5.27 St. Catherine of Siena: Mystic of the Incarnate Word

About this episode

This episode discusses the life and contributions of St. Catherine of Siena, focusing on her mystical experiences and theological insights.

St. Catherine of Siena (1347 - 1380) was almost single-handedly responsible for bringing the Papacy back to Rome after the long Avignon Papacy. Her book, The Dialogue, demonstrates advanced theological understanding, and includes direction in how to progress in the spiritual life, and also the words of God spoken directly to her. Links The Dialogue , with Introduction: https://www.paulistpress.com/Products/2233-2/catherine-of-siena.aspx For comparison, the Diary of St. Faustina : https://shopmercy.org/diary-of-saint-maria-faustina-kowalska.html 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…

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Papandrea

Topics covered

• St. Catherine of Siena
• mysticism
• spiritual life
• theology
• Papacy
• Christian history

Keywords

• St. Catherine of Siena
• mystic
• theological understanding
• spiritual direction
• Avignon Papacy
• Catholic Church

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Catholic Culture, Corpus Christi Watershed, Paulist Press, YouTube

Products: The Original Church: What it Meant - and Still Means - to Be a Christian

Books & works: The Dialogue, Diary of St. Faustina, letters of St. Catherine

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