Saint Augustine was brilliant, restless, ambitious, and deeply contradictory. Before becoming one of the great saints and thinkers of the Church, he searched for pleasure, prestige, intellectual answers, and freedom far from the faith of his mother, Saint Monica. In this episode of Footprints of Holiness, we follow his journey from Tagaste to Milan, his inner crisis, his encounter with Saint Ambrose, and the conversion that changed his life. This is a story about desire, guilt, intelligence, spiritual searching, and the slow surrender of a man who discovered that God had been waiting for him.

<p>Saint Augustine was brilliant, restless, ambitious, and deeply contradictory. Before becoming one of the great saints and thinkers of the Church, he searched for pleasure, prestige, intellectual answers, and freedom far from the faith of his mother, Saint Monica. In this episode of Footprints of Holiness, we follow his journey from Tagaste to Milan, his inner crisis, his encounter with Saint Ambrose, and the conversion that changed his life. This is a story about desire, guilt, intelligence, spiritual searching, and the slow surrender of a man who discovered that God had been waiting for him.</p>

Footprints of Holiness is a narrative and educational podcast that tells the lives of Catholic saints as vivid, human, and deeply relatable stories. Each episode focuses on one saint: their time, struggles, wounds, choices, doubts, miracles, and the spiritual path that led them to leave a lasting mark on the world. Created for young practicing Catholics, curious young listeners, and anyone interested in spirituality, the show avoids a distant or overly solemn tone and presents holiness as something real, possible, and often surprising. Through carefully crafted storytelling, historical context, and a clear spiritual perspective, Footprints of Holiness invites listeners to discover that saints were not flawless characters, but men and women who answered God’s call with courage. A series designed to teach, inspire, and help listeners see faith through lives whose legacy still walks among us today.

<p>Footprints of Holiness is a narrative and educational podcast that tells the lives of Catholic saints as vivid, human, and deeply relatable stories. Each episode focuses on one saint: their time, struggles, wounds, choices, doubts, miracles, and the spiritual path that led them to leave a lasting mark on the world. Created for young practicing Catholics, curious young listeners, and anyone interested in spirituality, the show avoids a distant or overly solemn tone and presents holiness as something real, possible, and often surprising. Through carefully crafted storytelling, historical context, and a clear spiritual perspective, Footprints of Holiness invites listeners to discover that saints were not flawless characters, but men and women who answered God&rsquo;s call with courage. A series designed to teach, inspire, and help listeners see faith through lives whose legacy still walks among us today.</p>