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The Saints

The Merry Beggars

Christianity, Drama, Religion & Spirituality, Stories For Kids, Education, History, Performing Arts, Arts, Fiction, Kids & Family

4.8648 Ratings

Overview

🏔️ Adventures of Faith and Courage A daily podcast bringing the Saints to life with award-winning actors, writers, and sound designers. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith 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. 🗺️ A New 5-Episode Adventure Every Week.  Join Joan of Arc as she leads the French army, Patrick of Ireland as he escapes slavery, Saint George as he stands up against the Roman Empire, and many more. Professional actors, award-winning writers, and cinematic sound design that are guaranteed to leave you and your family eagerly waiting for tomorrow’s episode.

342 Episodes

Franz Jagerstatter: Episode Five

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Franz Jagerstatter - Episode Five: The Garden of Eternal Life Berlin. 1943. Franz is in prison, sentenced to death by a Nazi-led court. He prays constantly, writes to his family, and holds fast to one last earthly hope: To meet his wife face to face for the last time.  🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/   Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith 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+ Franz’s story tells the true power of every life to spread God’s love to others. Franz offers his own prison meal to a starving inmate, a grace-filled gesture amid cruelty. Fani’s unwavering faith in her husband, even when the world despises him, radiates hope. Even as two people against their entire world, Franz and Fani remain close to God through each other, giving a true example of sacramental marriage.    This series contains moments of danger and intensity, including raised voices. It includes depictions of beatings, imprisonment, and execution by guillotine. Characters undergo interrogation, moral coercion, and physical abuse. Nazi ideology is discussed and condemned. A priest is arrested during Mass, and several scenes portray emotional distress, especially within a young family facing separation and death.  📱 Social Media https://www.facebook.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.instagram.com/themerrybeggars  https://twitter.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.linkedin.com/company/themerrybeggars 

Transcribed - Published: 1 August 2025

Franz Jagerstatter: Episode Four

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Franz Jagerstatter - Episode Four: From the Other Side 1943. The village of Saint Radegund, Austria. Franz’s worst fear has come true. He has been drafted into the Nazi army. Uncertain of when he might see his family again, he defies orders and spends one last night with his wife and daughters. Will anyone notice, and what consequences will there be?  🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/   Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith 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+ Franz’s story tells the true power of every life to spread God’s love to others. Franz offers his own prison meal to a starving inmate, a grace-filled gesture amid cruelty. Fani’s unwavering faith in her husband, even when the world despises him, radiates hope. Even as two people against their entire world, Franz and Fani remain close to God through each other, giving a true example of sacramental marriage.    This series contains moments of danger and intensity, including raised voices. It includes depictions of beatings, imprisonment, and execution by guillotine. Characters undergo interrogation, moral coercion, and physical abuse. Nazi ideology is discussed and condemned. A priest is arrested during Mass, and several scenes portray emotional distress, especially within a young family facing separation and death.  📱 Social Media https://www.facebook.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.instagram.com/themerrybeggars  https://twitter.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.linkedin.com/company/themerrybeggars 

Transcribed - Published: 31 July 2025

Franz Jagerstatter: Episode Three

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Franz Jagerstatter - Episode Three: The Garden of Death 1943. Austria. Five years have passed. The German war machine ravages much of Europe, but Saint Radegund has remained peaceful, and Franz and Fani now have three young daughters. With the war escalating, almost everyone they know has sided with Hitler's Nazi Party. In a village transformed, Franz is an unpopular outsider, and his allies are disappearing fast. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/   Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith 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+ Franz’s story tells the true power of every life to spread God’s love to others. Franz offers his own prison meal to a starving inmate, a grace-filled gesture amid cruelty. Fani’s unwavering faith in her husband, even when the world despises him, radiates hope. Even as two people against their entire world, Franz and Fani remain close to God through each other, giving a true example of sacramental marriage.    This series contains moments of danger and intensity, including raised voices. It includes depictions of beatings, imprisonment, and execution by guillotine. Characters undergo interrogation, moral coercion, and physical abuse. Nazi ideology is discussed and condemned. A priest is arrested during Mass, and several scenes portray emotional distress, especially within a young family facing separation and death.  📱 Social Media https://www.facebook.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.instagram.com/themerrybeggars  https://twitter.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.linkedin.com/company/themerrybeggars 

Transcribed - Published: 30 July 2025

Franz Jagerstatter: Episode Two

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Franz Jagerstatter - Episode Two: Nazis at the Door 1937. As Adolf Hitler begins his conquest of Austria, newlyweds Franz and Fani make a honeymoon pilgrimage to Rome. Franz has read more about his Catholic faith and about the Nazi political project. When he hears the pope give a stirring anti-fascist speech, he is more resolved than ever to resist the Nazis and their strongman leader, no matter the cost. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/   Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith 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+ Franz’s story tells the true power of every life to spread God’s love to others. Franz offers his own prison meal to a starving inmate, a grace-filled gesture amid cruelty. Fani’s unwavering faith in her husband, even when the world despises him, radiates hope. Even as two people against their entire world, Franz and Fani remain close to God through each other, giving a true example of sacramental marriage.    This series contains moments of danger and intensity, including raised voices. It includes depictions of beatings, imprisonment, and execution by guillotine. Characters undergo interrogation, moral coercion, and physical abuse. Nazi ideology is discussed and condemned. A priest is arrested during Mass, and several scenes portray emotional distress, especially within a young family facing separation and death.  📱 Social Media https://www.facebook.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.instagram.com/themerrybeggars  https://twitter.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.linkedin.com/company/themerrybeggars 

Transcribed - Published: 29 July 2025

Franz Jagerstatter: Episode One

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Franz Jagerstatter - Episode One: All Aboard Austria. 1936. As Nazi soldiers descend on the tiny rural village of Saint Radegund, raising money and signing up recruits, a young, bad-boy farmer returns from years in exile, and gets their attention for all the wrong reasons. Now, can this reformed local troublemaker finally find happiness and stability in his hometown, or will trouble find him all over again? This is the story of Franz Jägerstätter.  🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/   Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith 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+ Franz’s story tells the true power of every life to spread God’s love to others. Franz offers his own prison meal to a starving inmate, a grace-filled gesture amid cruelty. Fani’s unwavering faith in her husband, even when the world despises him, radiates hope. Even as two people against their entire world, Franz and Fani remain close to God through each other, giving a true example of sacramental marriage.    This series contains moments of danger and intensity, including raised voices. It includes depictions of beatings, imprisonment, and execution by guillotine. Characters undergo interrogation, moral coercion, and physical abuse. Nazi ideology is discussed and condemned. A priest is arrested during Mass, and several scenes portray emotional distress, especially within a young family facing separation and death.  📱 Social Media https://www.facebook.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.instagram.com/themerrybeggars  https://twitter.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.linkedin.com/company/themerrybeggars 

Transcribed - Published: 28 July 2025

Nicholas Owen: Episode Five

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Nicholas Owen - Episode Five: The Gunpowder Plot England. 1605. King James, the Protestant successor to the throne, has increased the persecution of Catholics in England. In response, a group of renegade Catholics have conspired to murder the King, the royal family and all the members of  Parliament. While Nicholas knows nothing of the conspirators’ plans, Father Garnet has learned of them, and is bound by the confessional seal.  🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/  Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith 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+ Nicholas Owen’s unbreakable fidelity to the Church gives a timeless witness of faith under persecution. Unwilling to betray his friends, even when they are doing wrong, he generously gives himself up as a sacrifice for others. Nicholas’ ingenuity and obedience to his superiors show his ultimate courage and humility.   This series contains moments of danger and intensity, including raised voices. It portrays imprisonment, coercive interrogation, references to torture, and political violence. There are mentions of characters being tortured on the rack, hanged, and killed. Treason is discussed openly. The final episode includes dialogue about dying for others and depicts a sacrificial act of misdirection that leads to arrest and death. 📱 Social Media https://www.facebook.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.instagram.com/themerrybeggars  https://twitter.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.linkedin.com/company/themerrybeggars 

Transcribed - Published: 25 July 2025

Nicholas Owen: Episode Four

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Nicholas Owen - Episode Four: Jail and Freedom England. 1594. Roused from their beds and betrayed by the wicked Mr. Franks, Nicholas, Father Gerard and Ralph Sheldon have been arrested by the Queen's agents. Nicholas and Ralph are taken to the infamous prison of Poultry Compter. Will this be the end for Nicholas, and for his courageous mission to hide and protect England's Catholic priests? 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/   Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith 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+ Nicholas Owen’s unbreakable fidelity to the Church gives a timeless witness of faith under persecution. Unwilling to betray his friends, even when they are doing wrong, he generously gives himself up as a sacrifice for others. Nicholas’ ingenuity and obedience to his superiors show his ultimate courage and humility.   This series contains moments of danger and intensity, including raised voices. It portrays imprisonment, coercive interrogation, references to torture, and political violence. There are mentions of characters being tortured on the rack, hanged, and killed. Treason is discussed openly. The final episode includes dialogue about dying for others and depicts a sacrificial act of misdirection that leads to arrest and death. 📱 Social Media https://www.facebook.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.instagram.com/themerrybeggars  https://twitter.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.linkedin.com/company/themerrybeggars 

Transcribed - Published: 24 July 2025

Nicholas Owen: Episode Three

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Nicholas Owen - Episode Three: The Secret Agents 1591. England's Jesuit priests live as fugitives. Always on the move, they seek refuge in the grand houses of wealthy English Catholics. When Queen Elizabeth's agents come searching for them, they flee for their lives to the secret tunnels, passages and hides built for them by Nicholas Owen. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/   Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith 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+ Nicholas Owen’s unbreakable fidelity to the Church gives a timeless witness of faith under persecution. Unwilling to betray his friends, even when they are doing wrong, he generously gives himself up as a sacrifice for others. Nicholas’ ingenuity and obedience to his superiors show his ultimate courage and humility.   This series contains moments of danger and intensity, including raised voices. It portrays imprisonment, coercive interrogation, references to torture, and political violence. There are mentions of characters being tortured on the rack, hanged, and killed. Treason is discussed openly. The final episode includes dialogue about dying for others and depicts a sacrificial act of misdirection that leads to arrest and death. 📱 Social Media https://www.facebook.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.instagram.com/themerrybeggars  https://twitter.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.linkedin.com/company/themerrybeggars 

Transcribed - Published: 23 July 2025

Nicholas Owen: Episode Two

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Nicholas Owen - Episode Two: A Hiding Place England. 1588. Five years have passed, and England is a country divided. Catholics are perceived as traitors to their queen. The celebration of Mass is outlawed. Priests are being imprisoned. Nicholas's older brother John, ordained in Belgium, has returned, been captured, and is now held captive in London's Marshalsea Prison. Will Nicholas be able to save his brother? And will he discover the special plan God has prepared just for him? 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/   Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith 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+ Nicholas Owen’s unbreakable fidelity to the Church gives a timeless witness of faith under persecution. Unwilling to betray his friends, even when they are doing wrong, he generously gives himself up as a sacrifice for others. Nicholas’ ingenuity and obedience to his superiors show his ultimate courage and humility.   This series contains moments of danger and intensity, including raised voices. It portrays imprisonment, coercive interrogation, references to torture, and political violence. There are mentions of characters being tortured on the rack, hanged, and killed. Treason is discussed openly. The final episode includes dialogue about dying for others and depicts a sacrificial act of misdirection that leads to arrest and death. 📱 Social Media https://www.facebook.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.instagram.com/themerrybeggars  https://twitter.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.linkedin.com/company/themerrybeggars 

Transcribed - Published: 22 July 2025

Nicholas Owen: Episode One

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Nicholas Owen - Episode One: A Little Saint Joseph Oxford, 1583. Under the oppressive rule of Queen Elizabeth I, English Catholics are worried: priests are being sent to Europe for protection. And young men entering the priesthood must leave England or face death. As one Catholic family of master craftsmen prepares to say goodbye to two of their sons, the third has suddenly gone missing. Why is he hiding? And where can he be? This is the story of Nicholas Owen. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/   Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith 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+ Nicholas Owen’s unbreakable fidelity to the Church gives a timeless witness of faith under persecution. Unwilling to betray his friends, even when they are doing wrong, he generously gives himself up as a sacrifice for others. Nicholas’ ingenuity and obedience to his superiors show his ultimate courage and humility.   This series contains moments of danger and intensity, including raised voices. It portrays imprisonment, coercive interrogation, references to torture, and political violence. There are mentions of characters being tortured on the rack, hanged, and killed. Treason is discussed openly. The final episode includes dialogue about dying for others and depicts a sacrificial act of misdirection that leads to arrest and death. 📱 Social Media https://www.facebook.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.instagram.com/themerrybeggars  https://twitter.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.linkedin.com/company/themerrybeggars 

Transcribed - Published: 21 July 2025

Saint Cecilia: Episode Five

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint Cecilia - Episode Five:  A Chorus of Angels Rome. 230 A.D. Having discovered Cecilia and Valerian's plans to go outside the city walls to bury the Christian dead, Fabia resolves to turn them in to the Roman officials, and to see that they are executed.   🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/   Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith 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+ As a young Christian woman in pagan Rome, Cecilia models heroic faith, despite the constant threat of persecution. Her fidelity deepens as she challenges Valerian, her betrothed, converting him through her holy example. Cecilia’s quiet determination, unwilling to yield under threats, and preaching to the very person who betrays her, shows her as a steadfast example of fortitude, joy, and commitment to the truth.   This series contains moments of danger and intensity, including raised voices. Characters are arrested and imprisoned for burying Christian martyrs. Emotional confrontations over faith and betrayal occur, as well as family conflicts. There are moments of suspense and threats from the Roman authorities as they attempt to catch Cecilia and her family. Cecilia and others are martyred for their faith off-scene, and their deaths are referenced.  📱 Social Media https://www.facebook.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.instagram.com/themerrybeggars  https://twitter.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.linkedin.com/company/themerrybeggars 

Transcribed - Published: 4 July 2025

Saint Cecilia: Episode Four

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint Cecilia - Episode Four: Death’s Dirge Rome. 229 A.D. After his miraculous conversion, Cecilia’s husband Valerian is committed to the Christian faith, and more than ever to his new wife. Determined to live by God’s laws, no matter the cost, the holy young couple find themselves outside the city walls breaking the unjust laws of the Roman regime.  🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/  Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith 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+ As a young Christian woman in pagan Rome, Cecilia models heroic faith, despite the constant threat of persecution. Her fidelity deepens as she challenges Valerian, her betrothed, converting him through her holy example. Cecilia’s quiet determination, unwilling to yield under threats, and preaching to the very person who betrays her, shows her as a steadfast example of fortitude, joy, and commitment to the truth.   This series contains moments of danger and intensity, including raised voices. Characters are arrested and imprisoned for burying Christian martyrs. Emotional confrontations over faith and betrayal occur, as well as family conflicts. There are moments of suspense and threats from the Roman authorities as they attempt to catch Cecilia and her family. Cecilia and others are martyred for their faith off-scene, and their deaths are referenced.  📱 Social Media https://www.facebook.com/themerrybeggars   https://www.instagram.com/themerrybeggars  https://twitter.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.linkedin.com/company/themerrybeggars 

Transcribed - Published: 3 July 2025

Saint Cecilia: Episode Three

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint Cecilia - Episode Three: Ritual Rhythms Rome. 229 A.D. Cecilia is now married to the pagan Valerian, who has agreed to let her remain faithful in secret. But now, he receives an even bigger surprise from his new wife! Confused and dejected, the young man demands proof of his new wife’s strange, foreign faith. And she lovingly sends him to find it on Rome’s Appian Way. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/   Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith 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+ As a young Christian woman in pagan Rome, Cecilia models heroic faith, despite the constant threat of persecution. Her fidelity deepens as she challenges Valerian, her betrothed, converting him through her holy example. Cecilia’s quiet determination, unwilling to yield under threats, and preaching to the very person who betrays her, shows her as a steadfast example of fortitude, joy, and commitment to the truth.   This series contains moments of danger and intensity, including raised voices. Characters are arrested and imprisoned for burying Christian martyrs. Emotional confrontations over faith and betrayal occur, as well as family conflicts. There are moments of suspense and threats from the Roman authorities as they attempt to catch Cecilia and her family. Cecilia and others are martyred for their faith off-scene, and their deaths are referenced.  📱 Social Media https://www.facebook.com/themerrybeggars   https://www.instagram.com/themerrybeggars  https://twitter.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.linkedin.com/company/themerrybeggars 

Transcribed - Published: 2 July 2025

Saint Cecilia: Episode Two

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint Cecilia - Episode Two: A Wedding Hymn Rome. 229 A.D. Forced to marry to preserve her life, Cecilia is trapped. Will marriage to Valerian end her dream of a life consecrated to Christ? Despite her parents' objections, Cecilia vows to reveal her Christian faith to her pagan future spouse. What happens next, surprises everyone!  🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/   Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith 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+ As a young Christian woman in pagan Rome, Cecilia models heroic faith, despite the constant threat of persecution. Her fidelity deepens as she challenges Valerian, her betrothed, converting him through her holy example. Cecilia’s quiet determination, unwilling to yield under threats, and preaching to the very person who betrays her, shows her as a steadfast example of fortitude, joy, and commitment to the truth.   This series contains moments of danger and intensity, including raised voices. Characters are arrested and imprisoned for burying Christian martyrs. Emotional confrontations over faith and betrayal occur, as well as family conflicts. There are moments of suspense and threats from the Roman authorities as they attempt to catch Cecilia and her family. Cecilia and others are martyred for their faith off-scene, and their deaths are referenced.  📱 Social Media https://www.facebook.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.instagram.com/themerrybeggars  https://twitter.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.linkedin.com/company/themerrybeggars 

Transcribed - Published: 1 July 2025

Saint Cecilia: Episode One

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint Cecilia - Episode One: Sacred Chants The year 229 A.D. In pagan Rome, a new religion threatens the old order. Followers of Jesus Christ must hide their faith or lose their lives. But for one young noblewoman, hiding the truth and ignoring what’s right are out of the question. This is the story of Saint Cecilia. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/   Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith 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+ As a young Christian woman in pagan Rome, Cecilia models heroic faith, despite the constant threat of persecution. Her fidelity deepens as she challenges Valerian, her betrothed, converting him through her holy example. Cecilia’s quiet determination, unwilling to yield under threats, and preaching to the very person who betrays her, shows her as a steadfast example of fortitude, joy, and commitment to the truth.   This series contains moments of danger and intensity, including raised voices. Characters are arrested and imprisoned for burying Christian martyrs. Emotional confrontations over faith and betrayal occur, as well as family conflicts. There are moments of suspense and threats from the Roman authorities as they attempt to catch Cecilia and her family. Cecilia and others are martyred for their faith off-scene, and their deaths are referenced.  📱 Social Media https://www.facebook.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.instagram.com/themerrybeggars  https://twitter.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.linkedin.com/company/themerrybeggars 

Transcribed - Published: 30 June 2025

Rita of Cascia: Episode Five

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Rita of Cascia - Episode Five: In The Thick of It Cascia, Italy. 1409 A.D. For more than ten years, a bitter feud has burned beneath the surface. Now Rita’s sons are pulled into its fire, consumed by the thirst for revenge. On the edge of ruin, Rita clings to the only weapons she has left: her faith, and her fortitude. As the past rises to swallow up the present, can she stop the cycle of blood before it takes away everything she loves?  🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/   Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith 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+ Rita of Cascia had a long journey from reluctant bride to radiant peacemaker. Her refusal to return evil for evil, even at great personal cost, reveals a soul deeply rooted in prayer and God’s love. In moments when the conflict between the Mancini and Chiqui families threatened to boil over, she stood firm in faith. Her steadfast prayers, her refusal to seek vengeance, and her patient suffering all model a love that suffers and still hopes. This series contains moments of danger and intensity, including raised voices. It depicts physical conflict within marriage. Several people are murdered in a vendetta. A child has stones thrown at her for having the plague. Rita’s sons are separated from her due to contracting the plague. Their out-of-scene deaths are mentioned. There are moments of intimidation, threats, and danger associated with a 13th century Italian blood feud.  📱 Social Media https://www.facebook.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.instagram.com/themerrybeggars  https://twitter.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.linkedin.com/company/themerrybeggars 

Transcribed - Published: 27 June 2025

Rita of Cascia: Episode Four

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Rita of Cascia - Episode Four: Ambushed Italy. 1409 A.D. Unknown to Rita, her husband Paolo has been ambushed, and the cry for vengeance echoes through the streets of Cascia. With Bernardo ready to strike and danger closing in, Rita is thrust into a storm that could tear her family - and all of Cascia - apart. As her world unravels, can her faith shield the innocent, or will the vendetta shatter everything she’s fought to preserve? 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/   Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith 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+ Rita of Cascia had a long journey from reluctant bride to radiant peacemaker. Her refusal to return evil for evil, even at great personal cost, reveals a soul deeply rooted in prayer and God’s love. In moments when the conflict between the Mancini and Chiqui families threatened to boil over, she stood firm in faith. Her steadfast prayers, her refusal to seek vengeance, and her patient suffering all model a love that suffers and still hopes. This series contains moments of danger and intensity, including raised voices. It depicts physical conflict within marriage. Several people are murdered in a vendetta. A child has stones thrown at her for having the plague. Rita’s sons are separated from her due to contracting the plague. Their out-of-scene deaths are mentioned. There are moments of intimidation, threats, and danger associated with a 13th century Italian blood feud.  📱 Social Media https://www.facebook.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.instagram.com/themerrybeggars  https://twitter.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.linkedin.com/company/themerrybeggars 

Transcribed - Published: 26 June 2025

Rita of Cascia: Episode Three

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Rita of Cascia - Episode Three: Echoes of Change Italy, 1409 A.D. Sixteen years have passed, and Rita is now mother to two teenage sons, Dominic and Giovanni. The town of Cascia has grown more violent with the dangerous feud, and Rita's family has retreated quietly into the background to avoid the bloodshed. But despite their best efforts, trouble finds them… 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/   Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith 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+ Rita of Cascia had a long journey from reluctant bride to radiant peacemaker. Her refusal to return evil for evil, even at great personal cost, reveals a soul deeply rooted in prayer and God’s love. In moments when the conflict between the Mancini and Chiqui families threatened to boil over, she stood firm in faith. Her steadfast prayers, her refusal to seek vengeance, and her patient suffering all model a love that suffers and still hopes. This series contains moments of danger and intensity, including raised voices. It depicts physical conflict within marriage. Several people are murdered in a vendetta. A child has stones thrown at her for having the plague. Rita’s sons are separated from her due to contracting the plague. Their out-of-scene deaths are mentioned. There are moments of intimidation, threats, and danger associated with a 13th century Italian blood feud.  📱 Social Media https://www.facebook.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.instagram.com/themerrybeggars  https://twitter.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.linkedin.com/company/themerrybeggars 

Transcribed - Published: 25 June 2025

Rita of Cascia: Episode Two

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Rita of Cascia - Episode Two: Mother, What To Do? Cascia, Italy. 1394 A.D. Rita and Paolo have been married for one year. With her parents nearing the end of their days, Rita will soon be left completely alone with her husband’s brutal family. She's sinking fast, but an unexpected hand is reaching out to help... 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/   Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith 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+ Rita of Cascia had a long journey from reluctant bride to radiant peacemaker. Her refusal to return evil for evil, even at great personal cost, reveals a soul deeply rooted in prayer and God’s love. In moments when the conflict between the Mancini and Chiqui families threatened to boil over, she stood firm in faith. Her steadfast prayers, her refusal to seek vengeance, and her patient suffering all model a love that suffers and still hopes. This series contains moments of danger and intensity, including raised voices. It depicts physical conflict within marriage. Several people are murdered in a vendetta. A child has stones thrown at her for having the plague. Rita’s sons are separated from her due to contracting the plague. Their out-of-scene deaths are mentioned. There are moments of intimidation, threats, and danger associated with a 13th century Italian blood feud.  📱 Social Media https://www.facebook.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.instagram.com/themerrybeggars  https://twitter.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.linkedin.com/company/themerrybeggars 

Transcribed - Published: 24 June 2025

Rita of Cascia: Episode One

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Rita of Cascia - Episode One: Denial, Denial Italy, 1393. The Black Plague devours cities, and violent crime families rule what’s left. In the shadowed hills of Cascia, a young girl dreams of peace in a world built on blood. When tragedy knocks at her family's door, she must choose: remain a bystander—or become a light in the darkness. This is the story of Rita of Cascia.  🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/   Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith 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+ Rita of Cascia had a long journey from reluctant bride to radiant peacemaker. Her refusal to return evil for evil, even at great personal cost, reveals a soul deeply rooted in prayer and God’s love. In moments when the conflict between the Mancini and Chiqui families threatened to boil over, she stood firm in faith. Her steadfast prayers, her refusal to seek vengeance, and her patient suffering all model a love that suffers and still hopes. This series contains moments of danger and intensity, including raised voices. It depicts physical conflict within marriage. Several people are murdered in a vendetta. A child has stones thrown at her for having the plague. Rita’s sons are separated from her due to contracting the plague. Their out-of-scene deaths are mentioned. There are moments of intimidation, threats, and danger associated with a 13th century Italian blood feud.  📱 Social Media https://www.facebook.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.instagram.com/themerrybeggars  https://twitter.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.linkedin.com/company/themerrybeggars 

Transcribed - Published: 23 June 2025

Saint Lawrence: Episode Five

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint Lawrence - Episode Five: The Martyr's Gridiron Rome, 258 A.D. Lawrence has entered into a dangerous pact with Rome’s ruthless prefect: deliver the Church’s treasure in three days, or suffer death. With five empty wagons to fill, Lawrence and the Hippolytus race against time through the maze of the catacombs. Together, they risk everything to make good on a bargain that may save Lawrence's life. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/   Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith 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 Lawrence gives all he has, both to the poor and to God. In acts of service and bold witness under threat, Lawrence teaches a bold faith paired with charity. Sixtus also leads with quiet wisdom and perseverance; and Philip, a ‘rich young man,’ sacrifices everything with generosity.    This series contains moments of danger and intensity, including raised voices. It depicts forced participation in pagan rituals, unjust imprisonment, the torture of a Christian convert, and the martyrdom of clergy. One man has his eyes removed before later regaining sight. Lawrence is executed, as is recorded historically, by being burned on a gridiron. While restraint is used in the representation of the moment, parents may want to screen the last few moments of episode 5 before sharing with younger listeners. 📱 Social Media https://www.facebook.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.instagram.com/themerrybeggars  https://twitter.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.linkedin.com/company/themerrybeggars 

Transcribed - Published: 20 June 2025

Saint Lawrence: Episode Four

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint Lawrence - Episode Four: A Bargain with Rome Rome. 258 A.D. Imprisoned in a dark Roman dungeon, Lawrence, Pope Sixtus, and the seven deacons of Rome grapple with their fate. As chains clink and martyrdom looms, Lawrence's courage and faith give hope to his friends. But before paying the ultimate price, he’s determined to carry out one final act of service for the Church and the poor of Rome.  🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/   Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith 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 Lawrence gives all he has, both to the poor and to God. In acts of service and bold witness under threat, Lawrence teaches a bold faith paired with charity. Sixtus also leads with quiet wisdom and perseverance; and Philip, a ‘rich young man,’ sacrifices everything with generosity.    This series contains moments of danger and intensity, including raised voices. It depicts forced participation in pagan rituals, unjust imprisonment, the torture of a Christian convert, and the martyrdom of clergy. One man has his eyes removed before later regaining sight. Lawrence is executed, as is recorded historically, by being burned on a gridiron. While restraint is used in the representation of the moment, parents may want to screen the last few moments of episode 5 before sharing with younger listeners. 📱 Social Media https://www.facebook.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.instagram.com/themerrybeggars  https://twitter.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.linkedin.com/company/themerrybeggars 

Transcribed - Published: 19 June 2025

Saint Lawrence: Episode Three

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint Lawrence - Episode Three: Peril in Rome Rome. 258 A.D. Lawrence has unleashed a daring plan. He and Philip rush back to Philip's family home, just steps ahead of the Roman authorities. They'll need to collect all of the family wealth and get it safely to the catacombs, before Corvus and his soldiers find it. Will Lawrence's plan work? And can they avoid capture? 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/   Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith 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 Lawrence gives all he has, both to the poor and to God. In acts of service and bold witness under threat, Lawrence teaches a bold faith paired with charity. Sixtus also leads with quiet wisdom and perseverance; and Philip, a ‘rich young man,’ sacrifices everything with generosity.    This series contains moments of danger and intensity, including raised voices. It depicts forced participation in pagan rituals, unjust imprisonment, the torture of a Christian convert, and the martyrdom of clergy. One man has his eyes removed before later regaining sight. Lawrence is executed, as is recorded historically, by being burned on a gridiron. While restraint is used in the representation of the moment, parents may want to screen the last few moments of episode 5 before sharing with younger listeners. 📱 Social Media https://www.facebook.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.instagram.com/themerrybeggars  https://twitter.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.linkedin.com/company/themerrybeggars 

Transcribed - Published: 18 June 2025

Saint Lawrence: Episode Two

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint Lawrence - Episode Two: Treasures of the Church Rome. 258 A.D. The Christian Church in Rome reels after soldiers raid the catacombs. As the faithful scatter in terror, Lawrence must navigate the treacherous Roman streets to rebuild his shattered community and fulfill his vocation. Can he outwit the brutal regime and restore hope to the faithful? 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/   Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith 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 Lawrence gives all he has, both to the poor and to God. In acts of service and bold witness under threat, Lawrence teaches a bold faith paired with charity. Sixtus also leads with quiet wisdom and perseverance; and Philip, a ‘rich young man,’ sacrifices everything with generosity.    This series contains moments of danger and intensity, including raised voices. It depicts forced participation in pagan rituals, unjust imprisonment, the torture of a Christian convert, and the martyrdom of clergy. One man has his eyes removed before later regaining sight. Lawrence is executed, as is recorded historically, by being burned on a gridiron. While restraint is used in the representation of the moment, parents may want to screen the last few moments of episode 5 before sharing with younger listeners. 📱 Social Media https://www.facebook.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.instagram.com/themerrybeggars  https://twitter.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.linkedin.com/company/themerrybeggars 

Transcribed - Published: 17 June 2025

Saint Lawrence: Episode One

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint Lawrence - Episode One: Faith in the Catacombs Rome. 258 A.D. A young Christian foreigner enters the Eternal City for the first time with his wise old mentor. There they discover a people living in fear under authoritarian rule. What’s worse: the authorities want to kill all Christians. To survive, they’ll have to rely on their wits, and a little help from unexpected friends. This is the story of St. Lawrence. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/   Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith 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 Lawrence gives all he has, both to the poor and to God. In acts of service and bold witness under threat, Lawrence teaches a bold faith paired with charity. Sixtus also leads with quiet wisdom and perseverance; and Philip, a ‘rich young man,’ sacrifices everything with generosity.    This series contains moments of danger and intensity, including raised voices. It depicts forced participation in pagan rituals, unjust imprisonment, the torture of a Christian convert, and the martyrdom of clergy. One man has his eyes removed before later regaining sight. Lawrence is executed, as is recorded historically, by being burned on a gridiron. While restraint is used in the representation of the moment, parents may want to screen the last few moments of episode 5 before sharing with younger listeners. 📱 Social Media https://www.facebook.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.instagram.com/themerrybeggars  https://twitter.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.linkedin.com/company/themerrybeggars 

Transcribed - Published: 16 June 2025

Emil Kapaun: Episode Five

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Emil Kapaun - Episode Five: To Those At His Right North Korea. April, 1951. Indoctrination is imminent. The Communist Chinese rule the Pyoktong prison camp, and now seek to control not only the prisoners' actions, but their thoughts, as well. This may be the breaking point for Father Emil and his companions. But is the ruthlessness of a Communist prison enough to kill the faith of the fearless soldier-priest? 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/   Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith 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+ Emil Kapaun truly became Christ to those around him. Serving with joy and abandonment during his military service, he embraced his role as the spiritual father of Pyoktong prison camp with the same virtues. In the face of awful conditions and inhumane treatment, Kapaun gave himself entirely to the service of his brothers, eventually dying as a consequence. His ultimate sacrifice teaches undying lessons of courage, selflessness, and joy.    This series contains moments of extreme danger and intensity, including raised voices. Several battle scenes are portrayed, including severe injuries and deaths. Fr. Kapaun and his companions are captured and forced to march to a prison camp. They are subjected to ideological indoctrination, psychological pressure and difficult conditions in the prison camp. A character contracts dysentery. Fr. Kapaun is seriously injured by a falling rock. Fr. Kapaun undergoes delirium when an injury becomes infected. Fr. Kapaun’s actual death is not portrayed, but is imminent at the end of the series.  📱 Social Media https://www.facebook.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.instagram.com/themerrybeggars  https://twitter.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.linkedin.com/company/themerrybeggars 

Transcribed - Published: 13 June 2025

Emil Kapaun: Episode Four

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Emil Kapaun - Episode Four: A Cross in the Rubble Korea. November, 1950. After their surrender at the Battle of Unsan, Father Emil and his companions are prisoners of the Chinese. Forced to march northwards through the freezing Korean mountains, many American soldiers have died from exposure. And those who remain begin to wonder if death might be better than what lies ahead of them: the prison camp of Pyoktong. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/   Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith 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+ Emil Kapaun truly became Christ to those around him. Serving with joy and abandonment during his military service, he embraced his role as the spiritual father of Pyoktong prison camp with the same virtues. In the face of awful conditions and inhumane treatment, Kapaun gave himself entirely to the service of his brothers, eventually dying as a consequence. His ultimate sacrifice teaches undying lessons of courage, selflessness, and joy.    This series contains moments of extreme danger and intensity, including raised voices. Several battle scenes are portrayed, including severe injuries and deaths. Fr. Kapaun and his companions are captured and forced to march to a prison camp. They are subjected to ideological indoctrination, psychological pressure and difficult conditions in the prison camp. A character contracts dysentery. Fr. Kapaun is seriously injured by a falling rock. Fr. Kapaun undergoes delirium when an injury becomes infected. Fr. Kapaun’s actual death is not portrayed, but is imminent at the end of the series.  📱 Social Media https://www.facebook.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.instagram.com/themerrybeggars  https://twitter.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.linkedin.com/company/themerrybeggars 

Transcribed - Published: 12 June 2025

Emil Kapaun: Episode Three

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Emil Kapaun - Episode Three: On The Way to Calvary Korea. November, 1950. Communist Chinese forces have entered the war, invading South Korea to fight against the Americans. Pinned down by enemy fire, outnumbered and outflanked, Father K and his companions fight a series of battles in the province of Unsan, struggling to save lives, and scrambling to avoid capture.  🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/   Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith 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+ Emil Kapaun truly became Christ to those around him. Serving with joy and abandonment during his military service, he embraced his role as the spiritual father of Pyoktong prison camp with the same virtues. In the face of awful conditions and inhumane treatment, Kapaun gave himself entirely to the service of his brothers, eventually dying as a consequence. His ultimate sacrifice teaches undying lessons of courage, selflessness, and joy.    This series contains moments of extreme danger and intensity, including raised voices. Several battle scenes are portrayed, including severe injuries and deaths. Fr. Kapaun and his companions are captured and forced to march to a prison camp. They are subjected to ideological indoctrination, psychological pressure and difficult conditions in the prison camp. A character contracts dysentery. Fr. Kapaun is seriously injured by a falling rock. Fr. Kapaun undergoes delirium when an injury becomes infected. Fr. Kapaun’s actual death is not portrayed, but is imminent at the end of the series.  📱 Social Media https://www.facebook.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.instagram.com/themerrybeggars  https://twitter.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.linkedin.com/company/themerrybeggars 

Transcribed - Published: 11 June 2025

Emil Kapaun: Episode Two

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Emil Kapaun - Episode Two: Faith and Grit The Sea of Japan. July, 1950. After five short years of peace, America is at war again, in Korea, where the Communist North has invaded the democratic South. Responding to the South Koreans urgent request for help, US President Harry Truman sends American troops to aid them in battle. And Father Emil Kapaun is back in Asia and in uniform, aboard a transport ship heading from Japan to another warzone.  🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/   Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith 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+ Emil Kapaun truly became Christ to those around him. Serving with joy and abandonment during his military service, he embraced his role as the spiritual father of Pyoktong prison camp with the same virtues. In the face of awful conditions and inhumane treatment, Kapaun gave himself entirely to the service of his brothers, eventually dying as a consequence. His ultimate sacrifice teaches undying lessons of courage, selflessness, and joy.    This series contains moments of extreme danger and intensity, including raised voices. Several battle scenes are portrayed, including severe injuries and deaths. Fr. Kapaun and his companions are captured and forced to march to a prison camp. They are subjected to ideological indoctrination, psychological pressure and difficult conditions in the prison camp. A character contracts dysentery. Fr. Kapaun is seriously injured by a falling rock. Fr. Kapaun undergoes delirium when an injury becomes infected. Fr. Kapaun’s actual death is not portrayed, but is imminent at the end of the series.  📱 Social Media https://www.facebook.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.instagram.com/themerrybeggars  https://twitter.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.linkedin.com/company/themerrybeggars 

Transcribed - Published: 10 June 2025

Emil Kapaun: Episode One

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Emil Kapaun - Episode One: The Soldier Priest South East Asia. August, 1945. The Second World War has been raging for nearly six years, claiming the lives of more than four hundred thousand American soldiers. A multitude of chaplains has been sent to minister to these men in their dying moments. One of them is a 29-year-old Catholic priest, a Kansas-born farmer’s son who finds himself in the thick of battle. This is the story of Father Emil Kapaun. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/   Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith 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+ Emil Kapaun truly became Christ to those around him. Serving with joy and abandonment during his military service, he embraced his role as the spiritual father of Pyoktong prison camp with the same virtues. In the face of awful conditions and inhumane treatment, Kapaun gave himself entirely to the service of his brothers, eventually dying as a consequence. His ultimate sacrifice teaches undying lessons of courage, selflessness, and joy.    This series contains moments of extreme danger and intensity, including raised voices. Several battle scenes are portrayed, including severe injuries and deaths. Fr. Kapaun and his companions are captured and forced to march to a prison camp. They are subjected to ideological indoctrination, psychological pressure and difficult conditions in the prison camp. A character contracts dysentery. Fr. Kapaun is seriously injured by a falling rock. Fr. Kapaun undergoes delirium when an injury becomes infected. Fr. Kapaun’s actual death is not portrayed, but is imminent at the end of the series.  📱 Social Media https://www.facebook.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.instagram.com/themerrybeggars  https://twitter.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.linkedin.com/company/themerrybeggars 

Transcribed - Published: 9 June 2025

Catherine of Siena: Episode Five

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Catherine of Siena - Episode Five: The Pope’s Protector Avignon. 1375. When her attempts to negotiate peace between the Anti-Papal League and Pope Gregory fall apart, Catherine dedicates herself completely to persuading the Pope to return to Rome. This is the only way to restore peace in Italy, and unity to the Church. But the young pope’s French family and his councilors will stop at nothing to keep the papacy in France. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/   Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith 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+ Blending courage with charity, Catherine of Siena models the radical pursuit of God - even at the cost of the esteem of the world. Catherine, a mystic, received the stigmata, but is also remembered for a major political achievement: through her intervention, she fought to return the papacy to Rome from Avignon, France. Catherine’s complete trust in God led her to act to restore the papacy to its rightful place at the head of the Church, instead of being merely a political position.   This series contains moments of danger and intensity, including raised voices. Bernabo Visconti, an Italian tyrant, forces a representative of the pope to eat the message he was sent to deliver. The Pope is torn between his loyalties to his father and his duties to the Church. Catherine experiences intense visions, often collapsing in a mystical ecstasy. It is during one of these visions that she receives the stigmata. Bernabo Visconti threatens several characters. Characters are shown drinking after a successful battle. Bernabo Visconti mocks the idea of excommunication.  📱 Social Media https://www.facebook.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.instagram.com/themerrybeggars  https://twitter.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.linkedin.com/company/themerrybeggars 

Transcribed - Published: 6 June 2025

Catherine of Siena: Episode Four

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Catherine of Siena - Episode Four: Christ’s Scourge Italy, 1375. Bloody war continues between the Anti-Papal league and the French Papal legates. Rather than seek peace, Pope Gregory escalates the conflict by excommunicating the entire city of Florence. Catherine is on her way to Avignon, accompanied by Lapa and Raimondo, to persuade Gregory to not only seek peace, but to return to Rome. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/   Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith 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+ Blending courage with charity, Catherine of Siena models the radical pursuit of God - even at the cost of the esteem of the world. Catherine, a mystic, received the stigmata, but is also remembered for a major political achievement: through her intervention, she fought to return the papacy to Rome from Avignon, France. Catherine’s complete trust in God led her to act to restore the papacy to its rightful place at the head of the Church, instead of being merely a political position.   This series contains moments of danger and intensity, including raised voices. Bernabo Visconti, an Italian tyrant, forces a representative of the pope to eat the message he was sent to deliver. The Pope is torn between his loyalties to his father and his duties to the Church. Catherine experiences intense visions, often collapsing in a mystical ecstasy. It is during one of these visions that she receives the stigmata. Bernabo Visconti threatens several characters. Characters are shown drinking after a successful battle. Bernabo Visconti mocks the idea of excommunication.  📱 Social Media https://www.facebook.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.instagram.com/themerrybeggars  https://twitter.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.linkedin.com/company/themerrybeggars 

Transcribed - Published: 5 June 2025

Catherine of Siena: Episode Three

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Catherine of Siena - Episode Three: God’s Servant France, 1375. Through Cardinal Noellet, Pope Gregory has allied himself with Bernabo Visconti, the tyrant of Milan. And if an alliance between the pope and a warlord weren’t  scandal enough, Cardinal Noellet has made matters worse by demanding money from the people of Florence. As conflict between the French Pope and Italian city-states rises, Catherine Benincasa enters the fight in earnest. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/   Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith 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+ Blending courage with charity, Catherine of Siena models the radical pursuit of God - even at the cost of the esteem of the world. Catherine, a mystic, received the stigmata, but is also remembered for a major political achievement: through her intervention, she fought to return the papacy to Rome from Avignon, France. Catherine’s complete trust in God led her to act to restore the papacy to its rightful place at the head of the Church, instead of being merely a political position.   This series contains moments of danger and intensity, including raised voices. Bernabo Visconti, an Italian tyrant, forces a representative of the pope to eat the message he was sent to deliver. The Pope is torn between his loyalties to his father and his duties to the Church. Catherine experiences intense visions, often collapsing in a mystical ecstasy. It is during one of these visions that she receives the stigmata. Bernabo Visconti threatens several characters. Characters are shown drinking after a successful battle. Bernabo Visconti mocks the idea of excommunication.  📱 Social Media https://www.facebook.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.instagram.com/themerrybeggars  https://twitter.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.linkedin.com/company/themerrybeggars 

Transcribed - Published: 4 June 2025

Catherine of Siena: Episode Two

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Catherine of Siena - Episode Two: The Pope’s Pawn Siena, Italy. 1375 A.D. Thirteen years have passed since Christ sent Catherine out into the world from her pseudo-monastic life. Now, Catherine's fame as a mystic and miracle worker has spread across Europe. Her spiritual children call her "Mamma", and hang on her every word. With her father dead and her mother now a member of her lay Dominican community, Catherine cares for victims of the plague that rages across Italy. And in France, a pope’s refusal to return to Rome threatens to undermine Church unity.  🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/   Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith 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+ Blending courage with charity, Catherine of Siena models the radical pursuit of God - even at the cost of the esteem of the world. Catherine, a mystic, received the stigmata, but is also remembered for a major political achievement: through her intervention, she fought to return the papacy to Rome from Avignon, France. Catherine’s complete trust in God led her to act to restore the papacy to its rightful place at the head of the Church, instead of being merely a political position.   This series contains moments of danger and intensity, including raised voices. Bernabo Visconti, an Italian tyrant, forces a representative of the pope to eat the message he was sent to deliver. The Pope is torn between his loyalties to his father and his duties to the Church. Catherine experiences intense visions, often collapsing in a mystical ecstasy. It is during one of these visions that she receives the stigmata. Bernabo Visconti threatens several characters. Characters are shown drinking after a successful battle. Bernabo Visconti mocks the idea of excommunication.  📱 Social Media https://www.facebook.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.instagram.com/themerrybeggars  https://twitter.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.linkedin.com/company/themerrybeggars 

Transcribed - Published: 3 June 2025

Catherine of Siena: Episode One

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Catherine of Siena - Episode One: The Dyer’s Daughter Siena, Italy. 1362. A powerful tyrant has invaded the Papal States, forcing the Pope into exile in France. Meanwhile, a fifteen-year-old girl in Siena longs for life as a Third Order Dominican. While her parents arrange a marriage for her to protect their family interests, this special girl resists, insisting on marriage to the only spouse who can make her happy forever. This is the story of Catherine of Siena.  🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/   Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith 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+ Blending courage with charity, Catherine of Siena models the radical pursuit of God - even at the cost of the esteem of the world. Catherine, a mystic, received the stigmata, but is also remembered for a major political achievement: through her intervention, she fought to return the papacy to Rome from Avignon, France. Catherine’s complete trust in God led her to act to restore the papacy to its rightful place at the head of the Church, instead of being merely a political position.   This series contains moments of danger and intensity, including raised voices. Bernabo Visconti, an Italian tyrant, forces a representative of the pope to eat the message he was sent to deliver. The Pope is torn between his loyalties to his father and his duties to the Church. Catherine experiences intense visions, often collapsing in a mystical ecstasy. It is during one of these visions that she receives the stigmata. Bernabo Visconti threatens several characters. Characters are shown drinking after a successful battle. Bernabo Visconti mocks the idea of excommunication.  📱 Social Media https://www.facebook.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.instagram.com/themerrybeggars  https://twitter.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.linkedin.com/company/themerrybeggars 

Transcribed - Published: 2 June 2025

Martin de Porres: Episode Five

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Martin De Porres - Episode Five: God’s Servant Lima, Peru. The Dominican Monastery is deeply in debt, and the moneylenders have sent their workers to seize the friars’ belongings to cover what they owe. Upon learning of this, Fray Martin makes a shocking and selfless offer to save the monastery from its creditors.  🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/   Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith 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+ Martin de Porres’s story teaches lessons of faith, justice, and mercy. Martin’s natural compassion leads him to caring especially for animals, from feeding a stray dog as a child to miraculously convincing an infestation of rats to leave the priory. Martin’s sacrificial spirit makes him willing to sacrifice himself for the sake of his brothers. Martin’s life demonstrates how we are called to exercise true charity in a broken world.  This series contains moments of danger and intensity, including raised voices. It portrays some characters’ racial animus and discrimination on the basis of race. Martin’s father, a prominent diplomat, refuses to acknowledge his mixed-race children or marry their mother. Martin is separated from his mother. Martin is verbally abused because of his heritage. Martin is initially refused entry to the monastery, but he perseveres. Martin offers to sell himself into slavery to pay off the monastery’s debts.  📱 Social Media https://www.facebook.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.instagram.com/themerrybeggars  https://twitter.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.linkedin.com/company/themerrybeggars 

Transcribed - Published: 30 May 2025

Martin de Porres: Episode Four

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Martin De Porres - Episode Four: The Famous Friar Lima, Peru. 1603. Despite the law prohibiting non-whites from entering religious orders, Martin has finally become a lay brother of the Dominican Order. But as he stands on the threshold of professing his solemn vows, a question hangs in the air: is the city of Lima, divided by racial prejudice and poverty, open to the blessings of a mixed-race friar? 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/   Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith 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+ Martin de Porres’s story teaches lessons of faith, justice, and mercy. Martin’s natural compassion leads him to caring especially for animals, from feeding a stray dog as a child to miraculously convincing an infestation of rats to leave the priory. Martin’s sacrificial spirit makes him willing to sacrifice himself for the sake of his brothers. Martin’s life demonstrates how we are called to exercise true charity in a broken world.  This series contains moments of danger and intensity, including raised voices. It portrays some characters’ racial animus and discrimination on the basis of race. Martin’s father, a prominent diplomat, refuses to acknowledge his mixed-race children or marry their mother. Martin is separated from his mother. Martin is verbally abused because of his heritage. Martin is initially refused entry to the monastery, but he perseveres. Martin offers to sell himself into slavery to pay off the monastery’s debts.  📱 Social Media https://www.facebook.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.instagram.com/themerrybeggars  https://twitter.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.linkedin.com/company/themerrybeggars 

Transcribed - Published: 29 May 2025

Martin de Porres: Episode Three

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Martin De Porres - Episode Three: Compassion Above Everything Lima, Peru. 1603. Eight years have passed since Martin was accepted as a servant in the Dominican monastery of Lima. While he finds joy in serving both the friars and the poor, whispers of discontent echo through the cloisters. Though many of the friars mistreat Martin, the wise and compassionate Father Prior rejects their prejudice, recognizing that Martin carries a flame that could illuminate the most benighted corners of men’s hearts. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/   Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith 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+ Martin de Porres’s story teaches lessons of faith, justice, and mercy. Martin’s natural compassion leads him to caring especially for animals, from feeding a stray dog as a child to miraculously convincing an infestation of rats to leave the priory. Martin’s sacrificial spirit makes him willing to sacrifice himself for the sake of his brothers. Martin’s life demonstrates how we are called to exercise true charity in a broken world.  This series contains moments of danger and intensity, including raised voices. It portrays some characters’ racial animus and discrimination on the basis of race. Martin’s father, a prominent diplomat, refuses to acknowledge his mixed-race children or marry their mother. Martin is separated from his mother. Martin is verbally abused because of his heritage. Martin is initially refused entry to the monastery, but he perseveres. Martin offers to sell himself into slavery to pay off the monastery’s debts.  📱 Social Media https://www.facebook.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.instagram.com/themerrybeggars  https://twitter.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.linkedin.com/company/themerrybeggars 

Transcribed - Published: 28 May 2025

Martin de Porres: Episode Two

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Martin De Porres - Episode Two: Called to Serve Lima, Peru. 1594. Five years have passed and Martin has returned to Lima, the capital of Peru. Before his mother died, she got him a job as an apprentice to a barber-surgeon. But Martin's heart burns with a fire, a calling to serve God that grows stronger with each passing day. In a society so restrictive, how can he answer God’s call?  🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/   Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith 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+ Martin de Porres’s story teaches lessons of faith, justice, and mercy. Martin’s natural compassion leads him to caring especially for animals, from feeding a stray dog as a child to miraculously convincing an infestation of rats to leave the priory. Martin’s sacrificial spirit makes him willing to sacrifice himself for the sake of his brothers. Martin’s life demonstrates how we are called to exercise true charity in a broken world.  This series contains moments of danger and intensity, including raised voices. It portrays some characters’ racial animus and discrimination on the basis of race. Martin’s father, a prominent diplomat, refuses to acknowledge his mixed-race children or marry their mother. Martin is separated from his mother. Martin is verbally abused because of his heritage. Martin is initially refused entry to the monastery, but he perseveres. Martin offers to sell himself into slavery to pay off the monastery’s debts.  📱 Social Media https://www.facebook.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.instagram.com/themerrybeggars  https://twitter.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.linkedin.com/company/themerrybeggars 

Transcribed - Published: 27 May 2025

Martin de Porres: Episode One

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Martin De Porres - Episode One: A Humble Heart Lima, Peru. 1579. In the Spanish colony, a society fractures along race and class lines. Natives and African slaves toil while Spanish elites prosper. From these dusty streets, a mixed-race hero emerges - the son of a Spanish nobleman and a freed slave. His hands heal and his faith inspires. But in a land where bloodlines determine destiny, can one dark-skinned friar's compassion overcome the prejudices of two worlds? This is the story of the first black saint of the Americas, Martin de Porres 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/   Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith 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+ Martin de Porres’s story teaches lessons of faith, justice, and mercy. Martin’s natural compassion leads him to caring especially for animals, from feeding a stray dog as a child to miraculously convincing an infestation of rats to leave the priory. Martin’s sacrificial spirit makes him willing to sacrifice himself for the sake of his brothers. Martin’s life demonstrates how we are called to exercise true charity in a broken world.  This series contains moments of danger and intensity, including raised voices. It portrays some characters’ racial animus and discrimination on the basis of race. Martin’s father, a prominent diplomat, refuses to acknowledge his mixed-race children or marry their mother. Martin is separated from his mother. Martin is verbally abused because of his heritage. Martin is initially refused entry to the monastery, but he perseveres. Martin offers to sell himself into slavery to pay off the monastery’s debts.  📱 Social Media https://www.facebook.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.instagram.com/themerrybeggars  https://twitter.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.linkedin.com/company/themerrybeggars 

Transcribed - Published: 26 May 2025

Saint Adelaide: Episode Five

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint Adelaide - Episode Five: The Empress The Kingdom of Upper Burgundy, 950 A.D. Father Martin has helped Adelaide and Myra escape from their prison cell. But will they be able to get away before King Berengar's soldiers find them again? And who will aid the virtuous queen in defeating her vicious foes?  🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/   Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith 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+ St. Adelaide’s story shines with the virtues of faith, justice, and charity. Her unwavering trust in God's plan during captivity shows her truly heroic faith and courage. Similarly, her commitment to caring both for the poor of her kingdom and the political needs of her own court shows her to be a charitable and truly exemplary ruler.   This series contains moments of danger and intensity, including raised voices. While she eventually grows closer to him, Adelaide is forced to marry her first husband for political expediency. A character is poisoned and dies in-scene. Adelaide is imprisoned when she refuses to marry the son of her husband’s murderer. Adelaide and Myra escape the castle and are in imminent danger from the soldiers who are chasing them.  📱 Social Media https://www.facebook.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.instagram.com/themerrybeggars  https://twitter.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.linkedin.com/company/themerrybeggars 

Transcribed - Published: 16 May 2025

Saint Adelaide: Episode Four

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint Adelaide - Episode Four: The Prisoners The Kingdom of Upper Burgundy, 950 A.D. Queen Adelaide and her loyal maidservant, Myra, escaped from Castle Orbe. But they've been captured by Lord Berengar's men, and lie imprisoned in another castle dungeon. Now they wonder: will they ever see freedom again?  🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/   Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith 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+ St. Adelaide’s story shines with the virtues of faith, justice, and charity. Her unwavering trust in God's plan during captivity shows her truly heroic faith and courage. Similarly, her commitment to caring both for the poor of her kingdom and the political needs of her own court shows her to be a charitable and truly exemplary ruler.   This series contains moments of danger and intensity, including raised voices. While she eventually grows closer to him, Adelaide is forced to marry her first husband for political expediency. A character is poisoned and dies in-scene. Adelaide is imprisoned when she refuses to marry the son of her husband’s murderer. Adelaide and Myra escape the castle and are in imminent danger from the soldiers who are chasing them.  📱 Social Media https://www.facebook.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.instagram.com/themerrybeggars  https://twitter.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.linkedin.com/company/themerrybeggars 

Transcribed - Published: 15 May 2025

Saint Adelaide: Episode Three

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint Adelaide - Episode Three: Taking Flight The Kingdom of Upper Burgundy, 950 A.D. Despite Queen Adelaide’s warnings of danger in the court, her husband King Lothar refused to listen. Poisoned by a treacherous rival, his death leaves Adelaide with few allies to protect her. Now, she must use her wits and her faith to avoid falling victim to those who would seize her kingdom.  🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/   Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith 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+ St. Adelaide’s story shines with the virtues of faith, justice, and charity. Her unwavering trust in God's plan during captivity shows her truly heroic faith and courage. Similarly, her commitment to caring both for the poor of her kingdom and the political needs of her own court shows her to be a charitable and truly exemplary ruler.   This series contains moments of danger and intensity, including raised voices. While she eventually grows closer to him, Adelaide is forced to marry her first husband for political expediency. A character is poisoned and dies in-scene. Adelaide is imprisoned when she refuses to marry the son of her husband’s murderer. Adelaide and Myra escape the castle and are in imminent danger from the soldiers who are chasing them.  📱 Social Media https://www.facebook.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.instagram.com/themerrybeggars  https://twitter.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.linkedin.com/company/themerrybeggars 

Transcribed - Published: 14 May 2025

Saint Adelaide: Episode Two

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint Adelaide - Episode Two: Becoming Queen The Kingdom of Upper Burgundy, 948 A.D. Reluctantly, Princess Adelaide has married Lothar, a man of questionable integrity. But as her faith and virtue begin to influence him, the couple receives startling news: Lothar will ascend the throne and Adelaide will be queen. Suddenly, the young royal newlyweds are thrust into an even more dangerous world of intrigue, hypocrisy, and betrayal.   🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/   Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith 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+ St. Adelaide’s story shines with the virtues of faith, justice, and charity. Her unwavering trust in God's plan during captivity shows her truly heroic faith and courage. Similarly, her commitment to caring both for the poor of her kingdom and the political needs of her own court shows her to be a charitable and truly exemplary ruler.   This series contains moments of danger and intensity, including raised voices. While she eventually grows closer to him, Adelaide is forced to marry her first husband for political expediency. A character is poisoned and dies in-scene. Adelaide is imprisoned when she refuses to marry the son of her husband’s murderer. Adelaide and Myra escape the castle and are in imminent danger from the soldiers who are chasing them.  📱 Social Media https://www.facebook.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.instagram.com/themerrybeggars  https://twitter.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.linkedin.com/company/themerrybeggars 

Transcribed - Published: 13 May 2025

Saint Adelaide: Episode One

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint Adelaide - Episode One: A Reluctant Bride The Kingdom of Upper Burgundy, 947 A.D. It's Princess Adelaide's sixteenth birthday, but she's the only one not celebrating. Forced into a marriage she doesn’t want, she’s about to discover that God’s plans for her are even better than her own. This is the story of Adelaide of Burgundy.  🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/   Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith 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+ St. Adelaide’s story shines with the virtues of faith, justice, and charity. Her unwavering trust in God's plan during captivity shows her truly heroic faith and courage. Similarly, her commitment to caring both for the poor of her kingdom and the political needs of her own court shows her to be a charitable and truly exemplary ruler.   This series contains moments of danger and intensity, including raised voices. While she eventually grows closer to him, Adelaide is forced to marry her first husband for political expediency. A character is poisoned and dies in-scene. Adelaide is imprisoned when she refuses to marry the son of her husband’s murderer. Adelaide and Myra escape the castle and are in imminent danger from the soldiers who are chasing them.  📱 Social Media https://www.facebook.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.instagram.com/themerrybeggars  https://twitter.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.linkedin.com/company/themerrybeggars 

Transcribed - Published: 12 May 2025

Saint Drogo: Episode Five

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint Drogo - Episode Five: Rebirth France. 1148 A.D. Twenty years have passed since Drogo was sealed in his cold anchorite cell. Horribly deformed and still wracked with sadness, the once-handsome Drogo is visited by his faithful friends. Will his life of prayerful solitude and sacrifice finally give him the peace and mercy he longs for?  🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/   Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith 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+ The story of Saint Drogo teaches the virtues of piety, perseverance, hope, and charity through the life of a tortured but devout young man. Drogo’s self-denial and unrelenting pursuit of God’s mercy inspire awe, while Elizabeth’s generosity and Pierre’s loyal friendship model charity and steadfastness. The story beautifully affirms the truth that God’s mercy reaches even the most wounded souls.   This series contains moments of danger and intensity, including raised voices. A death in childbirth is described. Drogo is mocked publicly because of his disfigurement. Drogo’s life is threatened by a church fire. Drogo refers to his mother’s death when giving birth to him as an “unforgivable sin” and undergoes intense suffering as part of his penance. 📱 Social Media https://www.facebook.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.instagram.com/themerrybeggars  https://twitter.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.linkedin.com/company/themerrybeggars 

Transcribed - Published: 9 May 2025

Saint Drogo: Episode Four

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint Drogo - Episode Four: A Hero’s Welcome Rome, Italy. October, 1128 A.D. The young, handsome and troubled Drogo has been worn down by his many unsuccessful pilgrimages to Rome. But his faith is undeterred. Now, he faces the greatest challenge of his life. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/   Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith 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+ The story of Saint Drogo teaches the virtues of piety, perseverance, hope, and charity through the life of a tortured but devout young man. Drogo’s self-denial and unrelenting pursuit of God’s mercy inspire awe, while Elizabeth’s generosity and Pierre’s loyal friendship model charity and steadfastness. The story beautifully affirms the truth that God’s mercy reaches even the most wounded souls.   This series contains moments of danger and intensity, including raised voices. A death in childbirth is described. Drogo is mocked publicly because of his disfigurement. Drogo’s life is threatened by a church fire. Drogo refers to his mother’s death when giving birth to him as an “unforgivable sin” and undergoes intense suffering as part of his penance. 📱 Social Media https://www.facebook.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.instagram.com/themerrybeggars  https://twitter.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.linkedin.com/company/themerrybeggars 

Transcribed - Published: 8 May 2025

Saint Drogo: Episode Three

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint Drogo - Episode Three: Road to Redemption France. October, 1124 A.D. Drogo has learned of his unique spiritual gift of bilocation, but still can’t shake his obsession: to confess his sins to the Holy Father in Rome. As he embarks on his quest to meet the pope, what challenges and adventures await him? 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/   Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith 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+ The story of Saint Drogo teaches the virtues of piety, perseverance, hope, and charity through the life of a tortured but devout young man. Drogo’s self-denial and unrelenting pursuit of God’s mercy inspire awe, while Elizabeth’s generosity and Pierre’s loyal friendship model charity and steadfastness. The story beautifully affirms the truth that God’s mercy reaches even the most wounded souls.   This series contains moments of danger and intensity, including raised voices. A death in childbirth is described. Drogo is mocked publicly because of his disfigurement. Drogo’s life is threatened by a church fire. Drogo refers to his mother’s death when giving birth to him as an “unforgivable sin” and undergoes intense suffering as part of his penance. 📱 Social Media https://www.facebook.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.instagram.com/themerrybeggars  https://twitter.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.linkedin.com/company/themerrybeggars 

Transcribed - Published: 7 May 2025

Saint Drogo: Episode Two

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint Drogo - Episode Two: Communion France. 1124 A.D. Eighteen-year-old Drogo left the security of his home, seeking absolution for a sin he didn’t commit. Now, the troubled young man is convinced he can’t receive forgiveness unless he confesses to the Holy Father himself. Can his new friends in France help him to heal his wounds, and overcome his mental unrest? 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/   Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith 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+ The story of Saint Drogo teaches the virtues of piety, perseverance, hope, and charity through the life of a tortured but devout young man. Drogo’s self-denial and unrelenting pursuit of God’s mercy inspire awe, while Elizabeth’s generosity and Pierre’s loyal friendship model charity and steadfastness. The story beautifully affirms the truth that God’s mercy reaches even the most wounded souls.   This series contains moments of danger and intensity, including raised voices. A death in childbirth is described. Drogo is mocked publicly because of his disfigurement. Drogo’s life is threatened by a church fire. Drogo refers to his mother’s death when giving birth to him as an “unforgivable sin” and undergoes intense suffering as part of his penance. 📱 Social Media https://www.facebook.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.instagram.com/themerrybeggars  https://twitter.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.linkedin.com/company/themerrybeggars 

Transcribed - Published: 6 May 2025

Saint Drogo: Episode One

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint Drogo - Episode One: Beautiful Stranger Flanders. 1123 A.D. In a world of faith and devotion, a handsome young man is haunted by a loss he can never forget. But his quest for forgiveness is just the beginning of a journey to discover the power and beauty of God’s perfect and infinite mercy. This is the story of St. Drogo. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/   Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith 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+ The story of Saint Drogo teaches the virtues of piety, perseverance, hope, and charity through the life of a tortured but devout young man. Drogo’s self-denial and unrelenting pursuit of God’s mercy inspire awe, while Elizabeth’s generosity and Pierre’s loyal friendship model charity and steadfastness. The story beautifully affirms the truth that God’s mercy reaches even the most wounded souls.   This series contains moments of danger and intensity, including raised voices. A death in childbirth is described. Drogo is mocked publicly because of his disfigurement. Drogo’s life is threatened by a church fire. Drogo refers to his mother’s death when giving birth to him as an “unforgivable sin” and undergoes intense suffering as part of his penance. 📱 Social Media https://www.facebook.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.instagram.com/themerrybeggars  https://twitter.com/themerrybeggars  https://www.linkedin.com/company/themerrybeggars 

Transcribed - Published: 5 May 2025

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