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A Nun's Life Ministry

A Nun’s Life Ministryanunslife.org
A Nun's Life Ministry helps people discover and grow in their vocation, that is, their life's calling by engaging questions about God, faith, and religious life.
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Episodes

AS182 Ask Sister - Motherhouse Road Trip with the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, La Crosse, Wisconsin

A Nun's Life Ministry celebrates 10 years of online ministry in 2016! SHOW NOTES 3:01: Called to religious life: the story of 2 Saturdays 6:36: Meeting the FSPAs through Sister Thea Bowman 12:59: Formation and service as a lay missioner in West Africa 18:13: Advice for discerning God's calling 23:40: Listener question: It sounds like discernment can be a joyless time of soul searching, but are there other aspects? 25:36: Community acupuncture ministry 29:38: Parish ministry as a pastoral associa...

Mar 13, 201655 minSeason 8Ep. 182

AS181 Ask Sister - Motherhouse Road Trip with the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Dubuque, Iowa

A Nun's Life Ministry celebrates 10 years of online ministry in 2016! SHOW NOTES Deciding what to give your life to Journey into the Catholic Church Finding BVMs everywhere -- a coincidence (not)! Volunteer experience with the BVMs Seeing Christ in one another in community The irresistible tug of God's calling BVM mission: "being freed and helping others enjoy freedom in God's steadfast love" Sports and spirituality Theology class as an encounter with the world Listeners' questions: What was the...

Mar 06, 201654 minSeason 8Ep. 181

AS180 Ask Sister - giving up tiresome friends for Lent, parading around our holiness, fasting

SHOW NOTES 1:24 – The nuns suggest Lenten practices for each other 3:35 – A tangible Lent 5:20 – Setting goals vs. allowing Lent to unfold 7:10 – Self-awareness as part of the Lenten journey 8:35 – Energized by the Spirit…and coffee 10:00 – A listener feels conflict with friends over fasting for Lent 11:30 – Three aspects of Lent: fasting, prayer, and almsgiving 14:15 – A Lenten call to vulnerability 17:15 – Music break: “Lent,” Dogma Dogs 18:45 – A listener wonders if wearing ashes means he’s p...

Feb 07, 201629 minSeason 8Ep. 180

How can I find a spiritual pen-pal?

In this Random Nun Clip, a listener asks how to find a pen-pal for spiritual convo. Hear the full Ask Sister podcast episode at AS179 .

Jan 27, 20164 min

What's daily prayer like in a Benedictine community?

In this Random Nun Clip, we talk with Sisters Bernadette and Carlotta Maria about prayers, stairs, and coffee at the monastery. This Random Nun Clip is from our Ask Sister podcast with the Sisters of the Monastery of Saint Gertrude, in Cottonwood, Idaho. Hear the full podcast at AS176 at aNunsLife.org.

Dec 06, 20150

AS177 Ask Sister - Founders Day, Venerable Henriette Delille, how can cats, coffee, and chapel veils help your prayer life

Sister Greta Jupiter of the Sisters of the Holy Family is our guest in the first half of the podcast. She talks with us about Founders Day and Henriette Delille, free woman of color and founder (1842) of the Sisters of the Holy Family in New Orleans. Learn more at the Sisters of the Holy Family website In the second half of the podcast, we respond to a listener who asks if God will hear her prayers better if she wears a chapel veil. Subscribe to our newsletter Check out lots more podcasts Intro/...

Dec 03, 201536 minSeason 7Ep. 177

Bliss, blisters, and walking the Camino

This Random Nun Clip is from In Good Faith episode 19, with Trish Clark, author of Guide to the Camino , a step-by-step guide to walking the pilgrim path from St-Jean-Pied-de-Port in France to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Hear the full podcast at IGF019 .

Sep 08, 20153 min

Who are your fav women in scripture?

This Random Nun Clip is from In Good Faith episode 10, with S. Barbara Reid, OP, professor of New Testament and vice president and academic dean at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. Hear the full podcast at IGF010.

Sep 08, 20154 min
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