Sainthood is one of the most fascinating dimensions of Catholic life and identity. This month, we here at American Catholic Radio are celebrating sainthood. It’s the time for Franciscans to mark  the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, and so we’ll have some features devoted to him. Producer Judy Zarick will talk with lay Franciscan Domenick Morda, who is helping to bring the story of Sts. Francis and Clare to life on a new DVD program. Father Michael Crosby is a Capuchin Franciscan committed to preaching about Christ and sharing a Franciscan vision of the gospel. He’ll tell the story of Franciscan Father Solanus Casey, a holy friar whose cause for sainthood is in process. Producer John Feister will bring us the story of an American sister, Mother Theodore Guérin. She’s being canonized this month. He’ll visit with Sister Marie Kevin Tighe, vice postulator and promoter of the cause for Mother Guérin.

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Father Greg Friedman, O.F.M.

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Highlights from this episode include:

St. Francis of Assisi

Domenick Morda talks about being a lay Franciscan.

What’s the difference between doctrine and dogma? Why can’t my school-age children be baptized?

The Tau Cross

Michael Crosby, O.F.M. Cap., tells the story of Father Solanus Casey.

Highlights from this episode include:

St. Faustina Kowalska

91-year-old Lucious Newsom talks about his conversion to Catholicism and his volunteer work in Indianapolis feeding the poor.

Was I wrong to baptize my grandson without his parents’ knowledge? What prayers are included in the last rites?

The Postulator

Sister Marie Kevin Tighe talks about Mother Theodore Guérin, America’s eighth saint to be canonized