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A Sister Candidate on discerning a call to religious life

Blog Published: August 9, 2012

Guest blogger Diane Brown describes her experience of discerning a call to religious life.

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AS102 Ask Sister – Would you have become a nun in the old days? Hopeful husband-to-be wonders if convent trumps marriage, online vocational resources, and more!

Podcast Recorded: February 16, 2012

AS102 Ask Sister podcast recorded live on February 16, 2012. Sponsored by aNunsLife.org ministry. Topics include: becoming a nun in the old days, hopeful husband-to-be wonders if convent trumps marriage, online vocation help, professional nuns, and more!

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Making Contact with a Vocation Director

Blog Published: July 21, 2009

A Vocation Director is there to help you get to know the community, to introduce you to and facilitate connections to other sisters or brothers in the community.

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Testing Your Vocation

Blog Published: January 1, 2009

The calling to be a nun is a pretty amazing thing. It’s a real adventure because it is always full of twists and turns and the unexpected. You never know where the Spirit will lead you. Being a nun is also pretty countercultural — we live in community, we hold all things in common, and we are celibate — all these things are meant to help us be free, free to serve God and God’s people. It’s a radical way of life.

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VISION Vocation Guide – 2009 edition available now with article by Sister Julie of A Nun’s Life

Blog Published: August 1, 2008

An article I wrote was just published in VISION Vocation Guide 2009, an annual Catholic religious vocation discernment guide. It is a publication of the National Religious Vocation Conference.

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Vision Magazine features Nun Bloggers

Blog Published: August 15, 2007
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Sacramento Bee article on Women and Religious Life

Blog Published: January 22, 2007

An interesting article from the Sacramento Bee. What is most significant to me in this article is the story of Andrea Jaeger. I am impressed and inspired by her. Her story (read more about her in the Sports Illustrated story linked below) presents a good image of women religious today. Thanks, Andrea … you rock. P.S. Colts v. Bears … go BEARS!

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