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39 Episodes 1956 - 1957
Episode 1
Fri, Oct 5, 195630 mins
A baseball pitcher returns wounded from World War II, believing his career to be over. A clergyman tries to help him get back in the major leagues.
Episode 2
Fri, Oct 12, 1956
A high-wire artist is sure that another member of the circus troupe was responsible for his wife's death. He decides to avenge her death.
Episode 3
Fri, Oct 19, 195625 mins
Two teenage boys are badly injured in a boxing match, and a priest fights to have the boxing rules changed so it doesn't happen again.
Episode 4
Fri, Oct 26, 1956
The wealthy members of his congregation disapprove of Rev. Williams' devotion to the poorer members.
Episode 5
Fri, Nov 2, 1956
Rev. Frakes wants to civilize backwater Middle Laurel Fork, Ky. and convince the locals to give up their blood feuding and moonshining ways.
Episode 6
Mon, Nov 19, 195630 mins
The true story of Rabbi Arnold Fischel. During the Civil War, the Rabbi went directly to President Lincoln to convince him there should be a Jewish Chaplain with the U.S. Army.
Episode 7
Fri, Nov 16, 1956
Traveling preacher helps a logging company owner make peace with his son.
Episode 8
Fri, Nov 23, 1956
Even though his son was responsible for an accident that paralyzed a young girl, a wealthy newspaper publisher refuses to help with medical expenses for the impoverished family.
Episode 9
Fri, Nov 30, 195625 mins
Priest heals old woman's embittered heart.
Episode 10
Fri, Dec 7, 1956
Father Cataldo was a Jesuit Missionary serving Indians in the American Northwest. This is the story of his encounter with prospector Bart Alden.
Episode 11
Fri, Dec 14, 195630 mins
An Episcopal minister tries to help a crippled woman. She has been forced out of her home by her daughter.
Episode 12
Fri, Dec 21, 195630 mins
In Pre-Civil War America, an immigrant minister wants to introduce his congregation to a tradition from the Old Country -- The Christmas Tree. The children are excited about the idea but their Puritanical parents are having none of it.
Episode 13
Fri, Dec 28, 195630 mins
A priest tries to help a paroled convict who wants to go straight. But when the convict tries to return stolen loot to the rightful owner, he is kidnapped and forced to turn over the goods to members of a gang.
Episode 14
Fri, Jan 4, 195730 mins
A missionary and his wife must contend with disease and the local witch doctor to establish their new mission in Africa.
Episode 15
Fri, Jan 11, 1957
A minister tries to help a young couple who want to be married. Their fathers bitterly oppose the match and try to prevent the wedding.
Episode 16
Fri, Jan 18, 1957
The story of United States Army Chaplain Brig. Gen. James H. O'Neil and his role in shaping the strategy of the late Gen. George C. Patton during WWII.
Episode 17
Fri, Jan 25, 1957
Episode 18
Fri, Feb 1, 1957
Rabbi Soltes arrives at his new assignment at a private girls' school. He wants to set about helping the girls but quickly clashes with the stone-hearted superintendant.
Episode 19
Fri, Feb 8, 1957
Episode 20
Fri, Feb 15, 1957
During the Civil War, a Pennsylvania minister meets with persecution when he openly deplores the nation's reluctance to acknowledge faith in God. He wages a campaign in Washington to establish "In God We Trust" as the national motto of the U.S.
Episode 21
Fri, Feb 22, 1957
Episode 22
Fri, Mar 1, 195723 mins
Reverend works with gangs that have fatal shooting.
Episode 23
Fri, Mar 8, 1957
A Navy chaplain with an Arctic expedition tries to dispel the seaman's superstitions. Foul weather, injuries and death result after a member of the crew kills an albatross.
Episode 24
Fri, Mar 15, 195730 mins
Biographical presentation about George W. Truett, a minister who travels to Texas to bring religion to the ranch hands and then loses his own faith when he accidentally takes the life of a friend in a hunting accident.
Episode 25
Fri, Mar 22, 1957
A hospital chaplain is called on to attend a young woman who is brought to the emergency room after a suicide attempt. The chaplain must figure out her true identity and why she believes she will die on Christmas Day.
Episode 26
Fri, Mar 29, 195724 mins
A private makes a sacrifice to save the life of an unpopular platoon member.
Episode 27
Fri, Apr 5, 1957
Part 2, in the true story of Father Francis L. Sampson, the most decorated chaplain of World War 2. Father Sampson parachutes into Normandy on D-Day and finds his faith is a help to others in the heavy fighting.
Episode 28
Fri, Apr 12, 195730 mins
The preacher of a small rural church is elated over an unexpected gift of money. The donor is a wealthy and bitter recluse who does not wish to be thanked.
Episode 29
Fri, Apr 19, 1957
Pat and Danny were boyhood friends. Forty years later, they have gone in opposite directions. Pat is a Priest and Danny is a murderous convict.
Episode 30
Fri, Apr 26, 1957
In 1883 a clergyman is assigned to take over a mission on the Winnebago Indian reservation. The Indians doubt his sincerity and resist his efforts, and he tries to win them over by befriending the one boy who doesn't scorn him.
Episode 31
Fri, May 3, 195730 mins
A Methodist minister travels to a nearby Idaho town to conduct funeral services for a man thought by townsfolk to be a bum. The minister investigates the man's past.
Episode 32
Fri, May 10, 195730 mins
A poverty-stricken orphan boy resorts to stealing food out of sheer hunger. In one of his forays he is accidentally responsible for the slaying of a sheriff and is sentenced to life imprisonment. Father Flanagan tries to convince prison authorities that a prison is no place for a 12-year-old. (Based upon the Father Flanagan of "Boys Town.")
Episode 33
Fri, May 17, 1957
When a minister in a West Virginia mining town starts teaching mine safety classes, the local mine boss takes offense.
Episode 34
Fri, May 24, 195730 mins
Connie Willis, a young bride whose husband is away on military duty, is blackmailed by an old acquaintance to help him commit a robbery. She turns for guidance to the president of the Bible college she had attended. The college president and his secretary take action to help the young bride escape the dilemma.
Episode 35
Fri, May 31, 1957
A priest's efforts to establish a church at Coney Island are jeered at by the carnival employers.
Episode 36
Fri, Jun 7, 195730 mins
A minister comes to the assistance of a housewife with some serious mental problems.
Episode 37
Fri, Jun 14, 1957
Episode 38
Fri, Jun 21, 1957
The Reverend and Mrs. Stone joyfully accept foster children into their home, but they are challenged when they take in problem child Kenny.
Episode 39
Fri, Jun 28, 1957
Fr. Pat believes it is time for him to retire to his hometown, but his bishop rejects his request and instead sends him to a Church in East Harlem.