The one where Olga says goodbye. Ep. 124

It’s the end of an era. As you heard on last week’s episode, our
cohost Olga Segura is leaving America Media, and therefore
Jesuitical, to freelance full-time and work on a book on race, the
Black Lives Matter movement and the Catholic Church, which will be
published in 2021. To quote from Olga’s farewell newsletter for
Patreon supporters:  James Baldwin—my answer to “Who would you
canonize” during our first live show and my favorite writer—once
wrote, “Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without
and know we cannot live within.” You—Ashley, Zac, my producer
Eloise Blondiau and our listeners—helped me to remove the cover I
often hid behind. I stopped code-switching and I stopped being
afraid of who I was: an Afro-Latina writer in the Catholic
world.  Olga offered sharp and thoughtful commentary on
ecclesial and secular affairs, advocated for justice and vulnerably
shared her true self with us and our listeners. Change is hard, and
this will not be easy for any of us. Olga provided a unique and
necessary voice in the Catholic media, and especially so on
Jesuitical. Moreover, will anyone keep the peace between Ashley and
Zac?  In this special episode, we skip the Signs of the Times
and Consolations and Desolations to devote an entire conversation
to Olga and her work at America.  We’ll miss you Olga. Come
back and visit us soon.  Love,  Zac and Ashley Learn more
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