{"podcast":{"title":"Way of the Fathers","slug":"way-of-the-fathers-255425","podcast_index_feed_id":255425,"rss_url":"https://wayofthefathers.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://www.catholicculture.org/wayofthefathers","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/9/9/3/1/99310a2ea040a9d116c3140a3186d450/WayOfFathers-2023-Podcast-3000x3000.jpg","author":"Thomas V. Mirus","episode_count":171,"summary":"A podcast about the Fathers and Doctors of the Church—the foundational figures of Christian history. A production of CatholicCulture.org, hosted by Jim Papandrea (formerly by Mike Aquilina). Currently covering all the Doctors of the Church! Seasons: 1: Church Fathers 2: Early Ecumenical Councils 3: Cities of God 4: Heresies 5: Doctors of the Church","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T08:18:23.300187+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/way-of-the-fathers-255425"},"episode":{"title":"5.26 St. Catherine of Siena: Mother of a Thousand Souls","slug":"5-26-st-catherine-of-siena-mother-of-a-thousand-souls","published_at":"2026-01-14T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/way-of-the-fathers-255425/5-26-st-catherine-of-siena-mother-of-a-thousand-souls","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/way-of-the-fathers-255425","url":"https://wayofthefathers.libsyn.com/526-st-catherine-of-siena-mother-of-a-thousand-souls","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/wayofthefathers/WOTF_Catherine_1_Final.mp3?dest-id=1581944","summary":"St. Catherine of Siena (1347 - 1380) was a \"third order\" Dominican, spiritual advisor, and a mystic, but also a nurse, and a kind of free-lance politician. She wrote letters of advice (and criticism) to cardinals, bishops, and royalty. She negotiated peace (or tried to) between warring city states, and - like St. Hildegard before her - she had permission to preach and teach. Her \"disciples\" and spiritual advisees included women and men, laity and clergy. Links The letters of St. Catherine online: http://www.domcentral.org/trad/cathletters.htm SIGN UP for Catholic Culture's Newsletter: https://www.catholicculture.org/newsletters/ DONATE at: http://www.catholicculture.org/donate/audio Dr. Papandrea's Homepage: https://jimpapandrea.wordpress.com/ Dr. Papandrea's latest book is The Original Church: What it Meant - and Still Means - to Be a Christian : https://scepterpublishers.org/products/the-original-church-what-it-meant-and-still-means-to-be-a-christian Dr. Papandrea's YouTube channel, The Original Church : https://www.youtube.com/@TheOriginalChurch Theme Music: Gaudeamus (Introit for the Feast of All Saints), sung by Jeff Ostrowski. Courtesy of Corpus Christi Watershed: https://www.ccwatershed.org/","meta_description":"St. Catherine of Siena (1347 - 1380) was a \"third order\" Dominican, spiritual advisor, and a mystic, but also a nurse, and a kind of free-lance politician…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":953,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/way-of-the-fathers-255425/episodes/5-26-st-catherine-of-siena-mother-of-a-thousand-souls/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/way-of-the-fathers-255425/5-26-st-catherine-of-siena-mother-of-a-thousand-souls.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}