In this episode of Catholic in America, Jason Adkins sits down with husband-and-wife duo Tom and Noelle Crowe, the creators and hosts of American Catholic History. Their podcast shines a spotlight on the overlooked people, places, and events that shaped the Catholic Church in the United States, from saints and missionaries to bourbon makers and baseball legends.

Together, they explore why Catholic Americans need to know their own history, how stories of holiness in our own backyard can inspire devotion, and what JP II's Apostolic Exhortation Ecclesia in America (1999) meant by calling us to know our “own saints.”

We’ll hear stories of:

• Sister Blandina and her Wild West missions
• The Catholic roots of bourbon distillers in Kentucky
• A possible deathbed conversion of George Washington (!)
• The hidden legacy of American Catholic builders, missionaries, and martyrs

You’ll come away with a renewed sense of hope, history, and what it means to build institutions and holiness right here in America.

Jason Adkins, host of Catholic in America, engages our own time, culture, and political milieu with the Gospel of Jesus Christ and to explore how to live more fully Catholic. With so much to explore, we have guests from a variety of perspectives and faith backgrounds, and conversations do not necessarily constitute endorsements.

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