Catholic wisdom from Jane Austen, a cardinal arrested in Hong Kong, and altar serving as an adult

On the surface, Jane Austen’s classic novels like Pride and
Prejudice and Emma might seem to be about courtship and marriage,
manners and the social hierarchies of Regency England. But while
weddings and ballrooms abound in her books, so do lessons about how
to live a virtuous life.  This week on Jesuitical, we speak
with Haley Stewart, a self-described Jane Austen evangelist and the
author of the new book, Jane Austen’s Genius Guide to Life: On
Love, Friendship, and Becoming the Person God. We ask Haley how
virtues like humility and patience are cultivated in Austen’s
fiction; what Jane would say about modern dating and romance; why
Catholics (and men) should take her novels seriously. In Signs of
the Times, Cardinal Joseph Zen, the 90-year-old former bishop of
Hong Kong, was arrested and briefly detained for his involvement in
pro-democracy protests. Zac breaks down what this arrest means for
the (very complicated) situation of the Catholic Church in Hong
Kong and mainland China.  Links from the show: Join Jesuitical
in Italy Cardinal Joseph Zen, 90, arrested in Hong Kong Jane
Austen’s Genius Guide to Life: On Love, Friendship, and Becoming
the Person God Created You to Be What’s on tap? Balcones bourbon,
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