Nun Talk

Nun Talk is the main blog of A Nun’s Life Ministry. The sisters and a cadre of contributors discuss a variety of topics ranging from God and faith to practical issues like sensible shoes!

We welcome your participation in Nun Talk through your comments, sharing posts with your friends, and sending in ideas for Nunday or other topics you’d like to engage in conversation!

 

Love the Questions

... But I guess it's sort of like that with figuring out your calling, your path in life -- or at least the current segment of the trail. We pass through some interesting terrain -- smooth roads, wilderness ...

NUNDAY Franciscan and artist Sister Jane Mary Sorosiak

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Monday is NUNDAY! And today we have a local nun from Sylvania, Ohio, right by us in Toledo! Sister Jane Mary Sorosiak, OSF, is a Sister of Saint Francis and an artist. She currently ministers at Alverno Art Studio near Lourdes University. Sister Jane Mary was recently featured in The Eagle, the newspaper of Bryan, Texas, following the installation of her artwork at a local hospital. The article "Nun Shares Faith Through Custom Murals" by Jordan Overturf (June 9, 2013) covers the assembly and unveiling of the new ceramic murals and also a bit about the artist herself.

The Divine Sister: Another play on nuns

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I'm grateful that my introduction to The Divine Sister, a comedic play written by Charles Busch, came from a review by Lawrence Toppman, a theater critic and culture writer with The Charlotte Observer. Had I run into the predictable story line and characters elsewhere, I may have been less than amused with this comedy and missed its actual intent.

AS142 Ask Sister - nary a desire to marry, where nuns dwell, nun names

Join us today for Ask Sister, a live podcast about faith, prayer, religious life, and pretty much everything in between! During the live show, we take your questions and comments in the chat room and bring them into the conversation! The live broadcast begins at 6 p.m. Central Time at aNunsLife.org/live.

NUNDAY Sister Beth Wood, IHM

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I love posting stories about Catholic sisters and nuns -- hence the creation of Monday is NUNDAY here at aNunsLife.org! I am delighted to share with you today one of my nuns, Sister Beth Wood, IHM.

A Rudderless Boat: Images that capture one's faith journey

I recently read some scripture commentaries on the story in Exodus about baby Moses being placed in a homemade boat and sent down the Nile River. As intellectually awesome as those were, it was a comment on a Carmelite blog that realy helped me dive into this story as not just an inspiring scripture story but as a the Living Word of God.

AS141 Ask Sister - Adam and Eve, Tower of Babel, what to do about unprayerful prayer

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Join us today for Ask Sister, a live podcast about faith, prayer, religious life, and pretty much everything in between! During the live show, we take your questions and comments in the chat room and bring them into the conversation! The live broadcast begins at 6 p.m. Central Time at aNunsLife.org/live.

What's in your garden?

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I've got 3 empty pots and one with Genovese basil seeds marinating in the soil. The lilac twig I planted last summer has leaves this summer, and the two bushes have doubled in size! There are a few unknown plants that have been welcome volunteers!

Cleaning out the attic: sacramentals and mementos

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As a Catholic sister professing the vow of poverty, I have divested myself of all possessions, even the Clifford the Big Red Dog books that I adored as a child. Yet even without that vow, it felt like this stuff was never really mine to begin with. Maybe it’s because they had served their purpose, maybe because they were like sacramentals signifying something greater than the thing itself.

Pope Francis on the cult of money: we are not let off the golden hook

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As I've been reading Pope Francis's words on living in a "cult of money" I found myself agreeing and thinking about the world "out there." After all, with my aforementioned vow of poverty, there's no way I'd be in that cult of money! But is that really the case?

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