On this week's episode, we're listening to a Facebook Live interview on "How the Triduum Reveals a Call to Monastic Life" with IRL board member, Jesse Weiler, and Abbot Jeremy Driscoll O.S.B. of Mount Angel Abbey in Saint Benedict, Oregon.  Abbot Jeremy also has a book on this topic you can purchase that is an amazing resources titled, Awesome Glory: Resurrection in Scripture, Liturgy, and Theology.

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 2022 award recipient, Fr. Brian Mullady, of the Dominican Friars, Province of the Most Holy Name of Jesus in Oakland California. 

Fr. Mullady is a mission preacher and retreat master for the Western Dominican Province. He has had twelve series on Mother Angelica's EWTN television network. He is the author of four books and numerous articles and writes the Answer column in Homiletic and Pastoral Review.  He is also designated as an official Missionary of Mercy by Pope Francis for the Year of Mercy.

Today's episode is a recording of his talk from the 2016 National Meeting entitled, “Reawakening Our Consciences Through the Works of Mercy”. We hope you enjoy! 

On today’s episode, we will be featuring a talk from our 2021 National Meeting by Fr. John Burns. Fr. Burns currently serves as a member of the Institute on Religious Life's Board of Directors. Fr. Burns’ talk is titled, The Heart of St. Joseph, Chaste Spouse, Guardian of Virgins, Terror of Demons. Thank you for listening and we hope you enjoy! 

On this week's episode, we're listening to a Facebook Live interview with IRL board member, Jesse Weiler, and Mother Mary Elizabeth Kloss, O.S.B. prioress of St. Scholastica Priory in Petersham, Massachusetts. Mother talks about what the liturgical "Living a Liturgical Life” looks like for Benedictine contemplative nuns at the monastery, and what lay people can do to incorporate the liturgy into their own lives.

Following a tradition dating to the Middle Ages, they are a twin community with a monastery of Benedictine monks at St. Mary’s Monastery in Petersham, Massachusetts.

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 2010 award recipient, Raymond Cardinal Burke. He was named a Cardinal in 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI. Cardinal Burke has written and spoken widely on Roman Catholic canon law, the Holy Eucharist, devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe, and the sanctity of human life.

Throughout the years, Cardinal Burke has been quite active in various Catholic apostolates and organizations founded by the Servant of God, Rev. John A. Hardon, S.J., including the Institute on Religious Life. In recent years His Grace has spearheaded the cause for canonization of Father Hardon.

Today's episode is a recording of a talk from the 2010 National Meeting entitled, "The Legacy of Fr. John Hardon". We hope you enjoy! 

In this episode of the podcast, we're interviewing Fr. Cassian Folsom, O.S.B., founder of the Benedictine Monks of Norcia in Norcia Italy. We hope you enjoy Father Cassian's amazing journey through discernment, starting a religious order, surviving a devastating earthquake, rebuilding a monastery, and starting a brewery! Check out the monks' own Birra Norcia Brewery and purchase delicious beer for yourself or a loved one! 

On today’s episode, we will be featuring a talk from our 2017 Midwest Regional Meeting by Sr. John Marie Zwenger, who is a member of The Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary of Wichita, Kansas. Please check out the sisters' website for more information, resources, and print outs for the Devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

On this week's episode, we're listening to our Facebook Live interview with IRL board member, Jesse Weiler, and Fr. Joshua Caswell, SJC who is the Superior General of the Canons Regular of St. John Cantius, in Chicago, Illinois. Fr. Joshua speaks about the Canon's mission to restore the sacred, and takes us back to the beginning on how they started a thriving religious community. 

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 1991 award recipient, St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta, who founded the Missionaries of Charity. Mother Teresa not only helped the poorest of the poor all around the world, but she also helped other communities and religious navigate such a turbulent time for religious life in the Church. Today's episode is a recording of a talk that she gave at our 1976 National Meeting titled, "The Meaning of a Sister's Vocation Today". Our very own Fr. John Hardon, introduces her in this talk and facilitates the Q&A afterwards. We hope you enjoy! 

In this episode of the podcast, we're interviewing Reverend Mother Teresa Christe, MSSR, of the Marian Sisters of Santa Rosa in Santa Rosa California. We hope you enjoy her beautiful story of her journey through discernment, religious life, and starting a religious order!