get my attention. They're funny. And at the stop, they're like, what's up, Father John? |
| 1:11.8 | I had no idea. |
| 1:13.1 | No idea who they were. Yeah. But they were just chatting it up. Oh, they probably are podcast listeners. Oh, man. They're going to hear that and be like, oh. Really funny. Sorry, boys. But I appreciated it. Appreciate it saying hi. so never a dull moment well shani i'm back from france welcome back had an amazing uh 10-day trip |
| 1:31.2 | um it was incredible people are like how was your vacation and i was like is it a vacation i don't even |
| 1:36.8 | know like what what constitutes a vacation you know as a priest it's like it certainly was recreation |
| 1:43.3 | here's what i think and pilgrimage pilgrimage, but I didn't, |
| 1:46.5 | I don't know. I think there's beach vacation and then there's everything else. Yes, I love it. |
| 1:52.7 | Someone's like, oh, are you going with all your priest buddies? I was like, my priest buddies are all in |
| 1:57.0 | Cabo together right now. That's where they're going. So as we get older, we delineate how we recreate. |
| 2:03.1 | Yeah, beach vacation, everything else. |
| 2:05.7 | So this trip was two parts. |
| 2:07.9 | Centered out of Leone, France. |
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