Michael Lichens is an author, editor, and researcher with a deep passion for the lesser-known stories of Christian history. In this episode, we discuss a remarkable and moving book, “I Killed Maria Goretti: The Life and Repentance of Alessandro Serenelli,” by Pietro Di Donato. In this powerful work, Di Donato shares the true story of Alessandro Serenelli — the young man who murdered St. Maria Goretti — and the profound conversion he underwent later in life.

Father Donald Calloway is a priest in the Congregation of Marians of the Immaculate Conception, and serves as Director of Vocations in the order.

Father Joseph Roesch, MIC, shares about the connection between St. Vincent de Paul and St. Catherine Laboure in Paris, near the special shrine of the Miraculous Medal, were the heart of St. Vincent de Paul is kept in a reliquary.