HIGHLIGHTS

05:16 Institutional alienation plague: Decline in Catholicism in the US

09:21 Serving as a Catholic priest in the Vatican and standing in his own truth

12:35 Entering the seminary and realizing spirituality is greater than the Church

19:06 Internal spirituality and the Divine are interconnected 

23:01 Coming out of the closet as a priest

28:08 Experiencing the political atmosphere and elitism of the Vatican

32:37 Tradition: Passing down gifts to next generations but getting stuck in the past

40:05 Coaching as a former priest: Follow your desires and create an impact

41:39 Work with a coach and develop ideas, start small, and write it down

46:05 Former priests founded Avanti as a resource for priests wanting to leave

49:25 Connect with Brian

QUOTES

11:40 "I wanted to stand in my own truth, as a gay man, to live my life freely, to love another person, and I also saw when I was working and being at the Vatican so much a life that I didn't want to be part of."

15:54 "The only way that I think my family or the way I understood (spirituality) culturally was, if you wanted to live or have that sense, it was to stay within the church. I've come to realize now that you can live that out in so many different ways. It's bigger than an institutional church."

31:17 "It really is very, very political. And it's something that is palpable... that was one thing I picked up that it's a very insular world. Everything's very formal, no one ever loses their temper, but it's very insular and you can sense this clericalism, at times you can sense this kind of elitism."

40:22 "I think what my past life as a priest and executive has really united in helping individuals is my story is one that is about owning what you desire and really, when you own what you desire and you're standing in your truth, then you are really free to do what you want to do."

48:17 "Begin where you are now. It's not about where you're there, but beginning now. And that's one of the most important things. I think the next thing is, it's really powerful, sometimes we hold ourselves back by stories we've told ourselves or stories we've been told."

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