Posts Tagged ‘Catholic Saints’

Teresa of Avila

Monday, October 12th, 2009


Program hosts John O’Keefe and Wendy M. Wright discuss the life and legacy of Saint Teresa of Avila.  

Teresa was a 16th century mystic and a reformer of the Carmelite order.  She was named a Doctor of the Church in 1970.


Photo: “Transverberation of St. Teresa” by “Nick in exsilio” from Flickr (Used under Creative Commons license)

 
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Saint Jerome

Monday, September 28th, 2009


In this week’s program hosts Dr. John O’Keefe and Dr. Wendy M. Wright discuss St. Jerome.  Jerome, whose feast day is September 30, was a 4th century Christian scholar and monk.

A doctor of the Church, he is most famous for the Vulgate, the Latin translation of the Bible that still forms the basis of the official Latin Bible of the Roman Catholic Church.

Photo: “Saint Jerome” by “Paul Lowry” from Flickr (Used under Creative Commons license)

 
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St. Augustine of Hippo

Monday, August 24th, 2009

The feast of St. Augustine is August 28th. In today’s program, hosts John O’Keefe and Wendy M. Wright reflect on the legacy of this great Christian.


Photo: “St Augustine” by “Lawrence OP” from Flickr (Used under Creative Commons license)

 
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Saint Jane de Chantal

Monday, August 10th, 2009

Program hosts John O’Keefe and Wendy M. Wright discuss the life and legacy of Saint Jane de Chantal whose feast day is August 12.

 
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Saint Dominic

Monday, August 3rd, 2009

Dominican Sister Kathleen Flood discusses the life and legacy of Saint Dominic.  She also reflects on the contemporary relevance of Dominican spirituality.

During the interview, several websites are mentioned that listeners might wish to visit:

Stillpoint, a spirituality center in Nashville, TN.

The Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters.

 
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The Venerable Bede

Monday, May 25th, 2009

Program co-host, Wendy M. Wright interviews Arthur Holder, Ph.D., on the topic of the Venerable Bede.

Bede was an 8th century monk and Doctor of the Church. He is an important figure in the development of church history, and a major source for our knowledge of Christianity in England during the medieval period.

 
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St. Basil and St. Gregory of Nazianzus

Thursday, January 22nd, 2009

Two January saints and some theology: John O’Keefe on Basil and Gregory of Nazianzus.

 
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