Is it OK to date while discerning a vocation to religious life?

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In my years of working with those discerning a possible call to religious life, this issue often comes up. I think a lot depends on timing.

AS125 Ask Sister – Becoming a nun, college conundrum, and dating multiple communities at one time

https://traffic.libsyn.com/anunslife/AS125-ask-sister-dec-19-2012.mp3
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AS125 Ask Sister podcast recorded live on December 19, 2012. Sponsored by aNunsLife.org ministry. Topics include: becoming a nun, college conundrum, and dating multiple communities at one time.

AS048 Ask Sister – images of God, dreaming about Jesus, discerning priesthood and/or romance, Blessed Mary v. Mary Magdalen, serving God in blue jeans

https://traffic.libsyn.com/anunslife/AS048-ask-sister-nov-12-2010.mp3
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AS048 Ask Sister podcast recorded live on November 12, 2010. Sponsored by aNunsLife.org ministry. Topics include: images of God, dreaming about Jesus, priesthood and/or romance, Blessed Mary v. Mary Magdalen, becoming Catholic, serving God in blue jeans!

AS047 Ask Sister – Trent and the Second Vatican Council, growing in understanding God, a devil for loving?, joining a religious community in another country

https://traffic.libsyn.com/anunslife/AS047-ask-sister-nov-05-2010.mp3
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AS047 Ask Sister podcast recorded live on November 5, 2010. Sponsored by aNunsLife.org ministry. Topics include: Trent and Second Vatican Council, growing in understanding God, a devil for loving, joining a religious community in another country and more!

AS028 Ask Sister – distant from God, loved ones who don’t get the nun thing, attracted but can’t see myself as a nun

https://media.libsyn.com/media/anunslife/AS028-ask-sister-june-04-2010.mp3
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AS028 Ask Sister podcast recorded live on June 4, 2010. Sponsored by aNunsLife.org ministry. Topics include: feeling distant from God, relating to loved ones who don’t get the nun thing, being attracted to religious life but unable to see self as a nun.