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Celebrate the men and women who've shaped the United States of America with actor Gary Sinise, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, & Sr. Grace Dominic, SV in this new 13-day series. Our goal is not only to learn about the past, but to be inspired by these examples of courage & service and consider how we can help write the next chapter of our nation's story. We begin on Monday, June 22nd and conclude on the Fourth of July—the 250th anniversary of our country's founding.
13 sessions
1Kateri TekakwithaIn every era of our nation’s history, God raises up men and women to meet the moment before them. Today, we’ll meet a woman whose life demonstrates the incredible freedom we have as Americans to worship the Lord proudly without fear.
Day 1: Gary Sinise & Sr. Grace Dominic12 min
2Charles CarrollFaith in God deeply shaped the vision of our Founding Fathers in forming this country. Today, we’ll meet a little-known signer of the Declaration of Independence whose faith and patriotism helped to form our civic order.
Day 2: Cardinal Dolan & Sr. Grace Dominic11 min
3Elizabeth Ann SetonA democracy can only endure if its people are formed well. Today we’ll meet a woman who helped lay the groundwork for this formation and whose yes to God changed the future of education in the United States.
Day 3: Gary Sinise & Sr. Grace Dominic10 min
4Frances Xavier CabriniThe indomitable American spirit has so often been found most alive in the immigrants who come to call our nation home. And nowhere is this truth more beautifully embodied than in the life of this unlikely American hero.
Day 4: Cardinal Dolan & Sr. Grace Dominic9 min
5Augustus ToltonCountless enslaved men and women built up our country by their blood, sweat, and tears. Today, we’ll hear the story of the man who rose from the ashes of slavery to become the first Black priest in the United States.
Day 5: Cardinal Dolan & Sr. Grace Dominic9 min
6Katharine DrexelBy the end of the nineteenth century, the United States was a nation of enormous promise and enormous contradictions. Today’s American hero stepped into this moment to help our country live up to its ideals.
Day 6: Gary Sinise & Sr. Grace Dominic10 min
7Francis DuffyOne of the ideals at the heart of the American experiment is captured in our national motto: E pluribus unum—"Out of many, one.” Today’s American hero spent his entire life living those words and forging a brotherhood of men.
Day 7: Gary Sinise & Sr. Grace Dominic10 min
8Fulton SheenThroughout our history, the United States has depended on men and women willing to step into the unknown and carry what is true, good, and beautiful into places where it is needed most. Our hero today was one of those pioneers.
Day 8: Cardinal Dolan & Sr. Grace Dominic10 min
9Dorothy DayAs World War I gave way to the Roaring Twenties and then the Great Depression, breadlines stretched down city blocks. In the face of this hunger for food and for friendship, today’s American hero began her work.
Day 9: Gary Sinise & Sr. Grace Dominic
10Thea BowmanIf there is one thing our country values and celebrates, it’s the courage to try and try again in the face of impossible odds. Today’s American hero embodied this perseverance throughout her entire life.
Day 10: Cardinal Dolan & Sr. Grace Dominic11 min
11Pete Ganci, Jr.The United States of America prides itself on being "the land of the free and the home of the brave.” September 11th put that bravery on full display, and few people embodied it more completely than our American hero today.
Day 11: Gary Sinise & Sr. Grace Dominic
12Leo XIVToday we highlight and pray for a man who received the inheritance of our great American story and is now carrying on the work of our heroes on the global stage.
Day 12: Cardinal Dolan & Sr. Grace Dominic10 min
13Fourth of JulyOn this Fourth of July, the United States celebrates our 250th Anniversary as a nation. We’ll pray together for the freedom to accept God’s grace and lay down our lives for the good of our country and for the life of the world.
Day 13: Gary Sinise & Sr. Grace Dominic