American Catholic History
The hidden gems and compelling stories of Catholic Americans who have contributed to their nation by virtue of their faith over the past three centuries.
Fr. Augustus Tolton
Fr. Augustus Tolton was the first black-identifying priest in the US, and Tom and Noëlle Crowe tell us his story, from his rise from slavery to school to seminary in Rome to his return to the US, where he eventually became the pastor for all black Catholics throughout Chicago.
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Podcast Episodes
El Santuario de Chimayo
In New Mexico, there is a shrine that some call the Lourdes of America. Tom and Noëlle Crowe tell us the history of Chimayó, its miraculous cross, its miraculous healing dirt, and the hundreds of thousands of pilgrims wh…
Dom Virgil Michel, OSB
Dom Virgil Michel was a man ahead of his time in the early 20th century. Tom and Noëlle Crowe tell us how this visionary Benedictine played a huge role in liturgical development, catechesis, and social justice in the US,…
St. Kateri Tekakwitha
St. Kateri is known as the Lily of the Mohawks and is the first Native American woman to be canonized. Tom and Noëlle Crowe tell us the story of the courageous young woman who risked alienation and sacrificed much to emb…
Orestes Brownson’s American Thinking
Orestes Brownson was one of the most important American intellects in the 19th century and his writings were imbued with his Catholic thinking. Tom and Noëlle Crowe delve into Brownson's writings on two topics: the signi…
Orestes Brownson, His Biography and Conversion
Orestes Brownson was one of the most important intellectuals of the 19th century and a restless religious seeker. In this episode, Tom and Noëlle Crowe tell us of his lifelong journey that ended in the Catholic Church, a…
The Land of the Cross-Tipped Churches
Simple German farmers fleeing European wars in the 19th century brought their Catholic faith with them to western Ohio. Tom and Noëlle Crowe tell us how Fr. Francis de Sales Brunner and his order provided those small com…
Vince Lombardi
Vince Lombardi once said, "The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have." Tom and Noëlle Crowe tell the story of the legendary NFL football coach, who may not have been a saint, but strove to live his Cathol…
Betty Hutton
Betty Hutton was a Hollywood star in the 1940s, the pinup girl with big energy and a big voice, but tragedy and addiction brought her low. That's when, as Tom and Noëlle Crowe tell us, an encounter with a Rhode Island pr…
The Basilica of the Assumption
Baltimore's Basilica of the Assumption is America's first cathedral. Tom and Noëlle Crowe tell us how Bishop James Carroll's vision for the church was to be a sign of the Catholic Church's universality and the presence a…
Fr. James Coyle
Fr. James Coyle's 1921 murder at the hands of an anti-Catholic father enraged at his daughter's conversion presaged the decline of anti-Catholic sentiment in Birmingham, Alabama. Tom and Noëlle Crowe tell us about the ma…
