When your son becomes a priest—and you’re not so sure about the Catholic Church
FEB 20, 202670 MIN
When your son becomes a priest—and you’re not so sure about the Catholic Church
FEB 20, 202670 MIN
Description
This week on “Jesuitical,” Ashley and guest host Sebastian sit down with Kristen Gilger, author of My Son, The Priest: A Mother’s Crisis of Faith and her son, Patrick Gilger, S.J., to discuss their interwoven journeys of faith.
0:00 Critiquing our ashes
3:00 Pope Leo's first Ash Wednesday
4:35 Vatican won't join "Board of Peace"
5:50 St. Peter's has a new snack bar!
8:10 Kristin's shock when Paddy joined the Jesuits
16:58 The challenges of poverty, chastity and obedience
22:00 Giving up marriage and a family
34:45 Cafeteria Catholicism
38:35 Reconciliation without agreement
45:10 Being open to change
50:22 Catholicism's lingering appeal
1:04:25 Faith sharing: love your enemies
Links for further reading:
My son became a priest. I still felt conflicted about God and religion.
Buy Kristen’s Book: My Son, The Priest: A Mother’s Crisis of Faith
Pope Leo on Ash Wednesday: It’s ‘rare to find adults who repent’
Vatican will not join Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ for Gaza, Cardinal Parolin says
Vatican expands visitor experience at St. Peter’s Basilica to mark 400th anniversary
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