Ep. 1.36: Du Bourg Comes to Saint Louis

20/10/2025 25 min Episodio 36
Ep. 1.36: Du Bourg Comes to Saint Louis

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Bishop DuBourg returns to America aboard a French warship with a new wave of missionaries, seminarians, and volunteers. After a dramatic winter journey, he arrives in St. Louis to a hero’s welcome. Meanwhile, St. Rose Philippine Duchesne and her companions begin their own perilous voyage to the New World.
 
*Saint Louis: The Story of Catholic Evangelization of America's Heartland originally aired on Covenant Network Catholic Radio. These podcast episodes are being released in anticipation of the Bicentennial Celebrations of the founding of the Archdiocese of St. Louis as the Diocese of St. Louis on July 18, 1826.