CCTN Presents: Discovering Our Saints

Episodes

1. 12

   Saints Simon and Jude

   Oct 30, 2011

   2m
2. 11

   St. Theresa of Jesus

   Teresa lived in an age of exploration as well as political, social and religious upheaval. It was the 16th century, a time of turmoil and reform. She was born before the Protestant Reformation and died almost 20 years after the closing of the Council of Trent. The gift of God to Teresa in and...

   Oct 9, 2011

   2m
3. 10

   St. Francis of Assisi

   Francis of Assisi was a poor little man who astounded and inspired the Church by taking the gospel literally—not in a narrow fundamentalist sense, but by actually following all that Jesus said and did, joyfully, without limit and without a sense of self-importance. Serious illness brought the…

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   Oct 9, 2011

   2m
4. 9

   Saint Matthew the Apostle

   Matthew was a Jew who worked for the occupying Roman forces, collecting taxes from other Jews. The Romans were not scrupulous about what the "tax farmers" got for themselves. Hence the latter, known as "publicans," were generally hated as traitors by their fellow Jews. The Pharisees lumped them...

   Sep 18, 2011

   2m
5. 8

   Saint Gregory the Great

   Coming events cast their shadows before: Gregory was the prefect of Rome before he was 30. After five years in office he resigned, founded six monasteries on his Sicilian estate and became a Benedictine monk in his own home at Rome. Ordained a priest, he became one of the pope's seven deacons…

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   Aug 28, 2011

   2m
6. 7

   Saint Bartholomew the Apostle

   “Can anything good ever come out of Nazareth?” This is certainly a question for the ages and St. Bartholomew the Apostle asked it in the first century; when he heard his friend, St. Philip, speak about the Messiah from Nazareth. There is not much known of St. Bartholomew, he only appears in the...

   Aug 18, 2011

   3m
7. 6

   St. Stephen of Hungary

   If someone asked if you to describe your political leaders or country rulers would you be able to say they are spiritual ambassadors who stand up for the sanctity of marriage and have an uncanny need to help the poor. Even to the extent of pulling money from their own pockets and giving it to…

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   Aug 15, 2011

   3m
8. 5

   Saint Clare of Assisi

   If this were a television series, the scene might look like this: A towering crowded cathedral, a grand organ filling the air with heavenly sounds, it's Palm Sunday, the Bishop is presiding, Solemn High Mass! The featured family in their Easter finery, having just arrived from their palace is...

   Aug 7, 2011

   4m
9. 4

   Saint Alphonsus Liguori

   During Vatican II it was said "Moral Theology should be more thoroughly nourished by Scripture, and show the nobility of the Christian vocation of the faithful and their obligation to bring fourth fruit in charity for the life of the world." St. Alphonus Liguori, the patron of moral theologians...

   Aug 1, 2011

   2m
10. 3

    Saints Ann and Joachim

    Wow, Patron Saints for grandparents. We know what an important job grand parenting is, God worked especially hard to find this ideal set for Jesus. Born to the tribe of Judah and the royal house of David, Saints Ann and Joachim were a devout, religious couple. They shared a wealthy, comfortable...

    Jul 24, 2011

    3m
11. 2

    Saint Mary Magdalene

    Were you ever accused of doing something you did not, or been slandered or put down by others. St. Mary Magdalene knows about this all too well. Other than Mary, the mother of Jesus few women are more honored in the Gospels than she was, yet she could well have been the patron of the slandered,...

    Jul 17, 2011

    3m
12. 1

    St. Benedict

    Except for the mother of Jesus, few women are more honored in the Bible than Mary Magdalene. Yet she could well be the patron of the slandered, since there has been a persistent legend in the Church that she is the unnamed sinful woman who anointed the feet of Jesus in Luke 7:36-50. Most…

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    Jul 10, 2011

    3m