The Chouteau family’s legacy continues westward as Kansas City is born. Father Benedict Roux struggles with ministry on the frontier, while Bernice Chouteau emerges as a resilient matriarch. Meanwhile, Father John St. Cyr becomes Chicago’s first resident priest, forging early ties between the two rising cities of the Midwest.


*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.

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