American Catholic History

History Podcasts

Telling the stories of Catholics on these American shores from 1513 to today. We Catholics have such an incredible history in what are now the 50 states of the United States of America, and we hardly know it. From the canonized saints through the...

Episodes

The Carmelites of Port Tobacco: First Women's Religious in the USA

Margaret Haughery: The Bread Woman of New Orleans

America's First Cathedral, The Baltimore Basilica of the Assumption of Mary

Blessed Carlos Rodriguez: ¡Vivimos Para Esa Noche!

Ben Franklin Taps John Carroll as First Bishop of Baltimore

History of St. Patrick's Day Festivities

The Josephites: Dedicated to Serving Black Americans

Mother Mathilda Beasley: Fearless Black Educator and Foundress

Daniel Rudd, Journalist, Publisher, Civil Rights Pioneer

Annie Moore, the First Immigrant Through Ellis Island

The Founding of Regina Laudis Abbey: A Story Made for Hollywood

Fr. Aloysius Schmitt, Hero of Pearl Harbor

Ven. Henriette Delille

Pope Night in the American Colonies

The Haunting at Wizard Clip

Commodore John Barry, Father of the U.S. Navy

The Cathedral of the Plains — The Basilica of St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen

Sister Blandina Pt 2: The Sisters Segale of Cincinnati and the Santa Maria Institute

Vince Lombardi

Sr. Blandina Segale, Part 1: The Fastest Nun in the West