Pier Giorgio Frassati: Episode One

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Pier Giorgio Frassati - Episode One: And Now We Run 1922. A new technology - radio - fills the airwaves with jazz and news from across the world. In Italy, the fascist leader Benito Mussolini promises a new era of greatness. But in the wealthy n…

Pier Giorgio Frassati: Episode Two

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Pier Giorgio Frassati - Episode Two: There You Feel Free High above Turin, Pier Giorgio and Marco lead a group of young friends on a mountain trek. As they near the top, some in their party have fallen far behind. When Pier Giorgio descends to h…

Pier Giorgio Frassati: Episode Three

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Pier Giorgio Frassati - Episode Three: It’s Nothing October 1922: Mussolini and his fascist supporters march on the Italian capitol of Rome, finally taking control of the government. Celebrations and protests are mounted all over Italy. Against …

Pier Giorgio Frassati: Episode Four

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Pier Giorgio Frassati - Episode Four: A Turning Point One day after Pier Giorgio's arrest. Daylight breaks in the jail cell where we left Pier Giorgio, Father Matteo, and the three fascist blackshirts. But something has happened - an event that …

Pier Giorgio Frassati: Episode Five

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Pier Giorgio Frassati - Episode Five: To the Top! On the second floor of the grand Frassati mansion, Pier Giorgio lies paralyzed in bed, cut down at twenty-four years of age by a mysterious affliction. Doctor Sarto arrives to care for him. As da…