
242. A Litany of Literary Luminaries
Kevin fills a gap in the CHT repertoire by taking a stroll through the history of Catholic literature.

Hosted by Scott Schulze & Kevin Schmiesing · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 240 episodes
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A podcast exploring the history of the Catholic Church, especially the historical background of contemporary Catholic practices and issues. Hosted by Kevin Schmiesing and Scott Schulze.To help Catholic History Trek, please consider donating via PayPal to CatholicHistoryTrek@gmail.comThank you for your support!
Scott Schulze & Kevin Schmiesing hosts Catholic History Trek, a religion show with 240 episodes published.

Kevin fills a gap in the CHT repertoire by taking a stroll through the history of Catholic literature.

In this episode Catholic History Trek explores the scant history of the Come Holy Spirit prayer. (“Catholic Prayers” series, no. 16, Come Holy Spirit)

Philip Latrini loved a good duel. Perhaps too much. But a drastic event changed the course of his life, leading Philip to become St. Bernard of Corleone.

In this episode Scott indulges into the Catholic Church's history with the doctrine of indulgences.

Were dragons mythological? Symbolic? Real? Dinosaurs? In this episode Catholic History Trek looks back at the various accounts where saints encountered dragons.

While rare, Catholic masses are occasionally celebrated outside of a church, chapel, or shrine. Sometimes, these non-standard mass locations result in some unusual settings – even baseball stadiums. In this episode Scott

As an 18-year old Patrick Peyton was a school dropout working on the family farm in Ireland. Two decades later Fr. Patrick Peyton was creating Family Theater Productions – a media venture drawing the top names in Hollywo

Lady Godiva has inspired statues, paintings, songs, poems, and even product names. But was she real, and was her famous ride real? And why mention her on a Catholic history podcast? Find out on this episode of Catholic H

In this episode, Kevin and Scott bring their long 5 year runof regularly scheduled episodes to a close. In this last episode featuring both Kevin and Scott together, they speculate on the history of the Church. Will ther

The first Catholic Bible translated from the Latin Vulgate into English was the one known today as the Douay Rheims Bible. This episode covers a brief history of the Bible, English translations, and the Douay.

Kevin wraps up his series on the states with the history of St. Joseph Church on Madeline Island in Lake Superior. He also makes a special announcement regarding the future of Catholic History Trek. ("Cradles of Catholic

Fatima. Lourdes. Guadalupe. Many people know the famous Marian apparitions, but few know much about the first Marian apparition. In this episode Scott treks back to the first approved apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mar

Benedictine monks figure prominently in the history of St. Benedict's Church in Nebraska City—among them the "Crotchety Apostle of Southeast Nebraska." ("Cradles of Catholicism" series, no. 49, Nebraska)

Stille Nacht (Silent Night) was composed over two centuries ago as a collaboration between a priest and a school teacher. The history of this popular Christmas song on this episode of Catholic History Trek.

A country landscape near Konawa is the site of the former Sacred Heart Mission, where monks, nuns, and Indians built the Church in Oklahoma. ("Cradles of Catholicism" series, no. 48, Oklahoma)

In this episode Scott covers the history of the popular Advent hymn O Come, O Come, Emmanuel, which originates with the O antiphons. Gaude! Gaude! Emmanuel. Nascetur pro te, Israel!

The story of Catholicism in the Cowboy State revolves around St. Mary's Cathedral in Cheyenne. ("Cradles of Catholicism" series, no. 47, Wyoming)

St Peter was the first pope, but who was the second pope? In this episode Scott treks back to the 2nd pope - the first successor of St Peter.

The Basilica of St. Francis Xavier in Vincennes, Indiana, was the state's first Catholic church and first cathedral. During the American Revolution, it was also the home of the "Patriot Priest," Fr. Pierre Gibault. ("Cra

What is a Catholic to do when one penitential season of Lent just doesn’t provide enough fasting? They add a second one! For many centuries, Advent (previously called St Martin’s Lent) was a penitential season observed s
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