How living in L’Arche made Jeremy McLellan a better person (and funnier comedian). Ep. 66

This week, we talk with Jeremy McLellan, a comedian from
Charleston, S.C. Jeremy was recently named a “New Face of Comedy”
at the Just for Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal. He was recently
baptized at this year’s Easter Vigil. We talk to the comedian about
his time living in a L’Arche community, his struggles with
depression and making people laugh in 2018. In Signs of the Times,
Pope Francis accepts the resignations of Chilean bishops and meets
with energy executives to discuss care for the poor and the
environment. In Baltimore, the archdiocese is letting Catholic
couples get married outside of the bride or groom’s parish. A new
study claims that kids who attend Catholic schools have more
self-control than those who do not. The Catholic Memes Facebook
group sparks controversy after posting a meme that many are
describing as anti-Semitic. Finally, last month the Catholic
Women’s Forum and the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture
sponsored a conference on the #MeToo movement. We discuss the
conference, the church’s response and the effects of the sexual
revolution on the movement. Make sure to check us out on
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talking with us but to get to know each other as well. If you
haven’t joined yet, go do that. Links from the show: Pope Francis
appeals to top energy executives to care for the poor and the
environment Pope begins purge in Chile church over sex abuse
scandal Conference asks: Is the Sexual Revolution to blame for
#MeToo? Vanity Fair ad takes ‘#MeToo’ campaign to victims of
religious violence Catholic Memes controversy Baltimore Catholics
can now have that outdoor wedding they’ve dreamed of Study finds
Catholic school correlates with student’s self-control What’s on
tap? This week, we’re drinking some fancy Malbec wine, courtesy of
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