Ep. 1-31: Fathers Dunard and Nerinckx

This episode traces the incredible journey of Trappist monks fleeing the French Revolution, including Father Dennard, a former grenadier turned priest, and their settlement at Cahokia Mounds. It also introduces Father Charles Nerinckx, a Belgian priest who risked everything to serve the American frontier.

 

*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.