Ever Ancient, Ever New

On today's episode, we're listening to an interview with Sr. Anne Marie Warrens, O.S.F. from the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Sorrows in Beaverton Oregon . The Franciscan Missionary Sisters are an international Catholic religious community committed to Evangelization of the Gospel in the Spirit of Saint Francis and Saint Clare of Assisi. The Sisters of Our Lady of Sorrows carry out...

On today’s episode, we will be featuring a talk from our 2018 National Meeting by Abbot Austin Murphy O.S.B. of St. Procopius Abbey in Lisle, IL .  Abbot Austin was born in Huntington, NY in 1974 and attended the University of Chicago, receiving a B.A. in Economics in 1995. He studied for the priesthood at the Dominican House of studies in Washinton D.C. receiving his M.A. in Theology in 2003 as w...

On this week's episode, we're listening to a Facebook Live interview on, "The Pillars of Faith and Charity" with IRL board members, Jesse Weiler, and Fr. James McCurry, OFM Conv. Thank you for listening and we hope you enjoy!

Started in 1986, the Pro Fidelitate et Virtue Award is conferred each year at the Institute on Religious Life’s National Meeting to someone who has been outstanding in the support and promotion of authentic religious life. Today's episode is honoring our 2016 award recipient, Fr. Seraphim Michalenko, M.I.C. Father Seraphim led the Divine Mercy Department and as such, he gave talks, wrote articles,...

On today's episode, we're listening to an interview with Sr. Tonia of the Heart of Jesus Borsellino, HMSS from the Mercedarian Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament in Baton Rouge, Louisiana .  The Mercedarian Sisters live as a family with Jesus as their Eucharistic King as their center and Mary, our Lady of Mercy or Our Lady of Ransom, as their maternal protection. The sisters have been called to evan...

On today’s episode, we will be featuring a talk from our 2018 National Meeting by Fr. Peter Funk, O.S.B. Fr. Peter is the prior of the Monastery of the Holy Cross, a contemplative Benedictine monastery in the archdiocese of Chicago. Before entering monastic life in 1997, he was a choral conductor at St. Thomas the Apostle parish and the University of Chicago. His exposure to great Renaissance comp...

On this week's episode, we're listening to a Facebook Live interview on, "Praying for the Souls of the Faithfully Departed" with IRL board member, Jesse Weiler, and Fr. James Kubicki, SJ. Thank you for listening and we hope you enjoy!

Started in 1986, the Pro Fidelitate et Virtue Award is conferred each year at the Institute on Religious Life’s National Meeting to someone who has been outstanding in the support and promotion of authentic religious life. Today's episode is honoring our 2018 award recipient, Rev. .Joseph Fessio, SJ. Father Fessio co-founded and became the first editor of Ignatius Press, one of the premiere Cathol...

On today's episode, we're listening to an interview with Sr. Natalie Binversie, O.S.F. from the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity in Manitowoc, WI .  The Franciscan Sisters' mission is to grow in holiness through witness, love, and service in the Catholic Church. In the spirit of St. Francis, they reverence all creation and respect each person as an image of God. They strive to live Gospel v...

On today’s episode, we will be featuring a talk from our 2017 National Meeting by Msgr. Charles M. Mangan. Msgr. Mangan is from the Diocese of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, is a faculty member at Mount St. Mary's Seminary in Emmitsburg, MD. Ordained a priest in 1989, he has served as an official in the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life in Rome and directo...

On this week's episode, we're listening to a Facebook Live interview on "The Revival of the Church in Russia" with IRL board member, Jesse Weiler, and Mother Maria Stella Whittier, CJD of the Sisters in Jesus the Lord . Thank you for listening and we hope you enjoy!

Started in 1986, the Pro Fidelitate et Virtue Award is conferred each year at the Institute on Religious Life’s National Meeting to someone who has been outstanding in the support and promotion of authentic religious life. Today's episode is honoring our 1987 award recipient and founder of the IRL, Rev. John Hardon, SJ.  Father Hardon entered the Society of Jesus in 1936. He authored over 200 book...

On today's episode, we're listening to an interview with Fr. John Michael Paul, CSJ from the Congregation of St. John . In the footsteps of St. John, the beloved disciple, the Brothers of St. John wish to follow Christ, the Lamb of God, “wherever He goes”. They serve the Church by living a life of consecration and of brotherly communion with a view to mission.  The key aim of their missionary acti...

On today’s episode, we will be featuring a talk from our 2023 National Meeting by Kathleen Beckman.  Kathleen Beckman is a renowned author of several books is the President and Co-Founder of the Foundation of Prayer for Priests. A dynamic speaker, and Ignatian retreat director, Kathleen has addressed laity, clergy, and religious sisters in thirteen countries. She frequently evangelizes on Catholic...

On this week's episode, we're listening to a Facebook Live interview on "What is Eucharistic Revival?" with IRL board member, Jesse Weiler, and Sr. Elizabeth Beussink, TOR of The Franciscan Sisters, TOR of Penance of the Sorrowful Mother . Thank you for listening and we hope you enjoy!

Started in 1986, the Pro Fidelitate et Virtue Award is conferred each year at the Institute on Religious Life’s National Meeting to someone who has been outstanding in the support and promotion of authentic religious life. Today's episode is honoring our 2007 award recipient, Rev. Thomas Edward Dubay, S.M. Fr. Dubay was a retreat master and spiritual director for religious communities around the c...

On today's episode, we're interviewing the IRL’s own National Director, Fr. Thomas Nelson, O. Praem. from the Norbertine Fathers of St. Michael's Abbey in Silverado, California . For more than fifty years, the Norbertine Fathers have served the Christian faithful in Southern California. Their community’s apostolic ministries are many and various, from teaching in schools and at retreats to serving...

On today’s episode, we will be featuring a talk from our 2016 National Meeting by Vivian Imbruglia.  Vivian Imbruglia is an artist from Southern California practicing the ancient art of iconography at Sacred Image Icons . Iconography has become more than her profession, it is her ministry.  Vivian's icons are on public display in many beautiful churches and shrines including St. John Cantius and t...

On this week's episode, we're listening to a Facebook Live interview on "Freedom and Trust in Discernment" with IRL board member, Jesse Weiler, and Sr. Marie Caritas, C.K. of The School Sisters of Christ the King in Lincoln, Nebraska . Thank you for listening and we hope you enjoy!

Started in 1986, the Pro Fidelitate et Virtue Award is conferred each year at the Institute on Religious Life’s National Meeting to someone who has been outstanding in the support and promotion of authentic religious life. Today's episode is honoring our 2004 award recipient, Rev. Benedict J. Groeschel, CFR. Fr. Groeschel was given the religious name of Benedict Joseph, and was ordained a priest i...

In this episode of the podcast, we're interviewing Mother Mary Maximilian Cote, DMML of the Daughters of Mary Mother of Healing Love in Manchester, New Hampshire . We hope you enjoy her amazing reversion story in the Dominican Republic, to her and the sisters' recent walking pilgrimage for the Eucharistic Revival from the East Coast all the way to Indianapolis! Thank you for listening and we hope...

On today’s episode, we will be featuring a talk from our 2023 National Meeting by Sr. Alicia Torres, of The Franciscans of the Eucharist of Chicago. Sr. Alicia earned a Master of Divinity at Mundelein Seminary and a Master of Arts in teaching from Dominican University in River Forest. Sr. Alicia won the Food Network’s Chopped in 2015 and has contributed articles to several online and print media o...

On this week's episode, we're listening to a Facebook Live interview on "How to Pray Like the Saints" with IRL board member, Jesse Weiler, and Fr. Michael Berry O.C.D. of The Discalced Carmelite Friars of the Immaculate Heart of Mary . To learn more about the Discalced Carmelite Friars, please visit their website for their Washington Province site and also please make sure o stop by their ICS Publ...

Started in 1986, the Pro Fidelitate et Virtue Award is conferred each year at the Institute on Religious Life’s National Meeting to someone who has been outstanding in the support and promotion of authentic religious life. Today's episode is honoring our 2021 award recipient, Mother Marie Julie Saegaert SCMC.   Mother entered the Sisters of Charity of Our Lady, Mother of the Church and received th...

In this episode of the podcast, we're interviewing Mother Maria Christine L.S.P. of the Little Sisters of the Poor in Indianapolis, Indiana . We hope you enjoy her beautiful story of her journey through discernment, religious life, the life of St. Jeanne Jugan, and the Little Sisters going up against the Affordable Care Act and winning. The Little Sisters of the Poor are recipients of the IRL’s 20...