A Nun's Life Ministry

Sister Joan Dawber talks about the ways she sensed God calling her from her role as a Pastoral Associate to a new ministry. Hear the full In Good Faith episode IGF042 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!

Sister Anne Victory talks about the need for many organizations to work together to end forced labor and assist victims of human trafficking. Hear the full In Good Faith episode IGF041 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...

Sister Joan Brown, OSF, is Executive Director of New Mexico Interfaith Power and Light. The organization works from the core belief that care of the natural world is integral to spiritual life and social justice. Sister Joan works with people of many faith traditions for education, action, and policy advocacy around climate change and care of Earth. Previously, she ministered as a journalist, dire...

A listener asks how the Mass readings are chosen and who gets to decide. Hear the full Ask Sister episode AS232 at aNunsLife.org. Hosts: Sister Maxine and Sister Shannon. 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!

Sister Donna Liette is a Restorative Justice Practitioner and the Director of Women's Programming at Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation, on Chicago's South Side. She provides safe spaces for mothers who have lost children to violence and incarceration to share their stories and find support, healing, and hope in community. Prior to Chicago, she served for 14 years in Dayton, Ohio, as Execut...

A listener wonders if it's easier to be forgiven than to do what's right in the first place. Hear the full Ask Sister episode AS232 at aNunsLife.org. Hosts: Sister Maxine and Sister Shannon. 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!

A listener wonders why, after Confession, her penance was just to say some prayers. Hear the full Ask Sister episode AS232 at aNunsLife.org. Hosts: Sister Maxine and Sister Shannon. 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!

A listener wonders if we should expect religion to make us happy... or not. Hear the full Ask Sister episode AS231 at aNunsLife.org. Hosts: Sister Maxine and Sister Shannon. 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!

Sister Richelle Friedman is Director of Public Policy at the Coalition on Human Needs, in Washington, D.C. The Coalition promotes public policies that address the needs of low-income people and other vulnerable groups. It is an alliance of national organizations including civil rights, religious, labor, and professional organizations, service providers, and others concerned with the well-being of...

A listener wonders why Mary has dozens of different names, and who gave them to her. Hear the full Ask Sister episode AS231 at aNunsLife.org. Hosts: Sister Maxine and Sister Shannon. 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!

Sister Joan Dawber founded LifeWay Network in 2007 to provide safe housing for survivors of human trafficking in the New York City area. LifeWay collaborates with many agencies to provide trafficking survivors with resources such as  legal support, health care, education, and job opportunities. Today, LifeWay operates homes where over 100 women from 34 countries have found safe shelter and the res...

Topics: Podcast hosts: Sister Maxine, IHM, and Sister Shannon, OSF Read the full transcript of this podcast on our website                       1:50  Lent is just a around the corner. What the Sisters are planning for Lent. 3:00  Listener: "I've really missed going to Mass on Sunday, so I decided to start going again. The reason I stopped was because of COVID. When I talked with people from the p...

Sister Anne Victory has led efforts against human trafficking for more than a decade. In 2007, she helped to establish the Collaborative to End Human Trafficking. One result of the Collaborative's work is that over 60 agencies in NE Ohio–law enforcement, health care, social services, and others—are now connected to weave a safety net for the men, women, and children who are victims of human traffi...

Topics: Podcast hosts: Sister Maxine, IHM, and Sister Shannon, OSF 1:30 Third week of Advent 3:12  Listener: After confession, the priest said my penance was Hail Marys and Our Fathers. Why would prayers be my punishment for sin – that's weird, right? 5:15   Confession and reconciliation 7:00  Restoring good vs. being punished 11:30  Saint Anselm and Satisfaction Theory 14:30  Listener: Shouldn't...

In this Random Nun Clip, a grandmother worries about her unbaptized grandchild and considers taking action. Hear the full Ask Sister episode AS225 at aNunsLife.org. Hosts: Sister Maxine and Sister Shannon.

Sister Maxine talks with Sister Michele Morek about her life as a Catholic sister and her work at Global Sisters Report, at the United Nations, as a professor of biology, and as a congregational leader. "The Life" series at Global Sisters Report, about the lives of Catholic sisters worldwide Sister Michele's work on behalf of 20 congregations at the United Nations in service to women and children...

In this Random Nun Clip, a mom asks about the possible fate of her son's moody cat. Hear the full Ask Sister episode AS225 at aNunsLife.org. Hosts: Sister Maxine and Sister Shannon.

In this Random Nun Clip, a listener desires a discernment do-over because he worries that he made the easy choice but maybe not the right choice. Hear the full Ask Sister episode AS225 at aNunsLife.org. Hosts: Sister Maxine and Sister Shannon.

Topics: Podcast hosts: Sister Maxine, IHM, and Sister Shannon, OSF 1:30. Halloween quarantine at the Motherhouse. 3:45. Listener: Why does Mary the Mother of God have so many different names, and who decides what they are? 5:00. Largest Marian library in the world in Dayton, Ohio, a great place for studies in Mariology.  6:00. Sources of Mary's names. 7:30. Newest Marian feast day: BVM, Mother of...

In this Random Nun Clip, a young listener wonders why she should try so hard to be good when Jesus will forgive her sins anyway. Hosts: Sister Maxine and Sister Shannon. Hear the full Ask Sister episode AS230 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 ta...

In this Random Nun Clip, a listener asks what makes a person holy and who are some holy people we know Hosts: Sister Maxine and Sister Shannon. Hear the full Ask Sister episode AS230 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!

In this Random Nun Clip, a listener wonders if her bible study friend is correct that other people were part of the healing miracles that Jesus performed. Hosts: Sister Maxine and Sister Shannon. Hear the full Ask Sister episode AS230 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 th...

In this Random Nun Clip, a listener asks if nuns honor their founders the way employees might honor the people who established the business. Hear the full Ask Sister episode AS229 at aNunsLife.org. Hosts: Sister Maxine and Sister Jane Aseltyne, IHM. 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 f...

In this Random Nun Clip, Sister Rita describes her college students' reactions after visiting asylum seekers in an Australian detention center. Hear the full In Good Faith episode IGF038 at aNunsLife.org. Sister Maxine with guest Sister Rita Malavisi, RSJ. 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 i...

Topics: Podcast hosts: Sister Maxine, IHM, and Sister Shannon, OSF Listener: I'm just an average sinner, and if Jesus will forgive me anyway, why should I try to better? Being rewarded (or not…) for doing good. Forgiveness, making amends, and freedom. Listener: Who is the holiest person you ever met? Holiness and wholeness. God calls everyone to holiness, not just saints. Sister Shannon's and Sist...