This episode features Sr. Long Hoang, a Daughter of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, who is from Vietnam. During her teenage years, Sr. Long experienced struggles in life and in faith. After this “storm” of wrought emotions, a rainbow led her to a place of peace and safety. She says there was not one single experience which led her to the sisterhood, but multiple stops along the way. When she was just seven years old, Sr. Long had prayed to become God’s spouse and to be of service to him. After growing up across the street from a Daughters of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary convent, and being taught catechism by the sisters, she participated in “Come and See” retreat with the Vietnamese sisters. Once she moved to the U.S., she had a second “Come and See” experience at the New Orleans convent which helped to solidify her discernment. In her fourteen years as a religious sister, Sr. Long has been heavily involved in youth ministry. She has taught students in pre-k and confirmation classes, led metanoia retreats for young people, conducted the only Vietnamese children’s choir who sings in English for Mass, and counseled young women in their discernment.

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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