AS216 Ask Sister – Motherhouse Road Trip with the Benedictine Sisters of Cullman, Alabama

Topics:

(2:30) Over 100 years of Benedictine presence in Cullman, Alabama

(4:30) Discerning a call to law school and Benedictine life at the same time

(7:30) Influence of the Civil Rights Movement on call to religious life

(12:30) The Rule of Benedict, and prayer as part of everyday life

(18:00) What it's like to be in the Benedictine community

(20:00) Bringing a Benedictine perspective to ministry as a Pastoral Associate and hospice minister

(25:00) Witnessing to God's love as an attorney in juvenile court and in criminal defense work

(30:00) Listener question: Do Christians have a duty to discern God's calling in their lives?

(42:00) Listener question: Why is being a nun sometimes called "a higher state"?

(43:00) Pope Francis on "ordinary holiness"

(46:00) Listener question: Does self-denial help you grow in love for God and neighbor?

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