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🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Katharine Ann Drexel - Episode Four: Heading West The Drexel Estate, Torresdale, Philadelphia. 1887. Fresh from her trip to Rome and her meeting with Pope Leo, Katharine is plagued with competing desires. She wants the life of a contemplative religious sister, but the pope has encouraged her to missionary work! Desperate to resolve this dilemma, she turns for direction to her trusted friend and confessor, the kindly Bishop O'Connor. 🌐 Subscribe for Free Daily Episodes: https://thesaintspodcast.com/ Get free daily episodes delivered to your email inbox, along with coloring pages, activity sheets, and more! 🔥 Ignite your Family’s Faith In a culture that has abandoned God, families struggle to find beautiful, faith-affirming stories to inspire their children. The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage provides thrilling and inspiring stories to ignite your family’s pursuit of virtue and holiness. Join us for a new 5-Episode adventure every week! 🚦 Rating: Everyone Philadelphia’s own St. Katharine Drexel was born into one of the richest families in the country, yet spent her life caring for the poorest of the poor. Her story teaches lessons of gratitude, discernment, and prayer, and she struggles to understand God’s call to her in her particular circumstances. In the face of difficulty, St. Katharine Drexel displayed extraordinary courage and determination in staying close to God’s will for her. This series contains moments of intensity and fear. Multiple characters die from tuberculosis, and there is reference to their symptoms. The deaths of multiple parents occur and are referenced throughout. Characters are portrayed going through depression in response to their grief. 📱 Social Media https://www.facebook.com/themerrybeggars https://www.instagram.com/themerrybeggars https://twitter.com/themerrybeggars https://www.linkedin.com/company/themerrybeggars