What if I told you that fifty years ago, radical nuns and combat boots and wild haired priests became cat burglars in order to sabotage the draft. What if I told you they got so good at it they started trading blows with Jay Edgar Hoover. Some went to jail. I always say to people in jail as a nice place to have been from. Some betrayed their friends. They had guns drawn on us. Guns. I mean, we were known for being non violent, and two of them have the goddamned this love story you've ever heard in your life. It was this incredible moment of love ash first sight, just with both and then of course, I mean, my god, he's a priest. My name is Brendan Patrick Hughes. And this is divine intervention. This is the story of a small but mighty Catholic resistance to the war in Vietnam. Many of the things that we were about to do were not considered legal or patriotic. They weren't criminals. They will committed the acts of civil disobediu. It took a lot of guts Gonzo American patriots that faced down j at Garhoover's FBI I started to be followed very heavily by the FBI. At Gahova was furious. He was out of his mind. Somebody violated the FBI, and he wanted to bring the Catholic left to its knees and attempted to smash one institution after another. The Catholic Church was going through a revolution and the Pall Center was the main place of revolutionary firment while navigating the unbridled chaos of being young and in love. For those movements come out of love, They come out of people's love for their fellow men and women. I picked up the phone and my thought was, this is the most important phone call I'll ever make. My mind. He wanted so much in his life that somehow the priesthood refused to alle. I couldn't believe it, Brendan, it was Divine Intervention. Divine Intervention is a production of Eye I Heeart Podcasts. The show is produced by Wonder Media Network. Listen to Divine Interventions starting on March eleven on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

What if I told you that fifty years ago, radical nuns and combat boots and wild haired priests became cat burglars in order to sabotage the draft. What if I told you they got so good at it they started trading blows with Jay Edgar Hoover. Some went to jail. I always say to people in jail as a nice place to have been from. Some betrayed their friends. They had guns drawn on us. Guns. I mean, we were known for being non violent, and two of them have the goddamned this love story you've ever heard in your life. It was this incredible moment of love ash first sight, just with both and then of course, I mean, my god, he's a priest. My name is Brendan Patrick Hughes. And this is divine intervention. This is the story of a small but mighty Catholic resistance to the war in Vietnam. Many of the things that we were about to do were not considered legal or patriotic. They weren't criminals. They will committed the acts of civil disobediu. It took a lot of guts Gonzo American patriots that faced down j at Garhoover's FBI I started to be followed very heavily by the FBI. At Gahova was furious. He was out of his mind. Somebody violated the FBI, and he wanted to bring the Catholic left to its knees and attempted to smash one institution after another. The Catholic Church was going through a revolution and the Pall Center was the main place of revolutionary firment while navigating the unbridled chaos of being young and in love. For those movements come out of love, They come out of people's love for their fellow men and women. I picked up the phone and my thought was, this is the most important phone call I'll ever make. My mind. He wanted so much in his life that somehow the priesthood refused to alle. I couldn't believe it, Brendan, it was Divine Intervention. Divine Intervention is a production of Eye I Heeart Podcasts. The show is produced by Wonder Media Network. Listen to Divine Interventions starting on March eleven on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.