This episode features Sr. Marie-Therese of Jesus Crucified, a Sister Servant of Jesus Crucified, who tells the remarkable story of her discernment. Her entire family experienced a reversion around the time Sr. Marie-Therese was eight years old. Following the birth of her younger brother, her mother endured a serious depressive episode, but God used this experience to bring the family back to the Church. In her teenage years, she carried out a radical act of love which led to her entering religious life immediately after graduating high school. First and foremost, Sr. Marie-Therese’s life as a sister is grounded in Eucharistic devotion and prayer, which provides sustaining grace through her active ministry life. Among many other missions and acts of service through her community, she accompanies others in offering their pain and struggles to the Lord through redemptive suffering, provides proper burial for the underprivileged through the community’s Bonne Mort Society, and provides love and support for local disadvantaged girls.

Trigger Warnings: brief mention of child death.

The Flourishing Sisterhood Project is supported by the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation’s Catholic Sisters Initiative. The podcast is produced by the Loyola Institute for Ministry and retained by the university’s Digital Humanities Archive.

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