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An ever-changing collection of videos, podcasts and articles exploring the surprising lives and moving truths of women religious.

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Thank a Nun: Sister Pat, OP
March 31, 2014
Thank you Sister Pat, O.P. for always standing up for what is right, no matter the circumstances. It is because of women like you that we as students... Read More
Education
Thank a Nun: Sister Katherine Mullin, VHM
March 31, 2014
Sister Katherine Mullin of Visitation (aka SK2) has made an impact not only on our lives - but on the lives of many many children and families that... Read More
Community
Sister Vicky
March 28, 2014
Sister Vicky is wonderful. I am pleased by our meeting on Thursday. We met in the morning and went over the consent forms together where I answered... Read More
Community, Education, Prayer
Thank a Nun: Dominican Sisters of Grand Rapids
March 24, 2014
Sister Vincent De Paul, a Grand Rapids Dominican taught me to love music. And Sister Rose Francis encouraged me to go to music school in New York... Read More
Education
Surprise
March 19, 2014
Much has happened since I last wrote. For starters I met Sister Vicky last night. Let me backtrack to the beginning of my story. Before last night,... Read More
Community, Education
Thank a Nun: Sister Maura Bartel
March 19, 2014
I am an alumnae of Our Lady of the Elms High School in Akron, Ohio. Sr. Maura Bartel was always an example of quiet strength and leadership, but she... Read More
Education
Thank a Nun: Sister Loyola
March 19, 2014
Sometimes actions speak louder than words, and this was certainly the case in my high school, Our Lady of the Elms in Akron, Ohio. Sr. Loyola Ernst,... Read More
Education
Thank a Nun: Sister Kathy, IHM
March 19, 2014
A special thanks to the most special person in the world, Sr. Kathy an IHM sister who took my infant son from me when he got too wiggly in church and... Read More
Education
Sister's Abounding Grance
March 13, 2014
Today I went to the Nun’s Life podcast with my sister and I can confidently say I have never met a group of women who are more beautiful... Read More
Community
Thank a Nun: St. Benedict's Monastery
March 12, 2014
There are so many sisters who have impacted my life. They all happen to be from St. Benedict's monastery in St. Joseph, MN. The three who stand out... Read More
Community
Thank a Nun: Sister Victoria Marie
March 12, 2014
I had started at University as Pre-Nursing when I was asked if I would like to go to a program off campus with one of the Sisters. I said yes and a... Read More
Education
Her Name
March 10, 2014
Yesterday we had our very first training session for the project. But I’ll get to that part later. More importantly we were all given schedules with... Read More
Community, Education, Prayer
Thank a Nun: BVMs and PHJCs
March 07, 2014
I am a product of Catholic schooling, luckily enough to have had nuns all but one year. The experience that I had was a loving one, great memories... Read More
Education
First Impressions
First Impressions
March 06, 2014
I had, as I think most people do, preconceived ideas about what I thought sisters were like. I had heard a little about Sister Joan from a professor... Read More
Education
I Dumped My Boyfriend to Become a Nun
March 05, 2014
Written with Sister Rosalind Gefre, CSJ I was 19 when my boyfriend drove me to the train station in our small North Dakota town, and I didn’t tell... Read More
Prayer
My mom disowned me when I became a nun
March 05, 2014
Written with Sister Mary Madonna Ashton, CSJ My mother and I had always been close. Growing up as the oldest of her three daughters, Mother and... Read More
Community, Healthcare
Thank a Nun: Sister Mary Frances, BVM
March 05, 2014
Sister Mary Frances, BVM, instilled in me a love of Shakespeare, which has has remained with me through my 60s. I can still recite the Macbeth... Read More
Education
Intro
March 04, 2014
I think I should start off by stating that I am not religious. I was brought up a devout Christian and, for reasons that are neither here nor there,... Read More
Education
94-year-old basketball chaplain puts the fun in nun
March 04, 2014
Written with Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, BVM  A hush fell over Gentile Arena last night as I stepped up to the microphone and led the packed... Read More
Community, Education
Sister Betty McKenzie, CSJ
Prisoner for Peace
March 04, 2014
It was Good Friday and the year was 1986. A particularly energized protest was taking place at the Honeywell Corporation in Minneapolis and Sister... Read More
Community, Education

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