🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage

🗺️ Augustus Tolton - Episode Two: Do This

Quincy, Illinois. 1869. Gus excels as a student at St. Peter's, championed by Father McGirr. But outside the school, the mostly white community boils with tension, harasses Gus for the color of his skin, threatens Father McGirr with violence, and jeopardizes Gus's future at the school. In the face of such threats and turmoil, Gus begins to wonder: how can he be called to change men's hearts, when their hearts are full of hatred toward him?

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🚦 Rating:  7+

Augustus Tolton is a model of perseverance and fortitude. He suffers through prejudice, poverty, and repeated rejection, but he never abandons his faith. Through it all, he pursues his vocational calling to the priesthood. He is charitable and compassionate to all he meets, offering a friendly ear to anyone who needs it.   

This series contains moments of danger and intensity, including raised voices. A brief scene depicts young Augustus and his mother fleeing slavery, pursued by men with guns and hounds. Augustus endures racism and racial injustice, including multiple rejections from seminaries, a mentor’s collapse into alcoholism, and his own spiritual despair. He works in degrading conditions at a saloon and a factory. Characters argue over justice, and a priest is found unconscious from drinking.

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