Mary MacKillop, a Sister of Saint Joseph, to become first Australian Saint

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Australia will have its first Catholic saint in the person of Mary MacKillop, a Sister of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart. Mother MacKillop founded the Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Joseph, a religious community that has ministered across Australia and New Zealand, including building dozens of schools for impoverished children in the Australian Outback in the 1800s.

AS011 Ask Sister – converts, icons, vocation reactions, past relationships

https://media.libsyn.com/media/anunslife/AS011-ask-sister-jan-22-2010.mp3
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Listen to AS011 Ask Sister podcast recorded live on January 22, 2010. Sponsored by aNunsLife.org ministry with guest iconographer Sister Nancy Lee Smith, IHM. Topics include non-Catholics becoming nuns, realizing you may have a calling, and relationships.

AS008 Ask Sister Podcast

https://media.libsyn.com/media/anunslife/AS008-ask-sister-dec-18-2009.mp3
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Ask Sister Podcast is a production of A Nun's Life Ministry. Episode 008 was aired December 18, 2009. Questions covered were how God is calling us, why nuns don't wear habits and one becomes Catholic.

AS006 Ask Sister Podcast

https://media.libsyn.com/media/anunslife/AS006-ask-sister-dec-04-2009.mp3
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Ask Sister Podcast is a production of A Nun's Life Ministry. Episode 006 was aired December 4, 2009. Questions convered were what motivates a person to become a nun, how nuns balance community life and having a job, and the Church's stance on Near-death experiences.

Compassion

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Today’s Gospel reading (Matthew 15:29-37) is a powerful story of Jesus healing people one after the other. Scripture tells us that Jesus simply went up a mountain and sat down. That’s all he did.