Tabard Inn

What should we make of miracles? And what would you do if one happened to you? Laugh? Cry? Shout it from the rooftops? Queer spiritual director, author, and podcast host Kevin Garcia came on to share a story of when a real miracle happened to them. It's a beautiful, magical story and we are so excited to share it with all of you!Kevin GarciaSubscribe to the Vine and Fig NewsletterVine and Fig websiteSupport this podcast via PatreonTwitterInstagramSupport the Show.

Does God still speak to us? Or did all that die out with the last of the prophets? What happens if you experience something that seems beyond a doubt to be God reaching out to communicate with you?Today husbands Jacob and Patrick Flores listened to Jordan Kennedy's story about a time when God answered her prayers beyond a reasonable doubt. Jordan is a queer Catholic and member of the Vine & Fig community and will be entering a graduate degree program at a Catholic seminary this year!Subsc...

For gay Catholics who want to follow the Church's teachings, there are two option - join a religious order, or live a single, celibate life. Gay men, of course, have a third option where they can also become priests. So what happens when you try and three, and none of them work?You can pray for a miracle, that your "same-sex attraction" goes away through some combination of grace and re-orienting your life. But if at the end of the day you are still gay, and still struggling, what do you do?H...

Husbands Pat and Jacob discuss their very Catholic wedding, what they learned in the process, and what advice they have for anyone else thinking of having a religious gay wedding!Wedding photos!Subscribe to the Vine and Fig NewsletterVine and Fig websiteSupport this podcast via PatreonTwitterInstagramSupport the Show.

Husbands Pat and Jacob discuss the beginning of Lent, the trouble with embracing suffering, and what Dorothy Day has to say was a "hard, hard doctrine."Subscribe to the Vine and Fig NewsletterVine and Fig websiteSupport this podcast via PatreonTwitterInstagramSupport the Show.

In this special episode, husbands Pat and Jacob sat down over Christmas Myte and Syntia, the hosts of the the Queer, Latinx podcast Cabronas y Chingonas. It was an awesome conversation - their podcast tackles representation in the media, especially from a queer latinx perspective. We talked with them about growing up queer in a conservative state, what shows are out there doing representation right, finding your way back to religion, coming out into POC spaces, and the joy of relatives becomi...

Husbands Pat and Jacob discuss the German bishops who are officially talking about what is good in gay relationships, what it means to vote like a Catholic, black queer filmmakers who are creating their own seat at the table, and Pope Francis deciding against married priests and women deacons in the Amazon.Subscribe to the Vine and Fig NewsletterVine and Fig websiteSupport this podcast via PatreonTwitterInstagramSupport the Show.

Pat and Jacob look back on the first year of Vine & Fig, talk about the big news coming out of the German bishops conference, and then discuss the ways they hope V&F will grow in the year ahead.Subscribe to the Vine and Fig NewsletterVine and Fig websiteSupport this podcast via PatreonTwitterInstagramSupport the Show.

Fiancés Pat and Jacob discuss a lesbian woman being denied communion at her parish in Michigan, the new Prime Minister of Finland who was raised by two moms, TikTok admitting it was suppressing videos from queer, fat, and disabled creators, and Pope Francis naming Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle to a major position in the Vatican.Subscribe to the Vine and Fig NewsletterVine and Fig websiteSupport this podcast via PatreonTwitterInstagramSupport the Show.

Welcome to Tabard Inn, a podcast about the stories we tell and the events we discuss while on pilgrimage as Queer Catholics! Vine and Fig co-founder Pat Gothman and his fiancé Jacob Flores talked this week with America Magazine's national correspondent Michael O'Loughlin about his new podcast, PLAGUE, about the Catholic Church during the AIDS crisis. Subscribe to PLAGUESubscribe to the Vine and Fig NewsletterVine and Fig websiteSupport this podcast via PatreonTwitterInstagramSupport the Show.