Ever Ancient, Ever New

On this week's episode, we're listening to a Facebook Live interview on “Active Participation in the Ascension of our Lord, Jesus Christ” with IRL board member, Jesse Weiler, and Fr. Etienne Huard, O.S.B., a Benedictine monk and priest at Conception Abbey in Northwest Missouri .  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 1993 award recipient, Mother Mary Assumpta Long, O.P. Mother Assumpta Long is the former Prioress General of the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mothe...

On today's episode, we're listening to an interview with Br. Steven Vargos, O.Ss. S. from the Brigittine Monks at The Brigittine Priory of Our Lady of Consolation in Amity, OR . The Order of the Most Holy Savior (the "Brigittines") was founded in 1370 by St. Bridget of Sweden, upon a direct revelation from Heaven, as an order of contemplative monks and nuns, who follow the Rule of St. Augustine. F...

On today’s episode, we will be featuring a talk from our 2017 National Meeting by Fr. Brian Mullady, O.P.   Fr. Mullady recently passed into eternal life on April 22, 2025. Please pray for the repose of his soul. You can read his obituary to learn more about his amazing life serving the church.  Fr. Mullady taught at the Vita Consecrata Institute for nearly 20 years and served as the Theological a...

On today’s episode, we will be featuring part two of a talk from our 2019 National Meeting by Dr. Theresa Burke. Dr. Theresa Burke, who developed Grief to Grace, is also the founder of Rachel’s Vineyard, the largest post abortion healing ministry in the world. Her programs offer sensory-based treatment that integrates emotional, psychological, and spiritual dimensions. Theresa lectures and trains...

On today’s episode, we will be featuring part one of a talk from our 2019 National Meeting by Dr. Theresa Burke. Dr. Theresa Burke, who developed Grief to Grace, is also the founder of Rachel’s Vineyard, the largest post abortion healing ministry in the world. Her programs offer sensory-based treatment that integrates emotional, psychological, and spiritual dimensions. Theresa lectures and trains...

On this week's episode, we're listening to a Facebook Live interview on, " Parents of Vocations: A Network & Resource for Parents of Those with a Religious Vocation " with IRL board member, Jesse Weiler, and Sr. Gemma Kissel, of The Sisters of St. Francis of the Martyr St. George in Alton, Illinois . 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 2015 award recipient, Mother Agnes Mary Donovan, S.V. Mother Agnes Mary, S.V. was among the first group of women to respond to John Cardinal O’Co...

On today's episode, we're listening to an interview with Br. Daniel Sokol, O.S.B from the Benedictines of Prince of Peace Abbey in Oceanside, California . The Benedictine monks of Prince of Peace Abbey are a cloistered contemplative monastic community of men seeking God under the Holy Rule of St. Benedict. The monks obey and serve God and their fellow monks in the context of permanence in one comm...

On today’s episode, we will be featuring a talk from our 2021 National Meeting by Fr. Boniface Hicks, O.S.B. of Saint Vincent Archabbey in Latrobe, PA .  Father Boniface Hicks, O.S.B., has been a monk of Saint Vincent Archabbey since 1998. He is a Catholic priest and serves as both the Director of Spiritual Formation and Director of the Institute for Ministry Formation at Saint Vincent Seminary. H...

On this week's episode, we're listening to a Facebook Live interview on, "Parents of Vocations: A Network & Resource for Parents of Those with a Religious Vocation" with IRL board member, Jesse Weiler, and Tom Kissel, founder of Parents of Vocations. 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 2013 award recipient, Mother Mary Clare Millea, A.S.C.J. Mother Mary Clare is the Superior General of the Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus....

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...