A spirituality of family life with Katie Prejean McGrady

About this episode

Katie Prejean McGrady joins James Martin, S.J. to discuss the religious revival in America and the spirituality of family life.

Radio host and author, Katie Prejean McGrady joins host James Martin, S.J., to talk about the religious revival sweeping across America, how youth ministers can share eternal truths without falling prey to black-and-white thinking, and a spirituality of family life. Katie is an award-winning Catholic author, speaker and host of The Katie McGrady Show on SiriusXM’s The Catholic Channel. She also hosts a weekly podcast, Family Mass Prep on Hallow with her husband Tommy. Timecodes: 0:00 “Jesus is constantly surprising me” 5:20 Is there a religious revival happening for young people? 10:00 Avoiding the dangers of black and white thinking in youth ministry 14:22 Katie’s “big Catholic” upbringing 17:40 Making spiritual sense of suffering 22:00 Ignatian contemplation with Jesus 30:40 The spirituality of being a parent 39:12 How parents can get their kids to mass 46:06 Audience Question: How can I fully participate in the Catholic liturgy when I find myself at odds with Catholic teaching? Some of Katie’s books: Room 24: Adventures of a New Evangelist Follow: Your Lifelong Adventure with Jesus Read Fr. Jim's spiritual reflection on this episode Do you have a spiritual question for Father…

People in this episode

Host: James Martin, S.J.

Guest: Katie Prejean McGrady

Topics covered

• spirituality of family life
• religious revival
• youth ministry
• black-and-white thinking
• parenting
• Catholic liturgy

Keywords

• family life
• youth ministry
• Catholic
• spirituality
• religious revival
• parenting
• black-and-white thinking

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: SiriusXM, Hallow

Books & works: Room 24: Adventures of a New Evangelist, Your Lifelong Adventure with Jesus

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