Call for Convent Reform

Call for Convent Reform

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Call for Convent Reform episodes

  • Advice on Discerning Communities: What Red Flags Should I be Looking For?

    Every year I receive a few emails asking me which communities are good, or if I have any advice for those discerning religious life. In this podcast I discuss what I am able to divulge about specific communities. I also discuss why it can be difficult to see red flags in communities until you are a member, while sharing a few strategies for spotting red flags while still initially discerning with a community.


    Check out my blog: conventreform.wordpress.com

    1 hr 23 min
  • My Personal Experience with the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest (ICKSP)

    During my time at an ICKSP parish I learned what clericalism and misogyny feel and look like. Join me as I tell my story of belonging to a parish of this Traditional Latin Mass institute.

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    Read the testimony of a former Sister Adorer: https://conventreform.wordpress.com/testimonials/


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    50 min
  • My Personal Experience With the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest (ICKSP)

    For about three years I was a member of an ICKSP parish. Although I loved the Traditional Latin Mass, I started to see toxic behavior from the pastor and parishioners. One woman's testimony of being in the women's branch of ICKSP, the Sister Adorer's, would solidify what I was experiencing.

    Read Emily's Testimony

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    My report on SSPX and other TLM Communities

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    1 hr
  • Experiences With Other Religious Communities

    In this podcast I mention three other communities I had interactions with while discerning. These communities include the Children of Mary, Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist, and the Carmelite Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Los Angeles.

    35 min
  • Vocation Awareness: What The Church Needs To Work On

    This week is National Vocation Awareness Week. How should the modern church teach and embrace vocations? What is the danger when lay people are taught that religious and priests are "like God?"


    Referred Links:

    7 Saints Who Lived a Wonderful Single Life (Patron Saints for Single People) - Cool Catholics

    Do You Have a Vocation? | Catholic Answers Magazine

    The Better Part: The Religious or Priestly Vocation - Catholicism.org
    https://www.bishop-accountability.org/accounts/


    1 hr 24 min
  • Ghoulie Nuns: Sharing Spooky Stories with my Black Cat

    Are ghosts real? Maybe. Are nuns real? Well, I guess they are. What about ghost nuns? If purgatory is real...then probably.


    https://www.higgypop.com/news/ghostly-nuns/

    https://www.spookyisles.com/ireland-religious-ghosts/

    https://notebookofghosts.com/2018/04/25/ghost-nuns-who-will-have-you-praying/

    25 min
  • Ryan Anthony Interview

    Ryan Anthony is an outspoken former member of the Alliance of the Two Hearts; a worldwide institute founded by Fr. 'Bing' Arellano. Ryan dealt with eleven years of spiritual, psychological, and physical abuse in the male branch of the order, The Oblate Apostles of the Two Hearts. Ryan is the creator of the Truth That Heals podcast, and he can be found on Apple Podcast, Spotify, and YouTube.


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    1 hr 46 min
  • What I Learned From Making a Database of Religious Orders

    In December of 2023 I started creating a database of religious orders in the U.S. This was a major project that I am still refining. Here is what I learned from working on this project.


    You can check out the database here: https://wordpress.com/page/conventreform.wordpress.com/913


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    30 min
  • A Deep Dive Into IVEinfo.org

    www.iveinfo.org has been a website that has fascinated me for several years. It is the only website I know of started by a group of former religious of one community to expose the abuse in that community.

    ***Please be aware that there are topics of sexual abuse in this episode. Listener discretion advised.

    1 hr 34 min

About Call for Convent Reform

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Religious order abuse is a problem in the Catholic Church that is too often not exposed for fear of reprisal, cover-up, or a false sense of "scandalizing" the Church. Ignoring the problem does not…