St. Francis of Assisi, the aristocratic playboy who became a model of poverty in imitation of Christ, is one of the most remarkable saints in history. He founded the Franciscan...
Saint Apollonius the Apologist was a 2nd-century Christian martyr and apologist who was martyred in 185 under the Emperor Commodus. He is famous for his Apologia of the Christian Faith...
Joseph Calasanctius was a Spanish Catholic priest, educator and the founder of the Pious Schools, which provided free education to poor boys. For this purpose he founded the religious order...
In this 4th talk, Dr. William Marra tells his listeners about three subjects from Augustine’s Confessions. The first is the constant persistence of temptation, the second is the necessity of...
Father John Perricone reflects on Mother Teresa (who had just died a week before this conference) and the real reason why she served the poor with such abandonment.
...This seventh part starts with the arrest of Jesus and continues to the Way of the Cross. The Visions of Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich is professionally narrated.
...Mr. Thomas Augustine describes a very remarkable miracle took place in this country a century ago. The people who witnessed it were very excited and jubilant indeed, but surprisingly little...
St. Regina was virgin martyr born in Autun France in the third century. She was baptized by her foster nurse and was a shepherdess who came to the attention of...
The Green Scapular, incorporated in the Lives of the Saints, is a professionally dramatized account of the story of Sister Justine Bisqueyburu and the origin and spiritual power of the...
Blessed Stephen and Raymond were priests and preachers who fought against the Albigensian heresy centered in Toulouse France, ultimately being martyred by the heretics. Relive the lives of the saints,...
In this fifth lecture Dr. William Marra closely studies certain questions Saint Augustine asks in relation to God and eternity, such as what time is and how it relates to...
Dr. Evelyn Birge Vitz lectures on the role played by gender in the martyrology of the Catholic Church.
...This eighth parts starts with the nailing of Christ to the Cross and continues through the Last Words and Death of Jesus. The Visions of Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich is...
The life of Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ is professionally dramatized. An address follows by Pope John Paul II in a beautiful tribute to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
...St. Damien of Molokai was a Belgian missionary priest who volunteered to a life sentence of ministry on the leper island of Molokai in the Kingdom of Hawai’i. He brought...
Blessed Angela of Foligno was an Italian Franciscan tertiary who became known as a mystic from her extensive writings about her mystical revelations. Due to the respect those writings engendered...
Eve Lavallière was an accomplished actress and high flyer, who changed her whole way of life when a parish priest invited her to Mass and gave her a book about...
Saint Bonaventure was a leading medieval theologian, minister general of the Franciscans and the Cardinal Bishop of Albano. He wrote books on the spiritual life and is a doctor of...
In this lecture Dr. WIlliam Marra continues his study of the topics he began in his last lecture. Saint Augustine raises questions about bodily motion in relation to time and...
Dr. Alice Von Hildebrand describes the spiritual friendship of St. Jeanne Francois Chantel and St. Francis de Sales. The whole labor of the Catholic Reformation was one of encouraging man’s...