American Catholic History

American Catholic History


Latest Episodes

Gethsemani Abbey
December 07, 2020

For more than 170 years, an abbey of Trappist monks have established themselves in Kentucky's Bourbon country as a center of prayer at Gethsemani Abbey. Tom and Noëlle Crowe tell how they got there as well as the ways they have influenced the faith thr...

President Arthur and the American College
November 30, 2020

How did President Chester Arthur become the savior of the original American College in Rome? Tom and Noëlle Crowe tell the story of how the Episcopalian president became the unlikely savior of the first American college seminary in Rome in 1884.

The Catholic Saviors of Thanksgiving
November 23, 2020

The first US Thanksgiving would not have been possible without the help of some Spanish Franciscans and a Native American they rescued from slavery and who became Catholic. Tom and Noëlle Crowe tell the story of Squanto, the Pilgrims,

Blessed Solanus Casey
November 16, 2020

A man who was simplicity itself has risen to the greatest heights. Tom and Noëlle Crowe tell us the story of Bl. Solanus Casey, a Capuchin friar who, as the man who answered the door, made people his business and brought the love of Christ to the thous...

The Knights of Columbus in The Great War
November 11, 2020

At the start of World War I, the Knights of Columbus were still relatively young, but as Tom and Noëlle Crowe tell us, that didn't stop them from providing remarkable support to our servicemen in the US and overseas,

Pope Night
November 02, 2020

The anti-Catholic Pope Night was the pre-Revolutionary War American import of the British Guy Fawkes revelries on November 5. Tom and Noëlle Crowe tell us how it began, how it was "celebrated," and how it all ended because of George Washington and Cana...

The True Story Behind The Exorcist
October 26, 2020

The Exorcist is one of the scariest movies and books of all time, but Tom and Noëlle Crowe tell us of the true story behind it: the exorcism of a teenage boy in 1949 in Maryland and Missouri, the tenacious priests who wouldn't give him up,

North American Martyrs
October 19, 2020

Sts. Isaac Jogues, Rene Goupil, and John de Lalande were the first Jesuit martyrs to give their lives for Christ in what was then New France in the 1640s. Tom and Noëlle Crowe tell the story of how they bravely walked among the Mohawk people to proclai...

American Shrines to St. Thérèse of Lisieux
October 12, 2020

There are least three different shrines in the United States that claim to be the first dedicated to St. Thérèse of Lisieux, the Little Flower. Tom and Noëlle Crowe relate how the shrines in Rhode Island, Alaska, and Illinois came to be,

An Important Update from StarQuest’s Dom Bettinelli
October 08, 2020

An important thank you message and update from StarQuest's Dom Bettinelli.