Finding St. Jean: Discovering St. Jean de Lalande
Jean de Lalande is a saint, but you're not going to find books full of his adventures and witness. Georgine Willemsma went to the primary documents to solve that…
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From St. Kateri Tekakwitha, born on the shrine grounds in 1656, to the Jesuit martyrs St. René Goupil and St. Jean de Lalande, Buffalo’s Fr. Nelson Baker, and Marine chaplain Fr. Vincent Capodanno, Saints of New York recovers the stories of men and women whose witness shaped the region. Shrine board members Kathryn Jean Lopez and Bill Baaki host conversations with historians, archivists, and writers. Press play below to stream the full series, or pick an episode.
Jean de Lalande is a saint, but you're not going to find books full of his adventures and witness. Georgine Willemsma went to the primary documents to solve that…
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St. Rene Goupil was, until the end of his life, a lay missionary companion of St. Isaac Jogues. (In captivity, Jogues received his long-desired vows as a Jesuit…
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Emmy-winning Roman Catholic Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen is beatified on Sept. 24, a significant step on the road to possible canonization as a saint. A writer, teacher…
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Father Vincent Capodanno (February 13, 1929 – September 4, 1967) was born in Staten Island and died in the Vietnam War while serving as a Marine chaplain. He was a…
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If you're a Catholic from Buffalo, you know Fr. Nelson Baker, whose charity and love of the Blessed Mother are legendary there. Nicholas D. Sawicki, executive director…
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Two Detroit natives -- William Baaki and Kate Milligan -- talk with New Yorker Kathryn Jean Lopez about Blessed Solanus Casey. He spent his early priesthood in Yonkers…
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Kateri Tekakwitha was born on the grounds of what is now the national shrine of the North American Martyrs -- Our Lady of the Martyrs Shrine in Auriesville, N.Y. in…
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