Whose house? Nuns' house!

(Or, the importance of community in religious life)

Holy Cross Sr. Margie Lavonis, left, works on a puzzle with Holy Cross Sr. Dorothy Marie Langlois at the congregation's motherhouse in Notre Dame, Indiana, in February 2019. (GSR photo/Dan Stockman)

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Random Nun Clip

In this Random Nun Clip, high school students send in a series of questions about what a convent is and how it's different from "just a large house." Hosts for this episode, Immaculate Heart of Mary Srs. Maxine Kollach and Jane Aseltyne talk about community, a central part of religious life, and how its domestic location affects that.

Click here to listen to the full "Ask Sister" podcast where this clip is from.

GSR shares clips from our friends at A Nun's Life Ministry. Check out full episodes of all their podcasts (Ask Sister, In Good Faith, Random Nun Clips and more, like the archived Motherhouse Road Trips) on their website, ANunsLife.org.

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