All Episodes

Ep. 4.61: Hospitals, Heroes, and the Healing Heart of Catholic St. Louis

Ep. 4.60: Educating a City: How Catholic Schools Shaped St. Louis

Ep. 4.59: A City Shaped by Service: St. Louis’ Catholic Legacy of Charity and Care

Ep. 4.58: Foundations of Care: Early Catholic Orphanages and Cemeteries in St. Louis

Ep. 4.57: The Jewish Roots of the Church in St. Louis: Archbishop Burke and the Association of Hebrew Catholics

Ep. 4.56: Mother Angelica, Covenant Network, and the Rise of Catholic Radio in the Heartland

Ep: 4.55: Mother Angelica and the Birth of a Catholic Media Revolution

Ep. 4.54: The Oratory Finds a Home: Latin Liturgy Flourishes in West County

Ep. 4.53: A Parish Divided: St. Stanislaus, Schism, and the Rise of St. Agatha & the Latin Renaissance

Ep. 4.52: A Shepherd Arrives: Archbishop Burke and the Storm Before the Calm

Ep. 4.51: A Church Tested: Understanding the Roots and Realities of the Abuse Crisis

Ep. 4.50: Crisis in the Church: The First Waves of the Storm

Ep. 4.49: Meet Me in St. Louis: John Paul II’s Unforgettable Visit

Ep. 4.48: A Hospital at a Crossroads: Archbishop Rigali, SLU, and the Fight for Catholic Identity

Ep. 4.47: Rigali’s Builders: Bishops, Battles, and a Church Still Rising

Ep. 4.46: Bishops, Builders, and Bold Witnesses: St. Louis’ Expanding Legacy

Ep. 4.45: Bishops from the Gateway City

Ep. 4.44: A Shepherd for St. Louis: Archbishop Rigali Arrives

Ep. 4.43: A Shepherd’s Farewell and a Successor’s Arrival

Ep. 4.42: John Paul II in America: Hollywood, Heartache, and Hope

Ep. 4.41: John Paul II Comes to America: A Visit of Dialogue, Tension, and Grace

Ep. 4.40: A Crisis and a Crossroads: Archbishop May Confronts the Vocation Decline

Ep. 4.39: Archbishop May and the Vocation Crossroads

Ep. 4.38: Archbishop May Steps Onto the National Stage

Ep. 4.37: Renewing the Church: Archbishop May, the Permanent Diaconate, and a Parish-Based Revival

Ep. 4.36: Archbishop May, the Permanent Diaconate, and the Expanding Mission of Service in 1980s St. Louis

Ep. 4.35: Catholic Schools, Community Partnerships, and Archbishop May’s Stand in North St. Louis

Ep. 4.34: Busing, Boundaries, and a City at a Crossroads

Ep. 4.33: The Candle in the Window: Reagan, John Paul II, and the Turning of the Tide

Ep. 4.32: Reagan, John Paul II, and the Unraveling of Communism

Ep. 4.31: Quid Putas: The Early Years of Archbishop John L. May

Ep. 4.30: Reaganomics, Rising Tensions, and the Lay Catholic Awakening

Ep. 4.29: Reagan, John Paul II, and the Unraveling of Communism

Ep. 4.28: Solidarity Rising: John Paul II, Poland, and the Quiet Collapse of Communism

Ep. 4.27: John Paul II in Mexico and Poland: A Pope Who Set the World in Motion

Ep. 4.26: A Pope for the World: The Election of John Paul II

Ep. 4.25: A Pope in 33 Days: The Brief, Bright Pontificate of John Paul I

Ep. 4:24: The Era When Everything Went Wrong: Carter, Chaos, and the Last Days of Rupture

Ep. 4:23: Rupture at the Crossroads: St. Louis, Rome, and the Battle for the 1970s Church

Ep. 4.22: The Contemporary Mission: Turmoil, Tension, and the Limits of Reform

Ep. 4.21: The Contemporary Mission Crisis: When Zeal, Disobedience, and the 1970s Collided

Ep. 4.20: The Hermeneutics of Rupture: When Church and Nation Hit Turbulence

Ep. 4.19: Fire in the Spirit: The Charismatic Renewal Arrives in St. Louis

Ep. 4.18: Ordaining Service: The Birth of the Permanent Diaconate in St. Louis

Ep. 4.17: Father Tiradù and the Battle for the Hill

Ep. 4.15: A New Battle Begins: St. Louis Rises After Roe v. Wade

Ep. 4.14: The Marianist Visionaries of Glencoe

Ep. 4.13: Catholic Schools in Transition: Challenge, Change, and Renewal

Ep. 4.12: Carrying Light Into the City: The Daughters of St. Paul Arrive in St. Louis

Ep. 4.11: A Hidden Fire in High Ridge: The Society of Our Mother of Peace

Ep. 4.10: Building on Rock: The Benedictines Arrive in St. Louis

Ep. 4.09: The Carmelites of St. Agnes Home: Quiet Fidelity in a Turbulent Era

Ep. 4.08: The Last Wave Before the Calm: Closing the Poseidon Era

Ep. 4.07: The Moral Fault Line: Contraception, Abortion, and the Battle for Human Dignity

Ep. 4.06: Hard Hats, Courtrooms, and Culture Wars: America in Upheaval

Ep. 4.05: Holding the Line: Cardinal Carberry, Liturgy Battles, and the Early Pro‑Life Surge

Ep 4.04: St. Louis at the Crossroads: Schools, Sisters, and a Shifting City

Ep. 4.03: The Culture Quake: From Griswold to Vietnam—How America’s Foundations Shook

Ep. 4.02: A World Unmoored: Humanae Vitae and the Shaking of a Generation

Ep. 4.01: 1968: A Year of Upheaval and a Shepherd’s Steadfast Voice

Ep. 3.67: The Last Pages of an Era

Ep. 3.66: “Holding the Line: Cardinal Carberry, Humanae Vitae, and the Battle for the Soul of 1968”

Ep 3.65: Carberry Arrives: Leadership in a Year of Upheaval

Ep. 3.64: A Steady Hand in Turbulent Times: The Arrival of Cardinal Carberry

Ep. 3.63: A Church in Transition: Cardinal Ritter’s Final Years and the Tides of Change

Ep. 3.62: Helrigel’s Legacy and the Storm After Vatican II

Ep 3.61: Leviathan Stirs: Monsignor Helrigel and the First English Mass

Ep 3.60: The Council’s Final Movements: Tension, Hope, and the Unfinished Work Ahead

Ep 3.59: Tension at the Threshold: Vatican II Nears Its Final Act

Ep 3.58: Confusion in the Council: Voting Fatigue and Rising Tensions

Ep 3.57: Closing the First Session: Seeds of Renewal

Ep 3.56: Seeds in Winter: The First Session Closes

Ep 3.55: Debating the Sacred: Liturgy Takes Center Stage

Ep 3.54: The Council That Almost Didn’t Begin: Vatican II’s Tumultuous Opening Days

Ep 3.53: A Council Begins: The Shockwave of Vatican II’s First Session

Ep 3.52: Marches, Movements, and Monsignor Shockley

Ep 3.51: Shockley’s Crusade: Rebuilding Lives in Pruitt‑Igoe

Ep 3.50: The Pool, the Park, and the Turning Tide

Ep 3.49: Jobs, Justice, and the Long Road Forward

Ep 3.48: The Long Road to Justice: St. Louis, Segregation, and the Seeds of Change

Ep 3.47: Lines That Divide: Housing, Policy, and the Reshaping of St. Louis

Ep 3.46: Shockley, Ritter, and the Battle for a Just St. Louis

Ep 3.45: Push and Pull: How Highways, Housing, and Hard Choices Reshaped Catholic St. Louis

Ep 3.44: Pulling Up Stakes: Why St. Louis Moved West

Ep 3.43: The Great Catholic Migration: Building a New St. Louis

Ep 3.42: A New Era Begins: Cardinal Glennon, Cardinal Ritter, and a Changing St. Louis

Ep 3.41: Chaplains in the Firestorm: St. Louis Priests on the Front Lines

Ep 3.40: War on the Homefront: Camps, Chaplains, and Quiet Courage

Ep 3.39: Chaplains in the Fire: St. Louis Priests at War

Ep 3.38: The Anvil and the Hammer: Defying the Darkness

Ep 3.37: The Machinery of Darkness: Hitler’s Rise and the War on Human Dignity

Ep 3.36: The Seeds of Darkness: Ideologies That Shaped a Catastrophe

Ep 3.35: Leo’s Demons and the Descent Toward War

Ep 3.34: The Radio Priest and the Roar of the 1930s

Ep 3-33: The Year the Country Went Looking for Answers

Ep 3-32: Charity in the Crucible: How St. Louis Catholics Faced the Great Depression

Ep 3-31: The Hundred Days That Shook St. Louis

Ep 3.30: The Bonus Army and the Breaking Point

Ep 3.29: The Bottom Falls Out: St. Louis Meets the Great Depression

Ep 3.28: Fear Itself: Al Smith, Anti‑Catholic Fury, and the Road to Crisis

Ep 3.27: Building the Catholic Mind: The Rise of St. Louis’ High Schools

Ep. 3.26 - Building Faith in a Changing World: Knights, Cars, and New Parishes

Ep 3.25: Gangs, Bootleggers, and a Priest in the Crossfire: St. Louis Under Prohibition

Ep 3.24 - Prohibition, Prejudice, and the Rise of the Underworld: St. Louis in the 1920s

Ep 3.23 The Turbulent Twenties Begin: Prohibition, Gangs, and the Great Migration

Ep 3.22 - Cathedral Rising: The Parishes and Projects That Shaped a Catholic City

Ep 3:21 Foundations of Faith: The Final Wave of Early 20th‑Century Parishes

Ep 3.20: A Diocese on the Move: Twelve New Parishes in Six Years

Ep 3.19: Early 20th Century Parishes (1900-1903)

Ep 3.18: The Outer Ring: Rural Parishes Beyond the County Line

Ep 3.17: Bricks, Mortar, and the Making of Catholic St. Louis: County Parishes, Part II

Ep 3.16: Bricks and Mortar: The County Begins to Rise

Ep 3.15: The War That Changed Everything

Ep 3.14: St. Louis Priests in the Great War

Ep 3.13: America Enters the Great War

Ep 3.12: Germans, Irish, and the Battle for American Neutrality

Ep 3.11: St. Stanislaus, Ethnic Parishes, and the Patchwork of Catholic St. Louis

Ep 3.10: A Polyglot City — Italians, Lebanese, and the Making of Catholic St. Louis

Ep 3.09: The Spirit of St. Louis — Charity Organized and Alive

Ep 3.08: Father Dempsey, Father Dunn, and the Fight for Human Dignity

Ep 3.07: Life in the Slums and the First Waves of Catholic Charity

Ep 3.06: The Big Cinch and the Other St. Louis

Ep 3.05: Cardinal Glennon and the Ivory City

Ep 3.04: Reformers, Strikers, and a City Preparing for the World’s Fair

Ep 3.03: A New Archbishop and a Corrupt City

Ep 3.02: Trials, Patience, and the Making of an Archbishop

Ep 3.01: The Age of Cardinals Begins

Ep 2.64: The Passing of an Era and the Dawn of a New One

Ep 2.63: Crisis, Conflict, and the Cathedral That Never Was

Ep 2.62: New Parishes and the Great Tornado of 1896

Ep 2.61: A New Archbishop in a Great Catholic City

Ep 2.60: The Lion and the Co Adjutor

Ep 2.59: Kenrick’s Golden Jubilee

Ep 2.58: Monsignor Goller and the German Question

Ep 2.57: Gahensleyism and the Question of Assimilation

Ep 56: Americanization and the Immigrant Church

Ep 2.55: Language, Loyalty, and the German Question

Ep 2.54: Rebuilding After the Chicago Fire

Ep 2.53: The Cradle of Bishops

Ep 2.52: Parks, Progress, and the Exodusters

Ep 2.51: Schools, Socialism, and Father James Henry

Ep. 2. 50: The Great Divorce and the Strike of 1877

Ep. 2. 49: The Great Divorce and the General Strike

Ep. 2. 48: Picturing St. Louis in 1875

Ep. 2. 47: Bridges, Parishes, and the Shape of a City

Ep. 2. 46: Growth, Rivalry, and a City in Transition

Ep. 2. 45: Life After Vatican I

Ep. 2. 44: Vatican I and the Storm of Infallibility

Ep. 2. 43: The Syllabus of Errors and the Call to Council

Ep. 2. 42: Revolution and Response

Ep. 2. 41 - View from Rome

Ep. 2. 40: Archbishop Kenrick Begins

Ep. 2. 39: 1866: The Mind of the Lion

Ep. 2. 38: Catholics after the Civil War

Ep. 2. 37: Hospitals and Prisons

Ep. 2. 36: Bannon and Sigel after the War

Ep. 2. 35: A Confederate Chaplain at Vicksburg

Ep. 2. 34: Nuns on the Field

Ep. 2. 33: The Battle of Wilson's Creek Closes

Ep. 2. 32. The Battle of Wilson's Creek Opens

Ep. 2. 31. Bannon and Sigel Sign Up

Ep. 2. 30: First Civil War Shots in St. Louis

Ep. 2. 29: The Civil War Comes to St. Louis

Ep. 2. 28: Rivalries Form and Solidify

Ep. 2.27: The Election of 1860

Ep. 2. 26: Father John Hogan

Ep. 2. 25: Scott v. Sandford

Ep. 2. 24: Dred and Harriet Scott

Ep. 2. 23: Cavalry Cemetery & the Bohemian Community

Ep. 2. 22: Father Goller & Catholic Education

Ep. 2. 21: Two German Parishes

Ep. 2. 20: Saint Vincent de Paul Society & Other Charities

Ep. 2. 19: Real Estate and New Parishes

Ep. 2. 18: Newspapers and Affairs of Money

Ep. 2. 17: A Catholic Voice: Kenrick's Pastoral Letters

Ep. 2. 16: De Smet and the Indian Tragedy

Ep. 2. 15: Father Peter DeSmet

Ep. 2. 14: The Mission to Sugar Creek

Ep. 2. 13: Indians, Trappers and Father De Smet

Ep. 2. 12: The Trail of Death

Ep. 2. 11: Native Americans and the Church

Ep. 2.10: Noli Irritare Leones