Ep. 1.30: Priest Shortage in Louisiana Lands

As the Louisiana Territory officially changes hands in the Day of the Three Flags, St. Louisans—Creole, American, and Native—grapple with the emotional and cultural shift. Meanwhile, the city’s Catholic life struggles with priest shortages, and a mysterious Capuchin monk briefly appears before vanishing again.

 

*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.