Yunuen Trujillo is a Catholic lay minister attorney and author of LGBT Catholics: A Guide to Inclusive Ministry She brings her faith into action through her work with immigrant rights LGBTQ ministry and community building in Los Angeles

In this episode of Catholics in Ordinary Time Yunuen sits down with Fr Jack to share her story of faith her life in the Church and the ways she works to create spaces of welcome and belonging

It’s a conversation about resilience advocacy and staying rooted in faith even when the path is complicated

I hope you like this conversation I certainly did

In the first episode of Season 2, Fr Jack opens the door to a new series of conversations. This season of Catholics in Ordinary Time is about queer women who have chosen to remain in the Catholic Church. Some have found ways to adjust their lives to Church teaching. Others stay while holding tension with it.

Through these voices, the season will explore what it means to belong, to question, and to hold faith in a community that doesn’t always feel simple or easy.

This is not about giving all the answers. It is about listening with honesty, humility, and hope.

I hope you like this conversation. I certainly did.

In this season finale of Catholics in Ordinary Time, Fr Jack looks back at the conversations he’s had with young adults over the past months. From the questions they carry to the hope they hold, he reflects on what he’s learned from listening to their stories.

It’s part gratitude, part reflection, and part invitation to keep the conversation going into next season.

Grace Cotangco lives and works in Los Angeles where she actively serves as a lector musician and youth minister in the parish she chose as her own

In this episode of Catholics in Ordinary Time she sits down with Fr Jack to talk about what it means to show up where you are called to be even when it’s not the parish you grew up in

It’s a story about service music and finding your place in the Church with joy and intentionality

I hope you like this conversation I certainly did

Vivi Jaramillo is a musician and songwriter living in Los Angeles, originally from Ecuador. Her music blends raw emotion, spiritual depth, and Latin roots—an offering of beauty, honesty, and belonging.

In this episode of Catholics in Ordinary Time, Vivi talks with Fr Jack about how she came into the Catholic faith, through doubts, through questions, and through moments of deep beauty. This conversation goes there. It’s real, personal, and full of the kind of honesty that invites others to look at their own story with gentleness and courage.

You can find Vivi’s work at vivijamusic.com or any music platform under "Vivija"

I hope you like this conversation. I certainly did

Alex Street is a musician and youth minister now serving at a non Catholic church in Boise Idaho. He once worked for a Catholic parish but over time his path led him somewhere new. Still centered on Christ still rooted in service but shaped by unexpected turns

In this episode of Catholics in Ordinary Time Alex talks with Fr Jack about ministry music leaving and longing and what it means to keep showing up for young people even as your spiritual home shifts

It’s a story about listening to the call
Even when it sounds different than expected

I hope you like this conversation. I certainly did

Keaton was raised Catholic but found himself drawn into a different kind of church community as a young adult, a non denominational church in Colorado that felt like home

In this episode of Catholics in Ordinary Time he talks with Fr Jack about growing up in the faith what pulled him away and what keeps him connected to something deeper even as the path looks different

It’s a conversation about tradition and transformation
About questions and belonging
And about the grace of being honest with where you are

I hope you like this conversation. I certainly did

Maggie Miller grew up in Brooklyn and now lives in France where she’s studying art history and navigating life far from everything familiar. In this episode of Catholics in Ordinary Time she joins Fr Jack for an honest conversation about faith beauty and what it means to keep searching especially when belief doesn’t come easy

They talk about doubt distance and the quiet ways art and culture invite deeper questions

This is a story about being in between
And choosing to stay curious

I hope you like this conversation. I certainly did.

Jake McEwan is a couples and family therapist who recently moved back to his hometown of Spokane. In this episode of Catholics in Ordinary Time, he talks with Fr. Jack about his journey away from the Church, what brought him back, and the quiet strength it takes to keep showing up.

There’s laughter
There’s honesty
There’s a little bit of “happy-go-lucky Catholic gets stolen by the devil” energy

It’s real life, and Jake tells it well

I hope you like this conversation.

Tiffany Yvonne Cox is an actor, director, and writer living in Los Angeles with her husband and two boys. You may have seen her on stage, on screen, or in the upcoming season of Reasonable Doubt on Hulu.

But in this episode, she steps off set and sits down with Fr. Jack for a real conversation about faith, trust, identity, and what it means to find your place in the Church as a woman, a mother, an artist, and a seeker.

They talk about creativity, hard questions, and the kind of faith that’s open, growing, and deeply human.

Books mentioned in this episode include The Four Spiritual Laws of Prosperity,  Making Sense of the Bible,  and Reclaiming Church. 

I hope you like this conversation. I certainly did.