A Nun's Life Ministry

AS153 Ask Sister - Motherhouse Road Trip with the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, St. Paul

AS153 Ask Sister podcast recorded live on March 6, 2014. Sponsored by aNunsLife.org ministry. Motherhouse Road Trip with the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, St. Paul. Topics include: journey to religious life, community, lifestyle changes, & more! Subscribe to our newsletter Check out lots more podcasts Intro/outro music by Wild Carrot...

During Lent, should you pray only the Sorrowful Mysteries of the rosary?

In this Random Nun Clip, a listener asks if the Sorrowful Mysteries are better for Lent than the other Mysteries of the rosary. Hear the full Ask Sister podcast AS132 at aNunsLife.org. Let us know your thoughts about the Random Nun Clips podcast by taking this short survey! Your input helps us shape Random Nun Clips podcasts in the future. Click HERE to take the survey . Thank you!...

Did Mickey Mouse start out as a church mouse? Chloe the Convent Cat responds.

This Random Nun Clip is from Ask Sister podcast episode 100. Sponsored by aNunsLife.org ministry. Topics include: Chloe the Convent Cat, Mickey Mouse.

AS152 Ask Sister - being Just Friends with a congregation you didn't join, 2 vocations in 1 person, total consecration

AS152 Ask Sister podcast recorded live on February 12, 2014. Sponsored by aNunsLife.org ministry. Topics include: how to stay in touch with a congregation after discernment led elsewhere, too many vocations at once, the meaning of "consecration" Subscribe to our newsletter Check out lots more podcasts Intro/outro music by Wild Carrot...

What is a religious virtuoso? Are some people just naturally more into religion?

This Random Nun Clip is from In Good Faith podcast 016. Sponsored by aNunsLife.org ministry. Guest: Sister Patricia Wittberg, SC. Topics include: religious virtuoso, Max Weber, different levels of attraction to religion

Have ideas about Mary the Mother of God changed over time?

This Random Nun Clip is from In Good Faith episode 28. Sponsored by aNunsLife.org ministry. Sister Elizabeth Johnson, CSJ, joins us to talk about a theology of Mary.

When you were first becoming a sister, what surprises did you encounter?

This Random Nun Clip is from Ask Sister podcast episode 146. Sponsored by aNunsLife.org ministry. Motherhouse Road Trip with the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana. Guests: Sisters Hannah Corbin and Arrianne Whittaker.

If Adam and Eve only had sons, then how are we here today?

This Random Nun Clip is from Ask Sister podcast episode 141. Sponsored by aNunsLife.org ministry. Topics include: Book of Genesis, creation stories, Adam and Eve and their kids, salvation history.

AS151 Ask Sister - say a little prayer for you, please pass the salt pillar, Vending Machine God, nun surveillance

AS151 Ask Sister podcast recorded live on January 15, 2014. Sponsored by aNunsLife.org ministry. Topics include: say a little prayer for you, please pass the salt pillar, Vending Machine God, nun surveillance. Subscribe to our newsletter Check out lots more podcasts Intro/outro music by Wild Carrot...

LOL Nun Outtake: Dragging people to prayer, really?

This Random Nun Clip is an outtake from Ask Sister podcast episode 150. Sponsored by aNunsLife.org ministry. Topics include: resolving conflict through prayer, dragging people to Jesus.

What does it take to become a holy person -- or is holiness only for Super Humans?

AS150 Ask Sister - Fav Advent readings, adieu to the pew, conflict in the convent, no results from the rosary

AS150 Ask Sister podcast recorded live on December 18, 2013. Sponsored by aNunsLife.org ministry. Topics include: fav Advent readings, adieu to the pew, conflict in the convent, no results from the rosary. Subscribe to newsletter -- http://anunslife.org/newsletter Listen to podcasts -- http://anunslife.org/podcasts Our website -- http://anunslife.org/...

Did the nuns survive the murder mystery novel--what did the writer decide?

This Random Nun Clip is from Ask Sister podcast episode124. Sponsored by aNunsLife.org ministry. Topics include: We gave advice to a murder mystery novelist, but did the nun character survive?

AS149 Ask Sister - Sound of Music gone country; nun customs of greeting and respect, and "the discipline"

AS149 Ask Sister podcast recorded live on November 20, 2013. Sponsored by aNunsLife.org ministry. Topics include: Sound of Music gone country, kissing a superior's ring, saying Ave! instead of hello, "the discipline," and other customs. Subscribe to newsletter -- http://anunslife.org/newsletter Listen to podcasts -- http://anunslife.org/podcasts Our website -- http://anunslife.org/...

In the movie The Sound of Music, do you like the way the nuns are portrayed?

This Random Nun Clip is from Ask Sister podcast episode 081. Sponsored by aNunsLife.org ministry. Topics include: "singing nun" stereotypes, discernment, community life.

If you take all the stuff out of Christianity that might offend anyone, won't it become "Christianity Lite"?

What's the nun stance on veiling and mantillas at Mass?

IGF028 In Good Faith - Sister Elizabeth Johnson, Distinguished Professor of Theology at Fordham University

IGF048 In Good Faith podcast with Sister Elizabeth Johnson, CSJ, recorded live on November 1, 2013. The influences on Sister Elizabeth’s attraction to theology The pedestal of idealized womanhood, and recovering Mary's humanity The "communion of holy things" -- all of creation in the communion of saints Holiness as a gift from God, freely given to all Understanding saints as friends of God throughout their lives Saints and canonized saints The Great Cloud of Witnesses (Hebrews 12) Two models of ...

Is it possible for anyone to be holy like a saint?

Saints, with Fr. James Martin, SJ. This Random Nun Clip is from Ask Sister podcast AS093, recorded live on November 24, 2011. Sponsored by aNunsLife.org ministry.

AS148 Ask Sister - St. Joseph Worker Program, a 1-year volunteer experience for young women committed to social change

AS148 Ask Sister podcast recorded live on October 16, 2013. Sponsored by aNunsLife.org ministry. Guests: S. Suzanne Herder and Andrea Tande of the St. Joseph Worker Program, a one-year experience for young women committed to social change. Subscribe to newsletter -- http://anunslife.org/newsletter Listen to podcasts -- http://anunslife.org/podcasts Our website -- http://anunslife.org/...

Is there a reason why scriptures at Mass are read without much inflection?

This Random Nun Clip is from AS137 Ask Sister podcast recorded live on April 24, 2013. Sponsored by aNunsLife.org ministry.

What are some unexpected things you've learned about prayer?

In this Random Nun Clip, we talk with Sister Cheryl Rose, HM, about prayer. Hear the full podcast on our Motherhouse Road Trip page, along with the travel journal and pics of the trip!

AS147 Ask Sister - Motherhouse Road Trip edition: Sisters of the Humility of Mary, distracted discernment, are some good works better than others

AS147 Ask Sister podcast recorded live on September 20, 2013. Sponsored by aNunsLife.org ministry. Motherhouse Road Trip edition. Topics include: Sisters of the Humility of Mary, distracted discernment, are some good works better than others Subscribe to newsletter -- http://anunslife.org/newsletter Listen to podcasts -- http://anunslife.org/podcasts Our website -- http://anunslife.org/...

AS146 Ask Sister - Motherhouse Road Trip edition: What it's like to be a Sister of Providence, serving God through life as it is, a perfect Christian (not)

AS146 Ask Sister podcast recorded live on September 5, 2013. Sponsored by aNunsLife.org ministry. Motherhouse Road Trip edition, Sisters of Providence. Topics include: what it's like to join the sisters, alpacas, living for God, a perfect Christian (not) Subscribe to newsletter -- http://anunslife.org/newsletter Listen to podcasts -- http://anunslife.org/podcasts Our website -- http://anunslife.org/...

What's it like to discern a vocation to religious life as a Sister of Notre Dame?

What's the difference between lay ministry and ministry as a Sister of Notre Dame?

Can you offer discernment advice from religious life to people considering other life commitments, like marriage?

Motherhouse Road Trip to the Sisters of Notre Dame in Toledo Ohio, recorded live on August 29, 2013. Sponsored by aNunsLife.org Ministry. In this audio clip, Sisters Teresita Richards and Mary Ann Culpert talk about discerning major life commitments

RNC - What's one of the best things about being an Adrian Dominican sister?

Motherhouse Road Trip to Adrian, Michigan, recorded live on August 26, 2013. Sponsored by aNunsLife.org ministry. In this audio clip, Sisters Durstyne Farnan and Mary Beth Howell talk about some of the best things about being an Adrian Dominican sister

AS145 Ask Sister - Motherhouse Road Trip with the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth: discerning God's call, preparatory prayers, hello God are you there

AS145 Ask Sister podcast recorded live on August 21, 2013. Sponsored by aNunsLife.org ministry. Motherhouse Road Trip with the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth. Topics include: charism and mission, GPS God, pre-nun bucket list, and more Subscribe to newsletter -- http://anunslife.org/newsletter Listen to podcasts -- http://anunslife.org/podcasts Our website -- http://anunslife.org/...

IGF027 In Good Faith - Sisters Margaret Nacke and Ann Oestreich, Bakhita Initiative

IGF027 In Good Faith with Sisters Margaret Nacke, CSJ, and Ann Oestreich, IHM, recorded live on August 7, 2013. The sisters describe their calling to religious life and to social justice ministry Works of charity and works of justice: the importance of changing social structures that make charity a necessity What is human trafficking and who is involved in it Hidden in plain sight – challenges of identifying situations of human trafficking What to do if you suspect human trafficking Legal conseq...