In this episode of Here's My Secret Alicia speaks with Morgaine Butler. A student at St. Catherine University who participated in the SisterStory project as a student oral historian in the Fall of 2014. During her semester Morgaine was paired with Sister Florence Steichen, CSJ who is a Sister of St. Joseph in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The first thing she learned about writing a blog post is that she had no idea how to write a blog post, but did know how to write stories. Not being especially religious, Morgaine grew to have a deep respect and appreciation for the perspectives offered by Sister Florence. "The idea that church, that sacred space, is portable is very different." For more information on Morgaine and her Sister's oral history: https://www.sisterstory.org/oral-history/sister-florence-and-morgaine-butler Theme music by Garrett D. Tiedemann Additional music by How How “Ninja's Calm - Szymon Kaliski” by How How
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/HowHow/nonegiven1896/Kawaek2SzymonKaliskiRemix Set Apart series art by Rebecca Zenefski. To listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjg0XthuPTc Here's My Secret is a podcast produced by Alicia Beyer about the oral history project SisterStory. Through interviews with student oral historians she learns more about their experiences and the valuable relationships forged between them and their Sister during the semester process. By reading the SisterStory blogs (www.sisterstory.org/student-blog) and personally getting to know each student prior to interviewing, we gain insight through Alicia into how this experience has changed individual lives and evolved perspectives on women religious. SisterStory is the ongoing story of National Catholic Sisters Week aimed at broadening awareness of Catholic sisters through the collection of oral histories, social media outreach, and the creation of additional media content. For more information visit
www.SisterStory.org. National Catholic Sisters Week is a celebration of the lives and legacies of Catholic sisters every year from March 8-14 in conjunction with NWHM. If you wish to participate or have events you would like to share please visit www.NationalCatholicSistersWeek.org.