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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.
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Monday Feb 24, 2025
40. Abbot Austin Murphy O.S.B. - Religious Life: The Heart of the Church
Monday Feb 24, 2025
Monday Feb 24, 2025
On today’s episode, we will be featuring a talk from our 2018 National Meeting by Abbot Austin Murphy O.S.B. of St. Procopius Abbey in Lisle, IL.
Abbot Austin was born in Huntington, NY in 1974 and attended the University of Chicago, receiving a B.A. in Economics in 1995. He studied for the priesthood at the Dominican House of studies in Washinton D.C. receiving his M.A. in Theology in 2003 as well as his M.Div. and S.T.B in 2004. He completed doctoral studies at the University of Notre Dame, working in the area of patristics, especially St. Augustine’s thought. He served as abbot from 2010 – 2024.
Abbot Austin’s talk is titled, Religious Life: The Heart of the Church. Thank you for listening and we hope you enjoy!
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