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Everyday Saints: A Catholic Podcast
Most of us can name only a handful of the thousands of Catholic saints. Everyday Saints tells the true lives of the saints, with real church history instead of the stained-glass versions. Every Thursday, host John O’Connor tells the story of one saint in plain language, separating documented facts from centuries of pious legend, then closes with a reflection for people with real jobs, real doubts, and real lives. No theology degree required. Real people. Real struggles. Real grace. Questions or…
Episodes
- Everyday Saints: A Catholic Podcast
The Virgin Mary — Everything the Bible Says About Her Fits on a Few Pages
Who was the Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus? The Bible gives her a handful of scenes. Here's what we know, and what two thousand years added. In this episode…
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Is Halloween Pagan or Catholic? (The Real Church History of Halloween)
Is Halloween a pagan holiday the Church stole, or the most Catholic night of the year? The real church history is more interesting than either. In this special…
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St. Kateri Tekakwitha — The Scarred Orphan Who Escaped 200 Miles to Follow Her Faith
A scarred orphan escaped her Mohawk village and traveled more than 200 miles to practice her faith. She became the first Native American saint. This episode of…
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St. Padre Pio — The Catholic Saint Banned From Saying Mass in Public by His Church
A Vatican office ordered Padre Pio to stop saying Mass in public, then ruled there was nothing supernatural about his wounds. This episode of church history…
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Shot for Staying With His Flock, After Being Kicked Out of Seminary | Blessed Stanley Rother
He flunked Latin, became a priest anyway, and ended up America's first martyr — all because he refused to leave his parish in Guatemala. Blessed Stanley…
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St. Maximilian Kolbe — The Saint at Auschwitz Who Traded Places With a Stranger
He built the largest Catholic publishing operation in the world — then volunteered to die in a stranger's place at Auschwitz. St. Maximilian Kolbe's story…
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Why Do Catholics Pray to Saints? (And No, It's Not Idol Worship)
Why do Catholics ask saints to pray for them instead of going straight to God? A special episode — no saint story today, just an honest answer. Everyday Saints…
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St. John the Merciful — The Saint a Beggar Conned Three Times
A beggar tricked one of the most powerful men in the Christian world out of money — three separate times, in three different disguises. He got away with it…
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St. Joan of Arc — The Saint Officially Burned Over a Change of Clothes
She led an army, crowned a king, and turned a losing war around — and the official record shows she was executed over a change of clothes. In this episode of…
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St. Dymphna — The Saint Killed by Her Father Who Still Heals Geel
Her own father hunted her down and killed her himself. Centuries later, that same tragedy helped build one of the earliest known models of community mental…
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St. Joseph — The Saint Who Raised the Son of God and Never Said a Word
He raised the Son of God — and never spoke a single word in Scripture. Not a greeting. Not a complaint. Not an explanation. In this episode of Everyday Saints…
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St. Simeon Stylites — The Catholic Saint Who Lived 37 Years on a 50-Foot Pillar
In this episode of Everyday Saints, a Catholic podcast telling real saint stories in plain, everyday language, we tell the true story of St. Simeon Stylites —…
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Mother Teresa — The Catholic Saint Who Couldn't Feel God for 50 Years
In this episode of Everyday Saints, a Catholic podcast telling real saint stories in plain, everyday language, we tell the true story of St. Teresa of Calcutta…
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St. Genesius — The Catholic Saint Who Converted in the Middle of His Own Joke
In this episode of Everyday Saints, a Catholic podcast telling real saint stories in plain, everyday language, we tell the true story of St. Genesius of Rome —…
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St. Nicholas — The Catholic Bishop Who Punched a Heretic in the Face
In this episode of Everyday Saints, a Catholic podcast telling real saint stories in plain, everyday language, we tell the true story behind the man you…
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St. Mary of Egypt — The Catholic Saint Who Couldn't Walk Through a Church Door
In this episode of Everyday Saints, a Catholic podcast about the real lives of the saints, we tell the story of St. Mary of Egypt — one of the most…
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St. Thomas the Apostle — Doubting Thomas... The True Story
In this episode of Everyday Saints, a Catholic podcast about the real lives of the saints, host John O'Connor tells the story of St. Thomas the Apostle — one…
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St. Moses the Black — He Led 75 Killers. The Catholic Church Calls Him a Saint.
In this episode of Everyday Saints, a Catholic podcast about the real lives of the saints, host John O'Connor tells the story of St. Moses the Black — a former…
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St. Paul — The Catholic Saint Who Hunted Christians Before He Became One
In this episode of Everyday Saints, a Catholic podcast about the real lives of the saints, host John O'Connor tells the story of St. Paul — one of the most…
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St. Margaret of Castello — Her Parents Sealed Her in a Room. Then Left Her With Strangers.
In this episode of Everyday Saints, a Catholic podcast about the real lives of the saints, host John O'Connor tells the story of St. Margaret of Castello — one…
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St. Thomas Aquinas — The Catholic Genius His Own Family Tried to Stop
In this episode of Everyday Saints, a Catholic podcast about the real lives of the saints, host John O'Connor tells the story of St. Thomas Aquinas — and it is…
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St. Perpetua — The Catholic Martyr Who Wrote Her Own Death Sentence
In this episode of Everyday Saints, a Catholic podcast about the saints, host John O'Connor tells the story of St. Perpetua of Carthage — a young Roman mother…
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St. Augustine — He Knew the Truth for 15 Years and Ran From It Anyway
A man is lying under a fig tree in a garden in Milan. Weeping. Uncontrollably. He is thirty-two years old — one of the most brilliant minds in the Roman…
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St. John of God — The Man Who Lost Everything Twice and Built a Hospital With What Was Left
A man is being beaten in an asylum. He is not there because he hurt someone. He is not there because he is dangerous. He is there because he gave too much…
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The Party Boy Who Gave It All Away — St. Francis of Assisi
He was the most popular young man in his town. Wealthy, charming, magnetic — the kind of guy everyone wanted to be around. He dreamed of glory, went to war…
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St. Bakhita — 114 Scars and Not One Ounce of Bitterness
She was kidnapped at age seven. Sold into slavery over a dozen times. Tortured with 114 cuts carved into her skin. And if she ever met the people who did it —…
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St. Peter — The Fisherman Who Blew It and Changed the World
He was loud, impulsive, hot-tempered, and working-class. He denied knowing Jesus Christ three times in a single night. And Jesus still built the entire Church…