Father Ferdinand Helias, a Flemish Jesuit, becomes a missionary to German communities in central Missouri, navigating dialects and frontier challenges. Meanwhile, Bishop Rosati convenes the 1839 diocesan synod, revealing a thriving Church with 37,000 Catholics, 120 religious sisters, and dozens of parishes across Missouri, Illinois, and Arkansas.


*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.

Ver todos los episodios