Catholic Sprouts: Daily Podcast for Catholic Kids

St. John Henry Newman was one of England's most celebrated Anglican preachers — until years of studying the early Church led him somewhere he never expected. Newman's deep study of Scripture and the early Church Fathers slowly convinced him that the Catholic Church, not the Church of England, held the faith of the apostles. Though it cost him his position, his home, and many friendships, he knelt on a stone floor at Littlemore in 1845 to be received into the Catholic Church, later devoting his priesthood to writing and walking alongside people who, like him, were searching in the dark. "Lead, Kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom, lead thou me on. The night is dark, and I am far from home; lead thou me on." Today's challenge is just the start. Grab our free Family Pack — a saint calendar, activity pages, and discussion questions for the whole family, plus more surprises along the way: https://shop.catholicsprouts.com/pages/every-days-a-feast-day-follow-along

St. Hildegard of Bingen kept a secret light inside her for thirty-five years before the world ever knew she carried it. From childhood, Hildegard experienced visions she called the Living Light, staying silent about them through decades of prayer and the Divine Office in her Benedictine monastery. When God pressed her to finally write them down, she obeyed, going on to write theology, music, and letters to popes and emperors alike — all while insisting she was only a small instrument God breathed through. "a feather on the breath of God" Want to keep living Hildegard's story after the episode ends? Grab our free Family Pack — a saint calendar with daily challenges, feast-day activities, family discussion questions, and more — free for email subscribers, so your family can follow along together: https://shop.catholicsprouts.com/pages/every-days-a-feast-day-follow-along    

Today we celebrate an incredible naval victory that saved Christianity across Europe. Although greatly outnumbered, the members of the Holy League knelt on their ship decks and fervently prayed the Rosary, while people across Europe gathered to do the same. And Mary heard them! The wind shifted, and against all odds, the Holy League won a tremendous victory. This is just one example of the Rosary as been a powerful weapon that, again and again, has changed the course of history. Today, Mary, Our Lady of the Rosary,  Our free Family Pack has a saint calendar, feast-day activity pages, and family discussion questions to keep it going at home — free when you subscribe: https://shop.catholicsprouts.com/pages/every-days-a-feast-day-follow-along  

Bishop Alphonse Gallegos drove straight into Sacramento's most dangerous neighborhoods and learned every young man's name. Shaped by years of feeling overlooked after a childhood illness, Alphonse grounded his ministry in long hours of silent prayer before the Blessed Sacrament every day. He then walked into gang territory again and again, treating young men others had written off with real dignity and kindness, until his death on the very night he'd administered Confirmation. "You matter to God." Today's challenge is just the start. Grab our free Family Pack — a saint calendar, activity pages, and discussion questions for the whole family, plus more surprises along the way: https://shop.catholicsprouts.com/pages/every-days-a-feast-day-follow-along

St. Bartolo Longo fell into the occult as a young lawyer — then found salvation through six words about the Rosary. After years lost in dark spiritual practices, Bartolo returned to the Church through confession and Mass, but carried deep guilt over his past. Kneeling in the Valley of Pompeii, a remembered phrase about the Rosary changed everything, and he spent the rest of his life gathering people to pray it together, building schools for orphans and homes for the children of prisoners. "Whoever propagates the Rosary shall be saved." Bartolo's challenge doesn't have to end when the episode does. Our free Family Pack has a saint calendar, feast-day activity pages, and family discussion questions to keep it going at home — free when you subscribe: https://shop.catholicsprouts.com/pages/every-days-a-feast-day-follow-along