Mental health and the Catholic Church: Can we have better conversations?

This week on Jesuitical, Zac and Ashley welcome Meg Kissinger, a
Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of While You Were Out: An
Intimate Family Portrait of Mental Illness in an Era of Silence.
Meg’s memoir employs her journalistic skills to tell a tale of a
Catholic family navigating mental illness. It serves as a great
foundation for a profound, personal conversation about faith,
tragedy, and trusting in an institution even when people in it have
failed you. They discuss: Meg’s family’s experience with mental
illness and suicide The evolution of the church’s pastoral care for
those impacted by suicide How community life can help us to have
better conversations about mental health In Signs of the Times, Zac
and Ashley discuss the recent news that the prefect of the Vatican
Apostolic Archives, Archbishop Sergio Pagano, is retiring—and
dishing Vatican secrets on the way out. They then cover the recent
controversy over the funeral of activist Cecilia Gentili, which was
held at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York last week. If you are
having thoughts of suicide, call or text 988 to reach the Suicide
and Crisis Lifeline or visit SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for
additional resources. What’s on tap? Coffee—it’s still Lent!
Jesuitical is going on the road in 2024! We hope you’ll join us.
And if you’d like Zac and Ashley to come to your city, send us an
email at jesuitical@americamedia.org Feb. 28: Crystal City Marriott
Hotel in Arlington, VA Live interview with Cardinal Wilton Gregory
on “A Listening Church in a Divided Nation” from 7-8 p.m. Reception
to follow from 8-9 p.m. Please RSVP here. March 18: Loyola
Marymount University in Los Angeles, California. Live interview
with American TV Newscaster Carol Costello. Time and venue TBD.
Links from the show: When my siblings died by suicide, the church
failed us. Now, it’s finally listening. The keeper of the Vatican’s
secrets is retiring. Here’s what he wants you to know. Cardinal
Dolan on St. Pat’s funeral for transgender activist: ‘I think our
cathedral acted extraordinarily well’ Learn more about your ad
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