Father Rivers witnesses a living miracle, when Willy, the church's mascot goat, becomes an inspiration factor in bringing an abandoned child out of his catatonic state.
Father Hardstep must sacrifice the classic "woody" station wagon to help a bag lady (Jeanette Nolan) after a group of winos, known as "The Magnificent Five," steals the money she had been in to buy a stained glass window for St. Dominic's.
Maude attacks a pimp who is trying to entice her teenage foster daughter. Father Hardstep tries to stop the police from arresting the woman who used buckshot to protect her daughter from a pimp.
Father Hardstep tries to stop an escalating gang war with his unique brand of spreading the faith. The priest draws from his own prison experiences to prevent violence sparked by two lovers crossing gang boundary lines.
Father Hardstep consults Judith, a rape counselor (Cassie Yates) to help Sister Daisy recover from her trauma. Hardstep helps Sister Daisy (Rhonda Dotson) deal with the issue of rape and unwanted pregnancy.
Hardstep intervenes when a group of women threaten to leave their barfly husbands. Father "Hardstep" seeks a solution to the matrimonial problems created by a neighborhood bar.
Father Hardstep travels to a small desert town to investigate the suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of his dear friend and former love interest, Annie Turner, and the answer to his troublesome question is murder.
Two fathers-in-law endanger the marriage of Kate, a woman (from Hell Town and David, from Beverly Hills. A former Hell Town resident's father, recently released from jail, nearly ruins her marriage to the son of a wealthy family.