Call for Convent Reform

In this podcast I mention three other communities I had interactions with while discerning. These communities include the Children of Mary, Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist, and the Carmelite Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Los Angeles.

This week is National Vocation Awareness Week. How should the modern church teach and embrace vocations? What is the danger when lay people are taught that religious and priests are "like God?" Referred Links: 7 Saints Who Lived a Wonderful Single Life (Patron Saints for Single People) - Cool Catholics [https://www.coolcatholics.org/7-saints-who-lived-a-wonderful-single-life-patron-saints-for-single-people/] Do You Have a Vocation? | Catholic Answers Magazine [https://www.catholic.com/magazine/print-edition/do-you-have-a-vocation] The Better Part: The Religious or Priestly Vocation - Catholicism.org [https://catholicism.org/the-better-part-the-religious-or-priestly-vocation.html] https://www.bishop-accountability.org/accounts/

Are ghosts real? Maybe. Are nuns real? Well, I guess they are. What about ghost nuns? If purgatory is real...then probably. https://www.higgypop.com/news/ghostly-nuns/ [https://www.higgypop.com/news/ghostly-nuns/] https://www.spookyisles.com/ireland-religious-ghosts/ [https://www.spookyisles.com/ireland-religious-ghosts/] https://notebookofghosts.com/2018/04/25/ghost-nuns-who-will-have-you-praying/ [https://notebookofghosts.com/2018/04/25/ghost-nuns-who-will-have-you-praying/]

Let me know your thoughts on this story and if you had a similar experience in religious life.

Ryan Anthony is an outspoken former member of the Alliance of the Two Hearts [https://allianceoftheholyfamily.com/]; a worldwide institute founded by Fr. 'Bing' Arellano. Ryan dealt with eleven years of spiritual, psychological, and physical abuse in the male branch of the order, The Oblate Apostles of the Two Hearts [https://www.facebook.com/oathmissionaries/]. Ryan is the creator of the Truth That Heals podcast, and he can be found on Apple Podcast [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-truth-that-heals/id1559758565], Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/2QKA0Oh6qJuOc4OAU55MXm], and YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@TheTruthThatHealsPodcast]. Want to support my work? https://www.buymeacoffee.com/convent.reform [https://www.buymeacoffee.com/convent.reform]