HeyJaredCatholics in Ordinary Time
Hello everyone, and welcome to Catholics in Ordinary Time, a podcast where we listen to Catholics. Pretty simple really. I'm a Jesuit Catholic priest with questions about how Catholics practice their faith or why they quit. Everyone has a story and I want to hear more.
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Known by the Church with Rachel Williams (opens the original)
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Fr. Jack interviews Rachel Williams , a young adult at Saint Aloysius, about music ministry, nursing, Ignatian spirituality, prayer, parish life, and what it means to feel known by the Church. Rachel talks about serving as a cantor, finding God in moments of brokenness, praying through the Spiritual Exercises in Everyday Life, and learning to notice the opportunities to serve that can pass us by. She also reflects on tithing, young adults in the Church, intergenerational community, LGBTQ+ Cathol
85 Years, Still Showing Up with Bob Jundt (opens the original)
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Fr. Jack interviews Bob , a longtime Saint Aloysius parishioner, about a lifetime of Catholic faith, parish service, prayer, community, and what it means to call the Church home. Bob reflects on decades of involvement in parish life, including catechesis, the Knights of Columbus, Stations of the Cross, hospitality, tithing, and helping others feel welcomed into the community. He also shares his perspective on younger Catholics, the importance of showing up in person, and the hope he still has fo
Not the Church He Expected with Paul C. (opens the original)
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Fr. Jack interviews Paul Caldera , a young adult convert and newly married Catholic, about entering the Church, learning to pray, and finding his way in parish life. Paul shares how attending Mass with his now-wife led him into OCIA, how Catholicism began to “click,” and how practices like the Rosary, confession, learning about the saints, and joining the young adult community helped him grow in faith. This conversation explores conversion, prayer, Catholic questions, marriage, young adult faith
Why we Stay with Joe and Anne Smith (opens the original)
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Fr. Jack interviews Joe and Anne Smith , a married couple from Saint Aloysius, about ordinary Catholic family life, parish community, prayer, tithing, service, and raising children in the faith. Together, they reflect on how the Church has been present in their marriage, their children’s baptisms, their weekly rhythm of Mass, and their growing involvement in parish life. They also talk about the Eucharist, welcoming young families, inviting others to church, and why they remain hopeful about the
Life Didn't Go as Planned with MaKenzie Reynoldson (opens the original)
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Fr. Jack interviews MaKenzie Reynoldson , a young adult from the parish, about her reversion to the Catholic faith, the mistakes and successes that have shaped her life, and the steps she is taking now to make a difference. MaKenzie also shares about being divorced, navigating that experience in the Church, and how that difficult season helped her encounter herself more honestly and grow closer to God. This episode explores reversion, healing, mercy, and the ordinary grace of finding God again i
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