The consecrated religious life is a stable form of living, established around the 3rd Century, by which the faithful, following Christ more closely under the action of the Holy Spirit, are totally dedicated to God who is loved most of all, so that, having been dedicated by a new and special title t…
Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist
Sr. Joseph Andrew interviews Fr. Brian Taber about God's grace in his life, the spiritual exercises of St. Ignatius, and the Society of Jesus.
Sr. Joseph Andrew interviews Fr. Brian Taber, SJ about his life, including coming from a family of divorce, and his vocation to the priesthood.
Sr. Joseph Andrew interviews Dr. Ralph Martin, president of Renewal Ministries and Professor of Theology at Sacred Heart Seminary, about his new book, A Church in Crisis.
Sr. Joseph Andrew interviews Dr. Ralph Martin, president of Renewal Ministries and Professor of Theology at Sacred Heart Seminary, about the beginning of Renewal Ministries, their mission of evangelization, and their international work.
Sr. Joseph Andrew interviews Dr. Ralph Martin, president of Renewal Ministries and Professor of Theology at Sacred Heart Seminary, about his experience with Cursillo retreats and being struck by the words of scripture: "sell all you have and come follow me." He also talks about the beginning of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal and how the Lord desires to do for His people what He has always done.
Sr. Joseph Andrew interviews Dr. Ralph Martin, president of Renewal Ministries and Professor of Theology at Sacred Heart Seminary, about his Catholic upbringing and the importance of Catholic education for our children.
Fr. John Whitlock is the vocations director for the Diocese of Lansing. He shares with Sr. Joseph Andrew his story of conversion to the Catholic faith and answering the vocational call.
Sr. Joseph Andrew interviews Dawn Hausmann about her trajectory of living a faith-filled lifestyle and accepting the vocation of consecrated virginity.
When Fr. James Moore finished college, he felt called to become a Dominican priest. After making a total consecration to Mary, he came to desire to be a Father in the Church.
Sr. Catherine Marie always wondered: if we are called to give our lives entirely to God, wouldn't that mean that many of us are called to the priesthood and religious life?
Sr. Mercedes was born and raised in New York. She found her vocation through the witness of religious men and women and the faith of her friends and family, who brought her back to Christ after she fell away.
Sr. Mary Bethany was born into a devout catholic family with four brothers and one sister. In high school she found herself confronted by an immeasurable love she felt from God and knew it demanded a response. Having never considered religious life, she attended a profession of vows by the Missionaries of Charity in San Francisco, and at that moment realized that's how she could respond to God's love.
Born in Denver, Colorado and moved to Minnesota at twelve years of age, Sr. Rose, O.P. was educated at home from third grade through the end of high school. She struggled with faith in her teen years and even considered herself an atheist for a time. She decided reading primary sources was the best way to determine if there indeed was a God. Her misconceptions of a mean and punishing God of the Old Testament and the sappy Jesus of the New Testament were corrected as she discovered the continuity between the Old and New Testaments and fell madly in love with God.
Sr. Rene Noel, O.P. was raised by Catholic parents who wanted her to know Jesus in a personal way. The preaching and teaching charisms of the Dominicans attracted Sr. Rene Noel to the community because she felt the fire of truth in her heart and she couldn't help but let it out!
Born in Santa Rosa, CA, moving to Steubenville, Ohio, and finally settling in South Dakota, Sr. Gianna Marie, O.P. shares with Sr. Joseph Andrew the struggles she faced when confronted by God's desire to have her for Himself.
Born and raised in Dayton, Ohio, Sr. Maria Benedicta's parents were a strong witness of living the Catholic Faith. 'Catechism Mondays' were a favorite lenten practice for Sister growing up! An avid reader with a love for drama, Sister has brought this passion to many of our Sisters. Please enjoy Sr. Joseph Andrew and Sr. Maria Benedicta as they delight in the joys of being Catholic!
Join Sr. Joseph Andrew as she asks Sr. Ave Maria about her journey to the Religious Life. Raised in Irish Hills, Michigan, Sr. Ave Maria entered the consecrated life after working at the University of Michigan as a nurse.
Join Sr. Joseph Andrew, O.P. as she discusses with Sr. Magdalena the call of Christ to give everything.
One of twelve children, Sr. Simeon Marie - a native of Maryland - was enticed to wake up in the morning to a cup of hot chocolate before going to Mass with her father at 6:30 a.m. Join Sr. Joseph Andrew as she listens to Sr. Simeon Marie's beautiful story.
When she was 15 years old, Sr. Teresa Marie, O.P. fell in love with the Lord and the Faith during her confirmation program. It was there that she began to understand prayer as a two-way conversation with God. She later struggled with a fear of the Sacrament of Confession, however, the Lord continued to pursue her, saying that He longed for her heart and wanted her as His bride. She came to realize that the Faith is a conversation with Christ, and began to frequent the Sacrament of Confession which transformed her life.
Born and raised in the Lone Star State, Sr. Anne Raphael’s father taught her to hunt, to fish, to work; and her mom, to cook, to keep house, and be a loving mother! Raised in a faithful Catholic home, Sister studied criminal justice with the aspirations of one day becoming a police officer. God clearly had other plans!
Sr. Basil Marie, born in Louisiana and raised in Texas, radiates with joy as she joins Sr. Joseph Andrew in this episode of "The Truth Shall Set You Free" to talk about the Lord's pursuit to have her as His bride.
Join Sr. Joseph Andrew as she chats with Sr. Mary Margaret about how she ended up in Religious Life when, as a young women, she didn't even like to pray! God has His ways with us!
Join Sr. Joseph Andrew in the second part of this most fascinating story! Sr. Maria Francisco surprises us with her experiences. Imagine at five feet tall driving a semi! Oh my!
Sr. Joseph Andrew sits down with Sr. Maria Francisco for the first part of a most interesting story ...
Sr. Mary Avila joins Sr. Joseph Andrew to discuss the generous gift God was asking her to give - her whole self!
Fr. John Eckert, a priest of the Diocese of Charlotte, North Carolina, ordained in 2010 continues his discussion with Sr. Joseph Andrew about the priesthood and the value and complementarity of Religious Sisters to that most sublime vocation. FIND US ONLINE HERE: https://twitter.com/GoLEdigital https://www.instagram.com/goLEdigital/ https://www.facebook.com/DSMME https://www.goLEdigital.org https://www.goLEpress.com
Fr. John Eckert, a priest of the Diocese of Charlotte, North Carolina, ordained in 2010 shares with Sr. Joseph Andrew that in pre-school, “This little girl came up said ‘Johnny Eckert, I'm gonna kiss you,’ and I said, ‘No. No, I'm going to be a priest.” Enjoy their chat about vocations, family life, and so much more!
Born Catholic, Sister Mary Ignatius saw many of her family fall away from the faith, and she struggled with her own faith in high school and college. She felt drawn to Eucharistic Adoration, even though she didn’t understand what it really meant, and she learned much about the Catholic faith from the writings she read during Adoration. Inspired by St. Ignatius and encouraged by a priest, she looked into the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist and felt immediately at home. She soon joined the community, and her vocation story reminds us to follow God’s plan.
Sr Joseph Andrew talks to Sister Maria about her opportunity to appear on Oprah Winfrey’s show multiple times, representing the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist. During those times, she willingly spoke about the sisters, shared her inexplicable joy with Oprah, and even shared her profession of final vows on the show. While Oprah couldn’t understand why the vows of obedience, chastity, and poverty could make someone so joyful, she loved the sisters. Their presence offered a beacon amidst the chaos of the modern world, hoping to guide all who would follow to Christ. Full transcript available at https://www.goLEdigital.org Join our Community! https://twitter.com/GoLEdigital https://www.instagram.com/goLEdigital/ https://www.facebook.com/DSMME https://www.goLEpress.com
Join us in this 39th Episode to meet Sister Maria Guadalupe. Sister Maria Guadalupe had numerous signs of her religious vocation throughout her life, but her cafeteria Catholicism prevented her from fully acknowledging them until she finally surrendered completely to God and the Faith, accepting the entirety of it rather than bits and pieces. Once she accepted her vocation, God quickly led her to the Dominicans of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist. Full transcript available at https://www.goLEdigital.org Join our Community! https://twitter.com/GoLEdigital https://www.instagram.com/goLEdigital/ https://www.facebook.com/DSMME https://www.goLEpress.com
Join us in this 38th Episode to meet Sister Louis Marie. Sister Louis Marie heard her call to religious life halfway through college at the University of Notre Dame, and she wanted to answer immediately; however, her parents worried it was imprudent to abandon her college degree, so she hesitated until Sister Joseph Andrew Bogdanowicz told her that if God is calling her now, she needs to follow His will, and He will provide for all. His Grace has abundantly blessed Sister Louis Marie since that point. She is now the Postulant Mistress for the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist, and helps guide the new postulants in their final discernment process within the community. Full transcript available at https://www.goLEdigital.org Join our Community! https://twitter.com/GoLEdigital https://www.instagram.com/goLEdigital/ https://www.facebook.com/DSMME https://www.goLEpress.com
Sisters Thomas Aquinas and Amata Veritas, both raised Catholic in the Roman Rite, share their experience in a relatively new and quite unique apostolate, working with the Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter. This ordinariate is one of three in the world that serves the Anglicans who have converted or come back into full communion with the Catholic Church. Sisters Thomas Aquinas and Amata Veritas give us a glimpse into the process, the people, and the faith that overflows abundantly throughout this apostolate. Full transcript available at https://www.goLEdigital.org Join our Community! https://twitter.com/GoLEdigital https://www.instagram.com/goLEdigital/ https://www.facebook.com/DSMME https://www.goLEpress.com
Meet Sister Mary Aquinas who had a dream job but kept searching for something more, to fill the void in her heart. God called her to His heart, and she was set to join the Dominicans. When she got into a car accident that truly required her to give everything to God and let His will be done. Full transcript available at https://www.goLEdigital.org Join our Community! https://twitter.com/GoLEdigital https://www.instagram.com/goLEdigital/ https://www.facebook.com/DSMME https://www.goLEpress.com
Sister Agnes Paulina was born in Poland and immigrated to the United States with her parents. Throughout her life, she wanted to help others understand the true meaning of suffering and to embrace the Catholic faith. Influenced by Saint John Paul II, who she met while living in Poland, Sister Agnes Paulina eventually discerned her religious vocation and joined the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist, where she shares her love of God generously with everyone she meets. Full transcript available at https://www.goLEdigital.org Join our Community! https://twitter.com/GoLEdigital https://www.instagram.com/goLEdigital/ https://www.facebook.com/DSMME https://www.goLEpress.com
Sr. Maria was a successful CFO of three car dealerships and became comfortable with that position, so she told God that He had to blatantly call her hand before she’d give it all up for a religious vocation. God called her, in no uncertain terms, to Himself, and after calling upon Our Lady for additional guidance and confirmation, Sister Maria joyfully left her material life behind. Full transcript available at https://www.goLEdigital.org Join our Community! https://twitter.com/GoLEdigital https://www.instagram.com/goLEdigital/ https://www.facebook.com/DSMME https://www.goLEpress.com
Growing up, Sister Martin Thérèse knew she wanted to be a wife and mother and thought she had no religious vocation at all. God knew differently and tugged at her heart until she listened and responded. A nagging feeling that she should write to the Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist led to a beautiful acceptance of her religious vocation in their community. The Holy Spirit works in mysterious ways, and He will guide you if you but listen. Full transcript available at https://www.goLEdigital.org Join our Community! https://twitter.com/GoLEdigital https://www.instagram.com/goLEdigital/ https://www.facebook.com/DSMME https://www.goLEpress.com
From raising bees and selling honey, Sister Irenaeus realized she wanted something more. She wanted to sell something more worthwhile. Through faith and prayer and Eucharistic Adoration, she realized that God was calling her to Himself, and she joyfully answered that call after college. Her simple vocation story is a beautiful reminder that God calls us from wherever we may be, and that He knows the plan for our lives if we are willing to listen and follow. Full transcript available at https://www.goLEdigital.org Join our Community! https://twitter.com/GoLEdigital https://www.instagram.com/goLEdigital/ https://www.facebook.com/DSMME https://www.goLEpress.com
Sr. Stephen Patrick, OP a Doctor in Cellular Biology became Dominican Sisters of Mary. Tune in today to find out how faith and science are two connected links that, together, exhibit God's splendor. Full transcript available at https://www.goLEdigital.org Join our Community! https://twitter.com/GoLEdigital https://www.instagram.com/goLEdigital/ https://www.facebook.com/DSMME https://www.goLEpress.com
How does a Doctor in Electrical Engineering and a Doctor in Cellular Biology become Dominican Sisters of Mary? Tune in today and meet Sr. Mary Elizabeth and Sr. Stephen Patrick to find out more! Full transcript available at https://www.goLEdigital.org Join our Community! https://twitter.com/GoLEdigital https://www.instagram.com/goLEdigital/ https://www.facebook.com/DSMME https://www.goLEpress.com
Full willing and joyful participation in the sacraments leads to so much more. This is the moral we learn from Sr. Mary Elizabeth Miriam’s vocation story. She grew up nominally Catholic, but she truly embraced her faith in graduate school and fell more in love with God with each passing day. As she spent time in confession and in adoration before the Blessed Sacrament, she opened her mind and her heart to His call and responded beautifully. Full transcript available at https://www.goLEdigital.org Join our Community! https://twitter.com/GoLEdigital https://www.instagram.com/goLEdigital/ https://www.facebook.com/DSMME https://www.goLEpress.com
Sr. Catherine Thomas fell away from the faith in high school and came back to it in college. As she was coming back to the sacraments, she felt God calling her to Himself. She chose the Dominican Order because it embodied everything she sought in her life - contemplation and an active apostolate with a heavy focus on study and drawing closer to God each day. Her path to the religious life reminds us that if we are open and listen, we will hear God’s call for His plan in our life. Full transcript available at https://www.goLEdigital.org Join our Community! https://twitter.com/GoLEdigital https://www.instagram.com/goLEdigital/ https://www.facebook.com/DSMME https://www.goLEpress.com
With the support of many people, including the spiritual guidance of priests and the Catholic presence at her state university, Sr. Maria Canisius remained open to God’s will in her life and discerned her religious vocation with the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist. Her vocation story inspires families to remain open to religious vocations for their children and reminds all of us to keep our priests in our prayers as they are often the guiding light in discernment. Full transcript available at https://www.goLEdigital.org Join our Community! https://twitter.com/GoLEdigital https://www.instagram.com/goLEdigital/ https://www.facebook.com/DSMME https://www.goLEpress.com
In this episode, we get an up-close and personal look at how Sr. Maria Veritas' vocation came to be, what life was like at Harvard as a scholar and Dominican Sister and how she is using her academic and vocational gifts! Full transcript available at https://www.goLEdigital.org Join our Community! https://twitter.com/GoLEdigital https://www.instagram.com/goLEdigital/ https://www.facebook.com/DSMME https://www.goLEpress.com
In Episode 25 Sr. Maria Catherine is interviewed by Sr. Joseph Andrew about her life in performing arts schools, her previous professional career, her faith journey and her eventual calling to religious life. Full transcript available at https://www.goLEdigital.org Join our Community! https://twitter.com/GoLEdigital https://www.instagram.com/goLEdigital/ https://www.facebook.com/DSMME https://www.goLEpress.com
In Episode 24, Sr. Joseph Andrew interviews Sr. Mary Dominic and Sr. Mary Bethany to show us how a couple of young Dominican Sisters prepare to cook for 144, three times a day! Full transcript available at https://www.goLEdigital.org Join our Community! https://twitter.com/GoLEdigital https://www.instagram.com/goLEdigital/ https://www.facebook.com/DSMME https://www.goLEpress.com
In Episode 23 Sr. Joseph Andrew interviews two Dominican Sisters of Mary: Sr. Teresa Benedicta and Sr. Mary Magdalen. In this episode we get an up close and personal look at what a pro-life apostolate means; what the Sisters are doing to try and bring aide, comfort and life to the world. Full transcript available at https://www.goLEdigital.org Join our Community! https://twitter.com/GoLEdigital https://www.instagram.com/goLEdigital/ https://www.facebook.com/DSMME https://www.goLEpress.com
In Episode 22 Sr. Joseph Andrew interviews two Dominican Sisters of Mary: Sr. Miriam and Sr. Mercedes. We get an up close and personal look inside the Motherhouse to discover one reason the spiritual life is so strong as vocations are coming from all over the world and from all types of diverse backgrounds. Full transcript available at https://www.goLEdigital.org Join our Community! https://twitter.com/GoLEdigital https://www.instagram.com/goLEdigital/ https://www.facebook.com/DSMME https://www.goLEpress.com
Sr. Catherine Thomas talks about her vocation story. She came from a family of mixed beliefs; Somehow Sr. Catherine Thomas put it all together to fall hopelessly in love with her faith and eventually find her vocation as a Dominican Sister of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist. Full transcript available at https://www.goLEdigital.org Join our Community! https://twitter.com/GoLEdigital https://www.instagram.com/goLEdigital/ https://www.facebook.com/DSMME https://www.goLEpress.com
In Episode 20 Sr. Joseph Andrew interviews Dominican Priest Fr. Andy McAlpin about his vocation journey: his childhood, family life and eventually becoming a Dominican Priest. Full transcript available at https://www.goLEdigital.org Join our Community! https://twitter.com/GoLEdigital https://www.instagram.com/goLEdigital/ https://www.facebook.com/DSMME https://www.goLEpress.com
In Episode 19, Sr. Joseph Andrew interviews Canadian sister, Sr. Albert Marie about her vocation journey. Full transcript available at https://www.goLEdigital.org Join our Community! https://twitter.com/GoLEdigital https://www.instagram.com/goLEdigital/ https://www.facebook.com/DSMME https://www.goLEpress.com
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