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Jesuitical

Painting modern saints, nuns under fire at the border, and asking what God’s will *actually* is

Jesuitical

America Media

Spirituality, Christianity, News, News Commentary, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 949 Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Picture a painting or icon of your favorite Catholic saint. He or she probably has a pretty serious expression, is most likely white and is on the older side. Those images have been wonderful objects of prayer and devotion for Catholics down through the centuries. But do they speak to young people of faith today? To you? The icons created by today’s guest, Gracie Morbitzer, seek to do just that. Gracie has created over 100 icons of saints that reflect the modern church: They are young, diverse, sometimes tattooed—and no less holy because of it. We ask what inspired this artistic endeavor and how creating icons has changed her relationship to the saints. And in Signs of the Times, we speak with our colleague Kevin Clarke about CatholicVote’s lawsuit against Catholic Charities over their humanitarian work at the U.S.-Mexico border. Links from the show Join our pilgrimage to Italy! Two nuns have a message for Catholics angry about their ministry to immigrants: ‘We don’t have any intention of stopping.’ 5 years ago we started a podcast for young Catholics. What we learned about politics, prayer and the church surprised us. The Modern Saints Icon: Hildegard of Bingen Icon: Ignatius of Loyola What’s on tap? The Archangel: 2 1/4oz gin, 3/4 Aperol, 2 cucumber slices and a lemon twist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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aimed at connecting your faith to your daily life.

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Keep listening at the end of the episode for more information on the special new series Aave Explorers, Lent 22, with Sister Miriam James Heidland. Hello and welcome to Judge Whiticle, a podcast by the Young Hip and Lay editors of

0:34.4

America media that lay part means we aren't Jesuits but we work with them.

0:37.7

Join us each week for a smart Catholic take on faith culture in the news.

0:41.3

Off de novo drinks. I'm Ashley McKinless and I am joined by on faith culture in the news. Often of Drinks.

0:43.0

I'm Ashley McKinless and I'm joined by Zach Davis.

0:46.0

Great to be with you Ashley.

0:48.0

I'm feeling spry despite my age.

0:50.0

Another year older.

0:52.0

Yep, another year older. Yep another year older celebrated my birthday this past weekend.

0:56.2

So you're 29. Does that mean you're finally going to admit that you're in your late 20s and not your mid 20s?

1:02.8

I've been claiming that I was still in my mid 20s.

1:07.4

At age 28.

1:08.9

At age 28.

1:10.1

I think now I've got to come to terms with reality

1:12.1

that this is the beginning of my late 20s.

1:14.8

When you got 80 80s for like on tests would you you know grade down to a C?

1:22.3

You know I'm not I'm not principled enough to be able to like say that I'm consistent

1:29.0

I think you know that I'm willing to fudge some numbers to benefit me however it goes.

1:34.0

But anyway, it was great, it was so good.

1:37.0

I got to spend it in Disney World with my family, so that was really nice.

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