About this episode

The episode discusses loss and grief while reflecting on hope and joy through personal stories of Fr. Jacob's mother and their priest brother.

Fr. Jacob, Fr. John, and Fr. Sean gather while they are at summer conference and they share stories in memory of the life and death of both Fr. Jacob's mother, Mary Machado, and their priest brother Msgr. Ken Leone. They discuss loss and grief in light of hope and joy, holding in memory lives well lived and deaths well faced.

People in this episode

Host: Fr. Jacob

Guests: Fr. John, Fr. Sean

Topics covered

• loss
• grief
• hope
• joy
• memory
• life and death

Keywords

• loss
• grief
• hope
• joy
• memory
• life
• death

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