Podcast: Lent in a Jubilee Year: How are we living our Catholic faith?

'When I was talking about human connection…having a conversation with one of the children at school, taking my dog for a walk, looking at a starry night, being before the Blessed Sacrament - it's all part of the same thing. I don't compartmentalise. There isn't, sort of, God things and mundane things.'

A fantastic dialogue with Deacon Mark, quoted above, begins the season of Lent on the All Kinds of Catholic podcast. In wide-ranging conversation, Deacon Mark and podcast host, Theresa Alessandro, talk about Ash Wednesday and our 'earthy, very connected, human sort of faith' as well as being made in the image of God, autism notwithstanding - and St Francis' appreciation of his unpredictable follower, Brother Juniper.

Recent episodes uncover Eoin's Jubilee-preview cycling pilgrimage from Canterbury to Rome, how Maggie lives with bereavement, Mark's work on sharing the Gospel with children and young people, and the motivation for Sr Gabrielle of hundreds of years of her Northern Catholic ancestry.

If you haven't been listening, start now! There are exciting developments planned for the podcast during this Jubilee Year and beyond. As Theresa says in the introduction to each weekly episode, 'My conversations with different Catholics will give you glimpses into some of the ways we're living our faith today. Pope Francis has used the image of a caravan. A diverse group of people travelling together, on a sometimes chaotic journey together. I hope you'll feel encouraged and affirmed and maybe challenged at times. I am too in these conversations.'

Listen to All Kinds of Catholic on all the usual podcast platforms and here: https://kindsofcatholic.buzzsprout.com