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AS019 Ask Sister – discerning God’s will, choosing a religious name, celibacy, family responsibilities, convent decor
AS019 Ask Sister podcast recorded live on March 26, 2010. Sponsored by aNunsLife.org ministry. Topics include: celibacy, discerning the will of God, choosing a religious name, convent decor, family responsibilities, and more.
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Ask Sister podcast is a live podcast where you have the opportunity to engage with us and ask questions about nuns, prayer, religious life, or pretty much anything in between!
Here are some of the questions we addressed in this Ask Sister podcast:
- How can I know if wanting to become a nun is God’s will or my own will?
- What is the historical reasons sisters received a religious name? What is the practice today?
- How do I deal with family responsibilities if I become a sister?
- Are nuns allowed to do fun things or to chose a profession?
- What is the difference between chastity and celibacy? How does one prepare for a vow of celibacy?
- What do convents look like on the inside?
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I had to smile at some of the questions, esp about a religious name. I was able to pick my own name as long as I added some form of Mary to it. My Baptismal name is Julianne–already two names. I wanted to add “Francis” to it after St. Francis of Assisi and my mother, Anna Frances. So my full religious name is Sr. Julianna Francis Marie–a real mouthful!
Here’s what called the smile. I had to give a deposition once. It took nearly FIVE MINUTES to cover all my aliases! Birth certificate had one name, Social Security had another (Added my Confirmation name), then there’s my full religious name (which I used to register to vote, but not on my driver’s license), etc., etc. ETC.!
A great webcast .