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The Saints

by The Merry Beggars · English · Stories

New episodes: Daily
Typical length: 14 min
Latest: 8 Oct 2026
Language: English

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8 Oct 2026 · 17 minNew

Teresa of Avila: Episode Four

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Teresa of Avila - Episode Four: Distant Rumblings Avila, Spain. Sister Teresa is intent on reforming the Carmelites, and Jesus rewards her with more and more graces. But the sisters don’t want to change, and are unconvinced by Teresa’s holiness. Will Teresa succeed in establishing a new way of life for the Carmelites, or will she be forced to flee for her life? 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and…

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E427 · 7 Oct 2026 · 19 minNew

Teresa of Avila: Episode Three

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Teresa of Avila - Episode Three: Paths to Prayer Avila, Spain. 1540. Having defied her father’s wishes, Teresa is now a Carmelite nun. But the sisters’ cushy life isn’t what she expected. Can she escape the distractions of high society visitors and lavish entertainment and live out a life of prayer? Or will she be pulled into the decadent ways of her Carmelite sisters? 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages,…
E426 · 6 Oct 2026 · 16 minNew

Teresa of Avila: Episode Two

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Teresa of Avila - Episode Two: Finding the Truth In the sophisticated Spanish city of Ávila, Teresa is torn between a superficial life of parties and false friends, and her desire to know God. When her father intervenes and sends her to boarding school. Teresa’s outlook begins to change, but not before she’s struck with a serious setback that may end her life. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity…
E425 · 5 Oct 2026 · 16 min

Teresa of Avila: Episode One

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Teresa of Avila - Episode One: Coming of Age Avila, Spain. 1529. A smart, wealthy, and popular young girl faces a choice about who she will become. Will she follow her fashionable friends and their love of parties, romance, and intrigue…or will she listen to the deepest longings of her heart? This is the story of Teresa of Avila. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s…
E424 · 2 Oct 2026 · 12 min

Francis of Assisi: Episode Five

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Francis of Assisi - Episode Five: Followers As followers begin to join his ranks, Francis seeks greater confirmation from God. Will rebuilding San Damiano, a ruined church, matter at all? Can God use these impoverished beggars to build His Kingdom? But as more people begin to follow Francis, he begins to attract enemies as well. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith In…
E423 · 1 Oct 2026 · 12 min

Francis of Assisi: Episode Four

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Francis of Assisi - Episode Four: Renunciation Calling Francis a thief, Pietro drags him in front of the Bishop in the town square, the piazza. Accused of theft and disrespect, Francis is humiliated. Will Francis face punishment for selling the family’s silks to rebuild San Damiano? Have his dreams of serving God been destroyed before they ever began? 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite…
E422 · 30 Sep 2026 · 13 min

Francis of Assisi: Episode Three

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Francis of Assisi - Episode Three: San Damiano After angering his father by touching a leper, Francis’ father Pietro commands him to meet with Bishop Guido. But as he waits to meet Bishop Guido, God is preparing Francis for a divine mission that will impact the world for thousands of years. Something that not even the Bishop can imagine. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your…
E421 · 29 Sep 2026 · 15 min

Francis of Assisi: Episode Two

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Francis of Assisi - Episode Two: The Leper Recovering at home after being captured in war, Francis slowly comes back to health. But as he returns to normal life, he is not the same. His behavior draws attention and hurts the family reputation. A voice from his dreams haunts him: “Will you follow the man or the master?” 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith…
E420 · 28 Sep 2026 · 11 min

Francis of Assisi: Episode One

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Francis of Assisi - Episode One: The Knight Assisi, Italy. 1202 A.D. Francesco di Bernardino is the son of a wealthy cloth merchant in Assisi, Italy. Between lavish parties and manly sport, Francesco doesn’t have much time for God. But when he joins the war between Assisi and Perugia, his life is fated to change. Forever. This is the true story of Francis of Assisi. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and…
E419 · 25 Sep 2026 · 15 min

Isidore Bakanja: Episode Five

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Isidore Bakanja - Episode Five: Verdict of the Heart Belgian Congo, 1909. Beaten and imprisoned to die, Isidore lies silently in the shed. A silent witness to the cruelty inflicted on workers in the rubber colonies. But will anything good come of his sufferings? 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith In a culture that has abandoned God, families struggle to find…
E418 · 24 Sep 2026 · 13 min

Isidore Bakanja: Episode Four

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Isidore Bakanja - Episode Four: The Shed The Belgian Congo. 1909. Word of Isidore's suffering ripples through the camp, stirring up courage where fear once ruled. Abandoned in a shed with open wounds, the young man does not give up hope. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith In a culture that has abandoned God, families struggle to find beautiful, faith-affirming…
E417 · 23 Sep 2026 · 12 min

Isidore Bakanja: Episode Three

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Isidore Bakanja - Episode Three: The Cost of Witness The Belgian Congo. 1909. Tensions are rising in the rubber plantation's work camp. Isidore refuses to take off his scapular. And Van Cauter sees this personal devotion as a threat to his power and authority over the workers. A threat that cannot be tolerated. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith In a culture that…
E416 · 22 Sep 2026 · 14 min

Isidore Bakanja: Episode Two

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Isidore Bakanja - Episode Two: Men in White Belgian Congo, 1909. Today, new witnesses step forward to recount how Isidore received the scapular and how that small, brown rope began to unsettle Van Cauter's rubber camp. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith In a culture that has abandoned God, families struggle to find beautiful, faith-affirming stories to inspire their…
E415 · 21 Sep 2026 · 12 min

Isidore Bakanja: Episode One

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Isidore Bakanja - Episode One: The River The Congo. 1909. In the rubber colonies of Central Africa, workers can be beaten and killed with no legal consequence. Until one case slips through. At its heart is a brave young man who refuses to deny his faith. This is the story of Isidore Bakanja. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith In a culture that has abandoned God,…
E414 · 18 Sep 2026 · 14 min

Padre Pio: Episode Five

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Padre Pio - Episode Five: In the Heights the Mountains Italy. 1916. After the marks of the wounds of Christ appear in Padre Pio's hands, feet and side, Church authorities have ordered Pio to stop all public ministry as a priest. With the faithful clamoring at his door, Padre Pio must find a way to live out his vocation in obedience to the Church. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your…
E413 · 17 Sep 2026 · 15 min

Padre Pio: Episode Four

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Padre Pio - Episode Four: A Mystery to Himself Italy. 1916. Arrested for desertion, Padre Pio finds himself thrust into a perilous predicament. A simple misunderstanding quickly escalates, with the grim possibility of prison or worse, hanging over Pio. As tension mounts and uncertainty grows, Pio's faith is put to the test. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith In a…
E412 · 16 Sep 2026 · 12 min

Padre Pio: Episode Three

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Padre Pio - Episode Three: Homecoming Italy. 1910. Still in Pietrelcina, Padre Pio faces a pivotal moment: his Capuchin superior fears his fragile health may hinder his monastic vocation. As a great war begins, Pio discovers that pain and persistent trials may be inseparable from his priestly service. Will he find the fortitude to fulfill his vocation? 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your…
E411 · 15 Sep 2026 · 13 min

Padre Pio: Episode Two

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Padre Pio - Episode Two: A Worthwhile Suffering Italy. 1903. Brother Pio returns to Pietrelcina facing physical affliction and spiritual trials. His ill health is an obstacle to his vocation. With challenges at every turn, will his faith endure the trials that lie ahead? 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith In a culture that has abandoned God, families struggle to…
E410 · 14 Sep 2026 · 11 min

Padre Pio: Episode One

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Padre Pio - Episode One: The Path Pietrelcina, Italy. 1902. As a young man embarks on his journey to become a Capuchin monk, he encounters a series of unexpected trials that test his faith. Amidst the serene sounds of his hometown, whispers and warnings loom large. Will his steadfast spirit withstand the challenges ahead? This is the story of Padre Pio. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite…
E409 · 11 Sep 2026 · 14 min

Saint Helena: Episode Five

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint Helena - Episode Five: Discovered Jerusalem. 326 A.D. When a huge storm rolls through, Helena and her team are forced to pause their search. They take refuge in the ruins of the Temple of Venus. While Helena waits for work to resume, the memory of her husband's death and her rise to power haunt her. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith In a culture that has…
E408 · 10 Sep 2026 · 12 min

Saint Helena: Episode Four

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint Helena - Episode Four: Driven Byzantium. 326 A.D. Empress Helena desperately searches the Imperial Library with her attendants. With time running out, they have to find evidence of the location of the True Cross, or abandon their mission. And Helena must make sense of her own life's sufferings, coming to terms with the memories that still haunt her. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite…
E407 · 9 Sep 2026 · 12 min

Saint Helena: Episode Three

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint Helena - Episode Three: Discarded Byzantium, 326 A.D. With Constantine's approval, Helena ventures to the Imperial Library to discover the secret of where the Cross of Jesus Christ might be hidden. But does it still exist at all? 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith In a culture that has abandoned God, families struggle to find beautiful, faith-affirming stories…
E406 · 8 Sep 2026 · 11 min

Saint Helena: Episode Two

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint Helena - Episode Two: Dismissed Having announced her plan to Pope Sylvester, Helena returns to Byzantium to brief her son, the Emperor Constantine, on her mission to find Christ's Cross. It’s a mission many think unwise, and some, a proof of her insanity. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith In a culture that has abandoned God, families struggle to find…
E405 · 7 Sep 2026 · 12 min

Saint Helena: Episode One

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint Helena - Episode One: Disguised The Roman Empire. 326 A.D. Eighty year old Empress Helena is the most powerful woman in the Roman Empire. She’s on a quest to find the True Cross. But first, she must come to terms with the memories that haunt her. This is the story of Saint Helena. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith In a culture that has abandoned God,…
E404 · 4 Sep 2026 · 18 min

Robert Southwell: Episode Ten

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Robert Southwell - Episode Ten: The Martyr's Reckoning London. 1595. After four days alone in a pitch black cell, Father Robert Southwell is on trial for high treason against the Queen. The man who would not yield must face the full weight of the crown. Will the Queen finally see the light? Or condemn Robert to death… 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith In a…
E403 · 3 Sep 2026 · 16 min

Robert Southwell: Episode Nine

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Robert Southwell - Episode Nine: Captured London. 1592. After years spent hunting for Robert Southwell, Topcliffe has finally caught the poet-priest. Robert is dragged from his hiding place, a prisoner of the Queen’s most ruthless interrogator. Under Topcliffe’s questioning, how long can Robert's spirit endure? 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith In a…
E402 · 2 Sep 2026 · 16 min

Robert Southwell: Episode Eight

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Robert Southwell - Episode Eight: The Queen and the Poet London. 1592.Though Robert has eluded capture for six years, the walls are closing in. As his words course through the English countryside, stirring the hearts of Catholics who kneel at hidden altars. But as his fame grows, so does the Queen’s desire to hunt him down. How long can he remain on the run? 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥…
E401 · 1 Sep 2026 · 15 min

Robert Southwell: Episode Seven

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Robert Southwell - Episode Seven: A Queen Unraveled Rome. 1580. Robert Southwell's pamphlets are smuggled into English taverns, markets, and manor houses. His words stir the hearts of Catholics and Protestants alike. As Robert’s reputation grows, he faces a difficult choice: continue writing from Rome, or make a fateful return to England… 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your…
E400 · 31 Aug 2026 · 17 min

Robert Southwell: Episode Six

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Robert Southwell - Episode Six: The Eyes of the Queen Rome. 1580. After two happy years with the Jesuits in Rome, Robert’s heart longs for his homeland. But, back in England, the Queen’s paranoia deepens. Can Robert revive the Church in England? Or will his return only mean certain death. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith In a culture that has abandoned…
E399 · 28 Aug 2026 · 15 min

Robert Southwell: Episode Five

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Robert Southwell - Episode Five: 1000 Miles to Rome France. 1578. Robert Southwell embarks on a dangerous journey to the Jesuit College in Rome, accompanied by Mark and Paul. At every turn, the Queen’s spies are ruthlessly hunting for men just like Robert. Can Robert and his friends escape the clutches of the Queen? 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith In a…

About The Saints

🏔️ Adventures of Faith and Courage A daily podcast bringing the Saints to life with award-winning actors, writers, and sound designers. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith In a culture that has abandoned God, families struggle to find beautiful, faith-affirming stories to inspire their children. The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage provides thrilling and inspiring stories to ignite your family’s pursuit of virtue and holiness. 🗺️ A New 5-Episode Adventure Every Week. Join Joan of Arc as she leads the French army, Patrick of Ireland as he escapes slavery, Saint George as he stands up against the Roman Empire, and many more. Professional actors, award-winning writers, and cinematic sound design that are guaranteed to leave you and your family eagerly waiting for tomorrow’s episode.

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