Catholic parishes are booming in the Southwest–what does that mean for the U.S. church?

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🗓️ 1 November 2022

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Catholic parishes are growing quickly in the Southwest, and that’s raising important questions for the U.S. church: How are Anglo and Latino communities integrating on the ground? Why aren’t Latinos adequately represented in parish, diocesan and national church structures? Ashley and Zac welcome Jim McDermott, S.J., and Sebastian Gomes to discuss Part One of America Media’s new, groundbreaking documentary, “People of God: How Catholic Parish Life is Changing in the United States.” The film begins in the suburbs of Phoenix, Ariz., where one parish built a second church to accommodate the new families joining the parish on an almost daily basis. Watch "People of God: How Catholic Parish Life is Changing in the United States" Stay tuned to the Jesuitical feed for more bonus episodes on the film! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.0	Issemyaki. Hello and welcome to Jesuitical, a podcast by the young hip and lay editors of America media.
0:46.0	That lay part means we aren't Jesuits, but we work with them.
0:49.0	Join us each week for a smart Catholic take on faith, culture, in the news, often over drinks.
0:54.0	And a very special welcome to this special bonus episode of Jesuitical.
0:58.2	Today we're talking about parishes.
1:00.4	You know, that place where we go to Mass on Sundays where we get baptized married and buried
1:04.6	where we go to C. C. D Bible Study and bingo night. America recently released a
1:09.6	brand-new groundbreaking documentary People of God how Catholic Parish Life is Changing in the United States,
1:15.0	which you can watch now, I should say,
1:16.7	at America magazine.org slash People of God.
1:19.5	But the film brought up a lot of questions and issues
1:21.7	that people love to talk about or rather argue
1:24.4	about I suppose and so that's what we're going to do today so I'm joined by my
1:28.0	usual co-host Ashley McKinless my colleague father Jim McDermott and the
1:31.9	director and narrator of the film Sebastian Gomes who I should also say produces this podcast.
1:37.0	Welcome to the site of the mic Sebastian.
1:39.0	Thanks, Zach, great to be with you guys.
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