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The Institute on Religious Life’s Podcast, Ever Ancient, Ever New, marks our golden anniversary, 50 years of serving religious and consecrated life in the Catholic Church! This podcast features talks and interviews with consecrated religious men and women from many different religious communities throughout the United States and the world. Thus, giving people access to the rich and varied archives of IRL seminars, classes, talks, and interviews, while also giving those in religious life the opportunity to tell their vocation stories and share insights into their apostolates. Today, religious life is not only surviving, but thriving. It is ever ancient, ever new, ever beautiful, and ever necessary for our church today.
Ever Ancient, Ever New
The Institute on Religious Life’s Podcast, Ever Ancient, Ever New, marks our golden anniversary, 50 years of serving religious and consecrated life in the Catholic Church! This podcast features talks and interviews with consecrated religious men and women from many different religious communities throughout the United States and the world. Thus, giving people access to the rich and varied archives of IRL seminars, classes, talks, and interviews, while also giving those in religious life the opportunity to tell their vocation stories and share insights into their apostolates. Today, religious life is not only surviving, but thriving. It is ever ancient, ever new, ever beautiful, and ever necessary for our church today.
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On today’s episode, we will be featuring a talk from our 2018 National Meeting by Fr. Peter Funk, O.S.B.
Fr. Peter is the prior of the Monastery of the Holy Cross, a contemplative Benedictine monastery in the archdiocese of Chicago. Before entering monastic life in 1997, he was a choral conductor at St. Thomas the Apostle parish and the University of Chicago. His exposure to great Renaissance composers such as Palestrina and Victoria was catalytic in his desire to enter religious life as well as his interest in the power of Catholic culture to evangelize. Having studied theology at St. John’s School of Theology in Collegeville, Minnesota, where he majored in Scripture, he was ordained to the priesthood in May 2004.
Fr. Peter’s talk is titled, Sacred Music & The Restoration of the Sacred. Thank you for listening and we hope you enjoy! May God bless you!
Monday Jan 20, 2025
Monday Jan 20, 2025
On this week's episode, we're listening to a Facebook Live interview on, "Praying for the Souls of the Faithfully Departed" with IRL board member, Jesse Weiler, and Fr. James Kubicki, SJ. Thank you for listening and we hope you enjoy!
Monday Jan 13, 2025
Monday Jan 13, 2025
Started in 1986, the Pro Fidelitate et Virtue Award is conferred each year at the Institute on Religious Life’s National Meeting to someone who has been outstanding in the support and promotion of authentic religious life.
Today's episode is honoring our 2018 award recipient and founder of the IRL, Rev. .Joseph Fessio, SJ. Father Fessio co-founded and became the first editor of Ignatius Press, one of the premiere Catholic publishers in the English-speaking world, producing books, videos and other catechetical resources. From 2002 to 2009 he served as chancellor, provost and theologian-in-residence at Ave Maria University. Father Fessio continues to be involved with other Catholic organizations such as Lighthouse Catholic Media, and The Augustine Institute.
Today, we will be listening to a talk he gave at his acceptance of this award titled, The Renewal of Western Civilization. Thank you and we hope you enjoy!
Monday Jan 06, 2025
Monday Jan 06, 2025
On today's episode, we're listening to an interview with Sr. Natalie Binversie, O.S.F. from the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity in Manitowoc, WI.
The Franciscan Sisters' mission is to grow in holiness through witness, love, and service in the Catholic Church. In the spirit of St. Francis, they reverence all creation and respect each person as an image of God. They strive to live Gospel values and to serve people in need. Their ministry, “to teach and to heal” is an expression of life centered in the Eucharist and rooted in prayer. God has called the sisters to follow St. Francis in rewarding ministries of Catholic health care, education and parishes in rural and urban communities.
Thank you for listening and we hope you enjoy!
Monday Dec 30, 2024
Monday Dec 30, 2024
On today’s episode, we will be featuring a talk from our 2017 National Meeting by Msgr. Charles M. Mangan.
Msgr. Mangan is from the Diocese of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, is a faculty member at Mount St. Mary's Seminary in Emmitsburg, MD. Ordained a priest in 1989, he has served as an official in the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life in Rome and director of his diocese's Office of the Marian Apostolate.
Msgr. Mangan’s talk is titled, Living Mary's Invitation: Sister Lucy's Witness to the Consecrated Life. Thank you for listening and we hope you enjoy!
Monday Dec 23, 2024
Monday Dec 23, 2024
On this week's episode, we're listening to a Facebook Live interview on "The Revival of the Church in Russia" with IRL board member, Jesse Weiler, and Mother Maria Stella Whittier, CJD of the Sisters in Jesus the Lord. Thank you for listening and we hope you enjoy!
Monday Dec 16, 2024
Monday Dec 16, 2024
Started in 1986, the Pro Fidelitate et Virtue Award is conferred each year at the Institute on Religious Life’s National Meeting to someone who has been outstanding in the support and promotion of authentic religious life.
Today's episode is honoring our 1987 award recipient and founder of the IRL, Rev. John Hardon, SJ.
Father Hardon entered the Society of Jesus in 1936. He authored over 200 books, including The Catholic Catechism (1975) and was a consultant for the drafting of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. He wrote countless articles, conducted numerous catechetical classes for religious and lay people, developed a series of full-semester courses and was a popular speaker and retreat master as well as a spiritual director and confessor to many. He also founded the Institute on Religious Life, Marian Catechists and Eternal Life.
Father Hardon died on December 30, 2000. His cause for canonization has been opened. We were so honored to have Fr. John Hardon as our 1987 Pro Fidelitate et Virtute Award recipient. Today, we will be listening to a talk he gave titled, We Live by Faith. Thank you and we hope you enjoy!
Monday Dec 09, 2024
Monday Dec 09, 2024
On today's episode, we're listening to an interview with Fr. John Michael Paul, CSJ from the Congregation of St. John.
In the footsteps of St. John, the beloved disciple, the Brothers of St. John wish to follow Christ, the Lamb of God, “wherever He goes”. They serve the Church by living a life of consecration and of brotherly communion with a view to mission.
The key aim of their missionary activities consists in human and Christian formation in the contemplative spirit of the Apostle John: principally, serving parishes, campus and family ministry, and preaching retreats.
Fr. John Michael Paul, CSJ is interviewed by IRL Board member, Jesse Weiler. Thank you for listening and we hope you enjoy!