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Catholic Sprouts: Daily Podcast for Catholic Kids

Catholic Sprouts: Daily Podcast for Catholic Kids

Nancy Bandzuch 2125 Episodes Aug 23, 2026

A daily podcast for Catholic kids that covers topics like feast days, morality, theology, saints, and sacraments. Each short episode aims to plant a seed of faith in a stress-free way for the whole family. The podcast encourages learning together and provides free resources at catholicsprouts.com.

Episodes

August 23: ST. ROSE OF LIMA: The First Flower of the Americas
August 23: ST. ROSE OF LIMA: The First Flower of the Americas Aug 23, 2026 06:47 St. Rose of Lima wore a crown of roses hiding metal spikes — a secret gift of love to Jesus. The first saint born in the Americas, Rose of Lima spent hours each day in prayer in a tiny hermitage in her family's garden in Peru. She offered up every small suffering to Jesus, and personally cared for the sick, poor, and enslaved people that colonial Lima pushed aside — washing their wounds and feedin
August 22: ST. ANDRÉ BESSETTE: God's Little Doorkeeper
August 22: ST. ANDRÉ BESSETTE: God's Little Doorkeeper Aug 22, 2026 07:46 St. André Bessette spent 40 years answering a college door in Montreal — and thousands came seeking a miracle. Orphaned and sickly as a child, André Bessette worked as the doorkeeper at Collège Notre-Dame for four decades, praying with the sick who came to him and pointing them to St. Joseph. So many were healed that the Church investigated — and the resulting devotion built the Oratory of St. Jos
August 21: ST. PIUS X: Come to the Table
August 21: ST. PIUS X: Come to the Table Aug 21, 2026 07:24 If you made your First Communion at age seven or eight, then you have St. Pius X to thank! Born into poverty in Italy, St. Pius X became Pope and used his position to do something extraordinary for children: lowering the age for First Communion to around seven years old. Moved by the story of a dying four-year-old named Little Nellie who longed for Jesus in the Eucharist, Pius opened the doors of
August 20: ST. BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX: The Honey-Sweet Doctor
August 20: ST. BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX: The Honey-Sweet Doctor Aug 20, 2026 07:43 At 22, St. Bernard of Clairvaux showed up at a monastery gate with thirty friends who all wanted to become monks. St. Bernard gave up wealth and comfort to found the monastery of Clairvaux, bringing thirty companions with him. He grew close to Jesus through Lectio Divina — slowly praying with Scripture until it opened like a door — and through a tender devotion to Our Lady, whom he called the aque
August 19: SERVANT OF GOD NICHOLAS BLACK ELK: Lakota Catholic Hero
August 19: SERVANT OF GOD NICHOLAS BLACK ELK: Lakota Catholic Hero Aug 19, 2026 06:42 Servant of God Nicholas Black Elk went from Lakota warrior to Catholic catechist who brought over 400 people to baptism. Nicholas Black Elk lived through the Battle of Little Bighorn and the tragedy of Wounded Knee before being baptized Catholic in 1904. From then on, he rode across the Lakota lands of South Dakota as a catechist, teaching his own people about Baptism, the Eucharist, and Our Lady
August 18: ST. HELENA: Finding the True Cross
August 18: ST. HELENA: Finding the True Cross Aug 18, 2026 06:27 At almost eighty years old, St. Helena crossed the ancient world on pilgrimage to find the actual Cross of Jesus. St. Helena, mother of Emperor Constantine, traveled thousands of miles to Jerusalem in her final years to walk where Jesus walked. Along the way she visited prisoners, cared for the sick, and gave alms to the poor — pilgrimage lived out through mercy. In Jerusalem, she ordered an excav
August 17: OUR LADY OF KNOCK: She Came in Silence
August 17: OUR LADY OF KNOCK: She Came in Silence Aug 17, 2026 07:09 Our Lady of Knock appeared to a rain-soaked Irish village in total silence — and said everything without a word. On a rainy August evening in 1879, fifteen villagers in Knock, Ireland watched Our Lady appear on their church's gable wall alongside St. Joseph and St. John the Evangelist, beside an altar with the Lamb of God. She never spoke — she simply pointed toward the Eucharist, showing the vill
August 16: ST. STEPHEN OF HUNGARY: A Crown From the Pope
August 16: ST. STEPHEN OF HUNGARY: A Crown From the Pope Aug 16, 2026 08:03 St. Stephen of Hungary knelt among the poor as a king long before Rome ever sent him a crown. Meet St. Stephen of Hungary, the young Magyar chieftain crowned the first King of Hungary by Pope Sylvester II on Christmas Day, the year 1000. Stephen built churches and monasteries across his kingdom, and alongside his wife Gisela — a true sacramental partnership — helped plant the Catholic faith in a s
CS 1889: Saturdays with Sir Rolland
CS 1889: Saturdays with Sir Rolland May 24, 2025 09:28 Training Guild link: https://www.extraordinarymission.com/dragonslayers  contact email: john@extraordinarymission.com 
CS 1888: Z is for Zion: Friday
CS 1888: Z is for Zion: Friday May 23, 2025 08:37 It's the final week of our series on the ABC's of the Catholic Faith! :tada: If you would like to listen to the archives, here are the coloring pages that correspond with each week: https://shop.catholicsprouts.com/pages/abcs-of-the-catholic-faith-color-pages This week we are exploring Z is for Zion (heaven). + MONDAY: What is Zion? + TUESDAY: Heaven from the CCC + WEDNESDAY: Heaven from the Old
CS 1887: Z is for Zion: Thursday
CS 1887: Z is for Zion: Thursday May 22, 2025 08:06 It's the final week of our series on the ABC's of the Catholic Faith! :tada: If you would like to listen to the archives, here are the coloring pages that correspond with each week: https://shop.catholicsprouts.com/pages/abcs-of-the-catholic-faith-color-pages This week we are exploring Z is for Zion (heaven). + MONDAY: What is Zion? + TUESDAY: Heaven from the CCC + WEDNESDAY: Heaven from the Old
CS 1886: Z is for Zion: Wednesday
CS 1886: Z is for Zion: Wednesday May 21, 2025 08:04 It's the final week of our series on the ABC's of the Catholic Faith! :tada: If you would like to listen to the archives, here are the coloring pages that correspond with each week: https://shop.catholicsprouts.com/pages/abcs-of-the-catholic-faith-color-pages This week we are exploring Z is for Zion (heaven). + MONDAY: What is Zion? + TUESDAY: Heaven from the CCC + WEDNESDAY: Heaven from the Old

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