Augustus Tolton: Episode Two

🏔️ 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, th…

Augustus Tolton: Episode One

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Augustus Tolton - Episode One: You Gotta Be Free Missouri, 1861. As a Civil War rages between the Northern and Southern states, tens of thousands of enslaved black men escape bondage to join the Union Army and fight for freedom. Among them is Pe…

Isaac Jogues: Episode Four

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Isaac Jogues - Episode Four: Escape from Ossernenon With the deaths of René and Ahatsistari, Father Isaac is completely friendless among the Mohawks. Or is he? Resolved to continue his mission to the natives, he receives an unexpected visit that…

Isaac Jogues: Episode Five

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Isaac Jogues - Episode Five: A Hero’s Welcome With the cover of night, Father Isaac steals quietly towards the Hudson River, and the Dutch ship that will rescue him. He arrives in France to a hero’s welcome, the most celebrated Catholic priest o…

Isaac Jogues: Episode Three

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Isaac Jogues - Episode Three: The Sign of the Cross Captured by the Mohawks, Father Isaac, Ahatsistari, and René are led into the wilderness -  deep into Mohawk territory - away from their friends...their country…and everything familiar. As they…

Isaac Jogues: Episode Two

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Isaac Jogues - Episode Two: You Have Her Help Disease. Bitter Cold. Famine. The constant threat of ambush and violent death. Faced with these dangers, Father Jogues struggles to gain the trust of the native peoples. They are dying from a mysteri…

Isaac Jogues: Episode One

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Isaac Jogues - Episode One: A Foolish Endeavor The North Atlantic, 1636. Three great colonial powers - France, Britain and the Dutch Republic - vie for control of North America, forging alliances with three great powers in the New World - the Hu…

Philip Howard: Episode Five

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Philip Howard - Episode Five: Imprisoned and Free 1583. The English Channel. As Philip sails to Brussels, encouraged by a letter forged by Queen Elizabeth, his ship is accosted by an unknown vessel. While Philip fears that he may never reach the…

Philip Howard: Episode Four

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Philip Howard - Episode Four: Danger in Service England, 1583. Three years later. Philip and Anne have been secretly hiding Catholic priests in their home. With Queen Elizabeth sending her spies throughout England, Philip and Anne live under the…

Philip Howard: Episode Three

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Philip Howard - Episode Three: Discovering Faith 1580. With his grandfather's death, Philip Howard receives the title of Earl of Arundel. Joining the House of Lords, Philip finds himself excited by the prospect of public service. But when his gu…