Ever Ancient, Ever New

On this week's episode, we're listening to a Facebook Live interview on "What is Eucharistic Revival?" with IRL board member, Jesse Weiler, and Sr. Elizabeth Beussink, TOR of The Franciscan Sisters, TOR of Penance of the Sorrowful Mother. Thank you for listening and we hope you enjoy!

Started in 1986, the Pro Fidelitate et Virtue Award is conferred each year at the Institute on Religious Life’s National Meeting to someone who has been outstanding in the support and promotion of authentic religious life.

Today's episode is honoring our 2007 award recipient, Rev. Thomas Edward Dubay, S.M. Fr. Dubay was a retreat master and spiritual director for religious communities around the country, as well as a highly regarded speaker at conferences and retreats for lay people in North America. Father Dubay holds a Ph.D. from Catholic University of America and has spent the last twenty-seven years of his life giving retreats and writing books on various aspects of the spiritual life.

Today, we will be listening to his award acceptance speech and talk he gave at the 2007 National Meeting Banquet. Thank you and we hope you enjoy!

On today's episode, we're interviewing the IRL’s own National Director, Fr. Thomas Nelson, O. Praem. from the Norbertine Fathers of St. Michael's Abbey in Silverado, California.

For more than fifty years, the Norbertine Fathers have served the Christian faithful in Southern California. Their community’s apostolic ministries are many and various, from teaching in schools and at retreats to serving as chaplains, but they all find their source in our common life of prayer and fraternal charity.

Thank you for listening and we hope you enjoy!

On today’s episode, we will be featuring a talk from our 2016 National Meeting by Vivian Imbruglia. 

Vivian Imbruglia is an artist from Southern California practicing the ancient art of iconography at Sacred Image Icons. Iconography has become more than her profession, it is her ministry. 

Vivian's icons are on public display in many beautiful churches and shrines including St. John Cantius and the Shrine of St. Maximilian Kolbe, both in the Chicago area, as well as St. Vincent De Paul in Houston. Vivian's icon which celebrated the Year of Consecrated life found great popularity with the religious, but her most widely disseminated icon as been an image done to promote and celebrate the Year of Mercy, prints of the latter which were used by many parishes and dioceses across North American and beyond.

Vivian’s talk is titled, Sacred Icons as Doorways to Divine Mercy. Thank you for listening and we hope you enjoy!

On this week's episode, we're listening to a Facebook Live interview on "Freedom and Trust in Discernment" with IRL board member, Jesse Weiler, and Sr. Marie Caritas, C.K. of The School Sisters of Christ the King in Lincoln, Nebraska. Thank you for listening and we hope you enjoy!

Started in 1986, the Pro Fidelitate et Virtue Award is conferred each year at the Institute on Religious Life’s National Meeting to someone who has been outstanding in the support and promotion of authentic religious life.

Today's episode is honoring our 2004 award recipient, Rev. Benedict J. Groeschel, CFR.

Fr. Groeschel was given the religious name of Benedict Joseph, and was ordained a priest in 1959. Fr. Goeschel was involved in the civil rights movement. He stood up for the unborn, and was once arrested while praying outside an abortion mill. He taught at various colleges and gave numerous retreats. One retreat was given to Mother Teresa and her Missionaries of Charity in India, after which he helped her establish her order in New York.

In 1987, Fr. Groeschel and seven fellow Capuchins founded the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal in New York, whose mission includes living a radically poor life, about 3 hours of prayer per day, serving the poor, and evangelization. Today, there are 115 Franciscan Friars of the Renewal.

Today, we will be listening to a talk he gave at our 2010 National Meeting. Thank you and we hope you enjoy!

In this episode of the podcast, we're interviewing Mother Mary Maximilian Cote, DMML of the Daughters of Mary Mother of Healing Love in Manchester, New Hampshire. We hope you enjoy her amazing reversion story in the Dominican Republic, to her and the sisters' recent walking pilgrimage for the Eucharistic Revival from the East Coast all the way to Indianapolis! Thank you for listening and we hope you enjoy!

On today’s episode, we will be featuring a talk from our 2023 National Meeting by Sr. Alicia Torres, of The Franciscans of the Eucharist of Chicago.

Sr. Alicia earned a Master of Divinity at Mundelein Seminary and a Master of Arts in teaching from Dominican University in River Forest. Sr. Alicia won the Food Network’s Chopped in 2015 and has contributed articles to several online and print media outlets, including First Things, Catholic News Service, and America Magazine. Since July 2021, she’s served on the Executive Team for the USCCB’s National Eucharistic Revival.

Sr. Alicia's talk is titled, “Living a Eucharist Life” A Focus on Sacrifice. Thank you for listening and we hope you enjoy! 

On this week's episode, we're listening to a Facebook Live interview on "How to Pray Like the Saints" with IRL board member, Jesse Weiler, and Fr. Michael Berry O.C.D. of The Discalced Carmelite Friars of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. To learn more about the Discalced Carmelite Friars, please visit their website for their Washington Province site and also please make sure o stop by their ICS Publications, Institute of Carmelite Studies site.

Started in 1986, the Pro Fidelitate et Virtue Award is conferred each year at the Institute on Religious Life’s National Meeting to someone who has been outstanding in the support and promotion of authentic religious life.

Today's episode is honoring our 2021 award recipient, Mother Marie Julie Saegaert SCMC.  

Mother entered the Sisters of Charity of Our Lady, Mother of the Church and received the name Marie Julie. Mother has a Master’s Degree in Pastoral Ministry and in Education, attained a Certification in Health Care Administration and in Medical Ethics. Not only has Mother taught Healthcare Law and Ethics, but has also ministered in the healthcare field.

Mother was elected to the IRL Board of Directors, eventually serving as Executive Vice President. In 2012, Mother was elected Superior General of her community.

Today's episode is a recording of a talk she gave from the 2024 National Meeting entitled, "Mary, Icon of the Eucharistic Pilgrim". We hope you enjoy!