The Lives of the Saints

Audios

Archbishop Fulton Sheen reflects on her little way. St. Therese’s little way is the way of Love. Grow in holiness: think of Christ, not of yourself. Fall in love with...

Dr. William Marra shows us that St. Philip Neri was one of the great Roman reformers and educators of the Catholic Reformation era. He influenced all classes of society and...

St Margaret Clitherow was a wife, mother of three, and faithful, courageous Catholic in England during the continuing persecution of the faithful. She risked her life repeatably by hiding priests...

Saint Hyacinth was a Dominican who earned the title Apostle of the North for his successful evangelization efforts in Poland, Prussia, Pomerania, Lithuania, Demark, Sweden, Norway and lower Russia. He...

Saint Homobonus was a married laymen who beleived that God allowed him to work in order to support people in poverty. As a cloth merchant, he carried out his business...

Father B. Ruscillo shares the fascinating story of the Martyrs at Ladyewell, Fernyhalgh. Fernyhalgh is the Anglo-Saxon word for the “ancient shrine.” It was probably a Pagan shrine originally. As...

The holiness, simplicity and keen perception of Saint Teresa of Calcutta radiate throughout this most beautiful two part series of four addresses on Religious life. Mother Teresa eloquently demonstrates her...

Archbishop Fulton Sheen reflects on her gift of self to God. What does it mean to be a Saint? God continues the Incarnation through us: Will you give me your...

Dr. William Marra considers St. Teresa of Avila one of the most sympathetic figures of Church History. Like her fellow Spanish mystics, and the Jesuits as well, she was deeply...

The story of St Nicholas, the patron saint of brides is told in a modern drama. St Nicholas was known for his habit of secret gift-giving, most famously to keep...

Pope Saint Pius X was pope from 1903-1914 and is know for his firm demeanour, sense of personal poverty, and devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. He is famous for...

Saint Theophone Venaard was a French missionary martyr who suffered beheading in Tonkin Vietnam in 1861. Ministering from hiding he was ultimately betrayed, condemned, and held in a cage until...

Edith Stein was converted to Christianity through both her phenomenological studies and her inspiration by St. Teresa of Avila. Dr. Alice Von Hildebrand discusses her intellectual formation, her life as...

Father Nicholas Millich gives an inspiring and fascinating talk on three solid, essential images out of the Great Tradition – The Mirror, The Bystander, and The Penitent. He speaks of...

Archbishop Fulton Sheen reflects on the Diabolic. These are days of combat: of conflict between good and evil. Three marks of the diabolic: immorality, violence, and distraught minds. If we...

Begins the story of mission of the Black Robes in New France. St. Issac Jouges story begins. This is the inspiring story of eight French Jesuits–six priests and two lay...

St. Patrick, the great apostle to Ireland was captured from England as a young boy and taken to Ireland to serve as a shepherd. He escaped, studied to be a...

Saint Cuthbert was a monk, bishop, and hermit in Northumbria and a popular medieval saint known for his many miracles and the holy, austere life he led. Relive the lives...

Saint Benedict Joseph Labre was a French Franciscan tertiary,  from a well to do family near Arras, France. After attempting a monastic lifestyle, he joined the Third Order Franciscans and...

Mr. Michael Davies tells the riveting story of Thomas a Becket, the 12th Century Archbishop who was first the close friend and Chancellor of King Henry II of England, and...