Welcome to the spiritual life. I'm Father Jim Martin. On this podcast, we reflect on how people

experience God in their daily lives and in their prayer. And I'm joined by my wonderful producer, Maggie

Van Dorn. Maggie, good to be with you. So good to be with you, Jim. Who are we speaking with this

week? We are speaking with this week?

We are speaking with Archbishop Charles Jason Gordon.

And like I asked for all of our guests, how did you meet Archbishop Charles Jason Gordon?

It's a great name, isn't it?

I first met Archbishop Gordon at the Synod on Synodality, which was a years-long meeting of Catholic leaders. We met in October 2023 and 24, and he was one of my favorite people. I mean, he was just relaxed and calm. And as you'll see in this interview, funny and warm and really friendly. And I'm just so excited that we're going to be able to talk with him. Yeah, I feel like the Senate on Synodality was quite the networking event for you.

It was. We were very lucky to meet all these great people.

Yeah, so a bit more about Charles Jason Gordon.

He is the Archbishop of Port of Spain, the capital city of Trinidad and Tobago, an island country in the Caribbean.

Archbishop Jason Gordon, or Archbishop J,

as he is affectionately known, has received several awards

for his work with disadvantaged youth,

and as Bishop of Barbados started the hub,

people helping people, to assist people achieve

sustainable livelihoods.

He has worked for judicial reforms to speed up the delivery of justice and is a member of Jubilee

2000, an international ecumenical consortium that seeks justice through debt forgiveness on behalf

of the world's most indebted nations.

Archbishop Gordon has authored several books, including meditation in the upper room, teach us to pray and food for the journey.

Well, we'll get to our conversation in just a minute with the Archbishop, but first I think we have an audience question, Maggie. Is that right?

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