This episode has been published and can be heard everywhere your podcast is available. Closed on Sunday is a United Catholic Youth and Young Adult podcast. We discuss religion, culture, and current events in the Church with a focus on experiences of the younger generation. In episode sixteen: Joel Ortiz speaks with Joshua Smyser DeLeon about his personal experience with Catholicism along with critical issues facing the Church. Smyser-DeLeon has worked for the Archdiocese of Chicago as a Youth Minister, a coordinator of youth and young adult communication, and a Director of Totus Tuus. He attended DePaul University for his undergraduate and masters studies earning both a Bachelors of Arts in Industrial/Organizational Psychology and a Masters in Public Relations and Advertising. Smyser-DeLeon is most notable for his work creating Paseo Media and the Paseo Podcast which covers stories from and by the Puerto Rican community.  For more from Joshua Smyser-DeLeon: Twitter: @jsdeleon Featured Articles: DePaul College of Communication Paseo Podcast: Paseomedia.org follow us: Instagram: @ClosedOnSunday FaceBook: unitedcatholicym TikTok: @unitedcatholicym Have any topics you'd like us to discuss? Or any questions you'd like us to answer? Email: podcast@ucym.org and we'll make sure to get to them in the next episode!