Faithful, but Not Silent: How One Mother Finds Hope with Gillian Jenkins

***This podcast deals with mature topics such as personal struggles, abuse, or trauma. Certain episodes may not be appropriate for sensitive ears.*** 

In this powerful episode of Hope Stories with Sister Josephine, Gillian Jenkins, a Catholic wife and mother from Beaumont, Texas, opens her heart about what it’s like to love the Church deeply while being hurt by it.

Gillian shares her journey from faith-filled childhood to Catholic conversion, and the pain of realizing that the Church she loved was also human, imperfect, and sometimes silent when she most needed it to speak. Her story unfolds through her involvement with Catholic education, how she sought to help, met silence instead of accountability, and how that silence became the deepest wound.

Together, Sister Josephine and Gillian explore what it means to be faithful but not silent, how to separate the beauty of God from the brokenness of human systems, and how the virtue of hope calls us to stay and rebuild even when trust is shaken.

This conversation is both raw and redemptive, a testament to the mothers, families, and faithful Catholics who refuse to give up on the Church even when it hurts.

Journey to a new depth of hope, even in seemingly impossible circumstances, with Sr. Josephine in her new book HOPE: An Invitation. Available at osvcatholicbookstore.com.

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