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Hosted by Scott Schulze & Kevin Schmiesing · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 245 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 245 episodes published.
Polling shows that many Catholics support the use of artificial contraception, despite the Church’s consistent teaching against it. This episode treks thru the history of this issue, and looks at how we ended up with so
Catholic History Trek goes back to when a united Catholic Church used its influence to shape Hollywood.
What are sports without the familiar “Safe!” or “Goal!” of an umpire or referee? In this episode Scott looks at some notable Catholic sports officials.
The lesser-known Martyrs of La Florida were the first Catholic martyrs of the area that would later become the United States - predating Isaac Jogues and the more famous North American Martyrs by a century. This episode
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!
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Catholic History Trek is hosted by Scott Schulze & Kevin Schmiesing. The show is categorised under religion (spirituality) and has published 245 episodes.
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