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:
⁠My son became a priest. I still felt conflicted about God and religion: https://www.americamagazine.org/faithinfocus/2025/10/09/book-son-priest-vocation
⁠Buy Kristen’s Book: My Son, The Priest: A Mother’s Crisis of Faith⁠: https://www.monkfishpublishing.com/product/my-son-the-priest
⁠Pope Leo on Ash Wednesday: It’s ‘rare to find adults who repent’⁠: https://www.americamagazine.org/news/2026/02/18/pope-leo-xiv-ash-wednesday
⁠Vatican will not join Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ for Gaza, Cardinal Parolin says⁠: https://www.americamagazine.org/news/2026/02/18/vatican-rejects-trump-peace-board
⁠Vatican expands visitor experience at St. Peter’s Basilica to mark 400th anniversary⁠: https://www.americamagazine.org/news/2026/02/17/vatican-st-peters-basilica-400th-anniversary

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