Catholic Sprouts: Daily Podcast for Catholic Kids

September 3: GREGORY THE GREAT: Faces Like Angels

Pope St. Gregory the Great gave up a life of power in Rome for prayer — then used the papacy to feed the hungry and send missionaries to Britain. Gregory walked away fr

September 2: ST. INGRID OF SKÄNNINGE: Every Step a Prayer

St. Ingrid of Skänninge turned her grief as a young widow into pilgrimages all the way to Jerusalem and Rome. Widowed young, the Swedish noblewoman Ingrid began gatheri

September 1: VEN. MARIE-JOSEPHTE FITZBACH: The Door That Always Opened

Venerable Marie-Josephte Fitzbach turned her own grief into an open door for women no one else in Quebec would take in. Widowed young, Marie-Josephte Fitzbach joined th

August 31: STS. JOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA AND NICODEMUS: Followers in the End

Two secret followers of Jesus — afraid their whole lives — finally stepped into the light at the foot of the Cross. Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus were powerful memb

August 30: ST. JEANNE JUGAN: She Carried the Elderly Home

St. Jeanne Jugan carried a blind, forgotten old woman home in her own arms — and started a worldwide order. On a cold winter night in France, Jeanne Jugan carried an el

August 29: STS. SABINA AND SERAPIA: The Slave Who Led Her Mistress to Heaven

A slave girl's quiet faith led her wealthy Roman mistress all the way to martyrdom — and to heaven. Serapia, a young Christian slave in ancient Rome, never preached to

August 28: ST. MOSES THE BLACK: From Bandit to Monk

St. Moses the Black led a gang of bandits through Egypt before becoming one of the desert's holiest monks. Once the leader of a feared robber gang along the Nile, Moses

August 27: ST. MONICA: The Son of So Many Tears

St. Monica prayed and fasted for her wayward son for seventeen straight years — and never once gave up. St. Monica wept for years over her brilliant but faithless son,

August 26: ST. MARIAM BAOUARDY: The Little Nothing

St. Mariam Baouardy, an orphaned servant girl left for dead at thirteen, was nursed back to life by Our Lady herself. After refusing to renounce her Catholic faith, you

August 25: ST. LOUIS, KING OF FRANCE: The Crown Worth More Than a Kingdom

St. Louis, King of France, once paid a fortune for Christ's Crown of Thorns — then carried it home barefoot himself. St. Louis IX ruled one of Europe's most powerful ki

August 24: ST. BARTHOLOMEW: Jesus Knew His Name

Before they ever met, Jesus already knew Bartholomew's heart — and told him so under a fig tree. St. Bartholomew was skeptical when his friend Philip told him they'd fo

August 23: ST. ROSE OF LIMA: The First Flower of the Americas

St. Rose of Lima wore a crown of roses hiding metal spikes — a secret gift of love to Jesus. The first saint born in the Americas, Rose of Lima spent hours each day in

August 22: ST. ANDRÉ BESSETTE: God's Little Doorkeeper

St. André Bessette spent 40 years answering a college door in Montreal — and thousands came seeking a miracle. Orphaned and sickly as a child, André Bessette worked as

August 21: ST. PIUS X: Come to the Table

If you made your First Communion at age seven or eight, then you have St. Pius X to thank! Born into poverty in Italy, St. Pius X became Pope and used his position to d

August 20: ST. BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX: The Honey-Sweet Doctor

At 22, St. Bernard of Clairvaux showed up at a monastery gate with thirty friends who all wanted to become monks. St. Bernard gave up wealth and comfort to found the mo

August 19: SERVANT OF GOD NICHOLAS BLACK ELK: Lakota Catholic Hero

Servant of God Nicholas Black Elk went from Lakota warrior to Catholic catechist who brought over 400 people to baptism. Nicholas Black Elk lived through the Battle of

August 18: ST. HELENA: Finding the True Cross

At almost eighty years old, St. Helena crossed the ancient world on pilgrimage to find the actual Cross of Jesus. St. Helena, mother of Emperor Constantine, traveled th

August 17: OUR LADY OF KNOCK: She Came in Silence

Our Lady of Knock appeared to a rain-soaked Irish village in total silence — and said everything without a word. On a rainy August evening in 1879, fifteen villagers in

August 16: ST. STEPHEN OF HUNGARY: A Crown From the Pope

St. Stephen of Hungary knelt among the poor as a king long before Rome ever sent him a crown. Meet St. Stephen of Hungary, the young Magyar chieftain crowned the first

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