What might healthy spirituality and sexuality look like for Catholics? Let’s meet Sister Shannon who specializes in pleasure and shame-less education and self help for her online audiences, and opposition to her work.

1:00 she’s been deactivated online 3x

3:00 sexual support for Catholics: there is a need

6:00 common questions: masturbation, family shame

9:00 imagine Mother Mary as a single mother

12:00 How do folks relate to Catholicism and sexuality?

15:00 “widen your knees” instead of “spread your legs”

17:00 The Old Testament had erotica in it! “Song of songs”

22:00 Sister Shannon’s current best contact info is [email protected]

25:00 the church does not let gay people get married or women be priests - don’t beg the hierarchy 

26:00 God is non-binary?

30:00 who is reporting Shannon’s IG online?

34:00 Mary Magdalene wasn’t a sex worker, sorry

37:00 abstinence “education” results in a lot of shame and guilt

40:00 bad experiences motivated Elle to find better ones

45:00 Richard Rohr, Lavonne Briggs

49:00 God probably doesn’t care if you have multiple sexual partners

52:00 this show can be surprisingly unsexy :) 

55:00 does God approve of Jesus-memes?

Find Shannon on IG @ItsSisterShannon or @Sister.Shannon

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