The week ahead – from 13 to 19 September

This coming weekend: why celebrating All Saints’ Eve and All Saints is so important. Saint Me. Finding friends among the saints. Protecting children against fear. Episode notes.

Pope Saint John Paul II: ‘Do not be afraid’. Blessed Daudi Okelo and Jildo Irwa. Saint John of Capistrano and why we are not Muslims. Saint Antony Mary Claret: 15 assassination attempts and millions of books. Episode notes.

Saint Callistus, and forgiveness. Saint Teresa of Ávila, and reform. Our Lady of Aparecida, and the poor and simple. Episode notes.

St Francis of Assisi’s 800th anniversary, and some books about him. St Abraham the patriarch. St John Henry Newman. The feast of the Most Holy Rosary. Episode notes.

Michael, Gabriel and Raphael. The Guardian Angels. Martyrs from Japan and Brazil. Saint Thérèse of Lisieux and her Little Way. The Seven Deadly Sins in Dante: 7. Lust. Episode notes.

Saint Matthew. The prophet Ezekiel. How Christianity is about being a better lover. Blessed Émilie Tavernier-Gamelin. The Seven Deadly Sins in Dante: 6. Gluttony. Episode notes.

The Exaltation of the Holy Cross. The Seven Deadly Sins in Dante: 5. Avarice. Episode notes.

Saint Peter Claver. The Seven Deadly Sins in Dante: 4. Sloth. Episode notes.

Saint Gregory the Great. Mother Teresa. The Seven Deadly Sins in Dante: 3. Wrath. Episode notes.

Saint Augustine and Saint Monica. Our Lady of Częstochowa. The Seven Deadly Sins in Dante: 2. Envy. Episode notes.