Catholics in Ordinary Time

Catholics 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.

Episodes

October 8, 2025 7 mins

As Season 2 of Catholics in Ordinary Time comes to a close, Fr Jack looks back on the conversations that shaped this season; the courage, honesty, and hope shared by every guest who chose to stay in dialogue with the Church.

He reflects on what he’s learned, what’s still stirring in his heart, and what’s coming next for Catholics in Ordinary Time.

It’s not goodbye... it’s see you soon!

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Lindsey Horvath is a public servant and advocate rooted in faith. In this episode of Catholics in Ordinary Time, Lindsey shares with Fr. Jack how her Catholic upbringing shaped her, how her beliefs inform her work, and how she interprets her calling in a world full of questions.This is a conversation about integrity, hope, and what it looks like to live faith in the public sphere.I hope you like this conversation. I certainly did.

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Eve Tushnet is an author, speaker, and thinker whose life and witness explore what it means to live with both desire and fidelity. In this conversation with Fr Jack on Catholics in Ordinary Time, she shares how she navigates her attraction by embracing celibacy while also walking alongside a romantic partner. They talk about tension, identity, longing, and the grace of staying in relationship with God and others.

It’s a conversation...

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Kate Carter joins Fr Jack on Catholics in Ordinary Time to share her journey of faith and life in the Church. With honesty and warmth, she reflects on the experiences that have shaped her, the questions that continue to guide her, and the hope she holds for the future of the Church.

It is a conversation about resilience, belonging, and the courage to remain rooted in faith even when the path is complex.

I hope you like this conversat...

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Ann Marie Pace is a writer and director based in Los Angeles—Mexican American and proud of it, shaped by a life spent exploring identity. From her thesis film shot in the Amazon to directing for Disney+, she tells stories that bridge worlds and make space for voices that don’t always see themselves reflected.

In this episode of Catholics in Ordinary Time, Ann Marie sits down with Fr Jack to talk about the art of belonging, resilienc...

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September 3, 2025 43 mins

Alyssa Duffner shares with Fr Jack her journey of holding faith and identity together and why she continues to find a home in the Catholic Church. It is a conversation about honesty, resilience, and the hope for a community where all know they belong.

I hope you like this conversation I certainly did

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Yunuen Trujillo is a Catholic lay minister attorney and author of LGBT Catholics: A Guide to Inclusive Ministry She brings her faith into action through her work with immigrant rights LGBTQ ministry and community building in Los Angeles

In this episode of Catholics in Ordinary Time Yunuen sits down with Fr Jack to share her story of faith her life in the Church and the ways she works to create spaces of welcome and belonging

It’s a c...

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In the first episode of Season 2, Fr Jack opens the door to a new series of conversations. This season of Catholics in Ordinary Time is about queer women who have chosen to remain in the Catholic Church. Some have found ways to adjust their lives to Church teaching. Others stay while holding tension with it.

Through these voices, the season will explore what it means to belong, to question, and to hold faith in a community that does...

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In this season finale of Catholics in Ordinary Time, Fr Jack looks back at the conversations he’s had with young adults over the past months. From the questions they carry to the hope they hold, he reflects on what he’s learned from listening to their stories.

It’s part gratitude, part reflection, and part invitation to keep the conversation going into next season.


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Grace Cotangco lives and works in Los Angeles where she actively serves as a lector musician and youth minister in the parish she chose as her own

In this episode of Catholics in Ordinary Time she sits down with Fr Jack to talk about what it means to show up where you are called to be even when it’s not the parish you grew up in

It’s a story about service music and finding your place in the Church with joy and intentionality

I hope yo...

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Vivi Jaramillo is a musician and songwriter living in Los Angeles, originally from Ecuador. Her music blends raw emotion, spiritual depth, and Latin roots—an offering of beauty, honesty, and belonging.

In this episode of Catholics in Ordinary Time, Vivi talks with Fr Jack about how she came into the Catholic faith, through doubts, through questions, and through moments of deep beauty. This conversation goes there. It’s real, persona...

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Alex Street is a musician and youth minister now serving at a non Catholic church in Boise Idaho. He once worked for a Catholic parish but over time his path led him somewhere new. Still centered on Christ still rooted in service but shaped by unexpected turns

In this episode of Catholics in Ordinary Time Alex talks with Fr Jack about ministry music leaving and longing and what it means to keep showing up for young people even as yo...

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Keaton was raised Catholic but found himself drawn into a different kind of church community as a young adult, a non denominational church in Colorado that felt like home

In this episode of Catholics in Ordinary Time he talks with Fr Jack about growing up in the faith what pulled him away and what keeps him connected to something deeper even as the path looks different

It’s a conversation about tradition and transformation
About q...

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Maggie Miller grew up in Brooklyn and now lives in France where she’s studying art history and navigating life far from everything familiar. In this episode of Catholics in Ordinary Time she joins Fr Jack for an honest conversation about faith beauty and what it means to keep searching especially when belief doesn’t come easy

They talk about doubt distance and the quiet ways art and culture invite deeper questions

This is a story abo...

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Jake McEwan is a couples and family therapist who recently moved back to his hometown of Spokane. In this episode of Catholics in Ordinary Time, he talks with Fr. Jack about his journey away from the Church, what brought him back, and the quiet strength it takes to keep showing up.

There’s laughter
There’s honesty
There’s a little bit of “happy-go-lucky Catholic gets stolen by the devil” energy

It’s real life, and Jake tells it...

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Tiffany Yvonne Cox is an actor, director, and writer living in Los Angeles with her husband and two boys. You may have seen her on stage, on screen, or in the upcoming season of Reasonable Doubt on Hulu.

But in this episode, she steps off set and sits down with Fr. Jack for a real conversation about faith, trust, identity, and what it means to find your place in the Church as a woman, a mother, an artist, and a seeker.

They talk abou...

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This week Fr. Jack chats with Ryan Bradshaw, a husband, dad, and parish staff guy trying to live his faith in the middle of real life. They talk about what it means to serve the Church, raise a family, and still find time to breathe and maybe pray too

I hope you like this conversation. I certainly did






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Maddie Dobrowski is a young adult living with her husband in Spokane, WA.  She teaches at a classic academy and writes.  You can read her on Substack - Love of Literature.  She is also an author of The Lord of the Rings and Catholicism: Exploring the Christian Roots of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy.





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In this first episode, Fr. Jack, a Jesuit priest, introduces himself and the heart behind the podcast. Catholics in Ordinary Time isn’t here to offer all the answers. It’s here to make space for real conversations.

This season focuses on young adults. Some are practicing Catholics. Some aren’t. All are invited to share honestly where they are in their journey of faith.

This episode sets the tone for what’s to come. Listening, not lec...

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