Ep. 17: A Life of Worship – What are Vows? Why do we take them? (Sr. Louis Marie, O.P.)

About this episode

Sr. Louis Marie joins Sr. Miriam to discuss the significance of perpetual vows in religious life and share memories from their band days.

Did you know that our Sisters take perpetual vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience? What does that even mean? Sr. Louis Marie joins Sr. Miriam to discuss why vows matter and how they factor into the joy of religious life...along with some reminiscing on their days in a band together. And yes, it was called Force of Habit. ⁠Read about Force of Habit in the Washington Post⁠ Join the Openlight Media Community: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter/X⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Download the Torch App⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Teachers Pay Teachers⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pinterest⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Linktree⁠

People in this episode

Host: Sr. Miriam

Guest: Sr. Louis Marie, O.P.

Topics covered

• vows
• religious life
• joy
• poverty
• chastity
• obedience
• band reminiscence

Keywords

• vows
• religious life
• poverty
• chastity
• obedience
• Sisters
• Force of Habit

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Openlight Media, Washington Post

Books & works: Force of Habit

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