112: Escaping Burnout + Discerning Vocations ft. Sr. Marcia Hall
The Catholic Feminist
Claire Swinarski
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 3 July 2019
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
You know when you hear God’s voice whisper to you, and you’re like…no. Wrong girl. Thanks, but no thanks. Today’s guest sure does. When Sr. Marcia Hall was trying to figure out what direction to take her life, the thought of joining the Oblate Sisters of Providence was the last thing on her mind. But she eventually gave God her own fiat and joined the Oblate Sisters, which was the first religious order created for Black women. The order was founded in 1828 by 2 women who heard a call to religious life but were rejected by other religious orders due to our American Church’s shamefully racist past. Now, Sr. Marcia is on the show to walk us through dealing with compassion burnout, having holy boundaries, and discerning our vocations. I loved learning more about the Oblate sisters, how a religious sister can practice self-care, and Sr. Marcia’s tips for listening to your OWN call. Enjoy!
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Catholic feminist episode 112. Today we're talking all about |
| 0:05.9 | experiencing burnout when doing justice work. Today's episode is brought to you |
| 0:10.7 | by Franciscan University of Steubenville. If you want to get a graduate |
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| 0:19.9 | Franciscan. edu slash TCF today. Today's episode is also Francisco and |
| 0:23.4 | today's episode is also brought to you by the Blessed is She liturgical |
| 0:27.2 | planner every modern Catholic woman needs this beautiful planter |
| 0:30.8 | which you can snag at the Catholic feminist |
| 0:33.0 | podcast.com slash planar. |
| 0:35.0 | Welcome to the Catholic feminist, a podcast for strong women who want to be |
| 0:41.6 | informed, inspired, and intentional. |
| 0:44.0 | I'm your host, Claire, and I'm so glad you're out there trying to do good things for the world and you just get so tired. You just want to curl up on your |
| 1:05.3 | couch and turn on Netflix and tune out the rest of the world. I don't know about you, but I definitely |
| 1:10.6 | thought that this was not a problem a religious sister would ever have. |
| 1:14.3 | I mean that's like their whole life, right? |
| 1:16.1 | They're just out there doing amazing things and their habits. |
| 1:19.4 | They never get tired or stressed out or annoyed with their fellow sisters. |
| 1:24.0 | But that is why it is so important that we have religious sisters on the show |
| 1:28.7 | so we can learn more about their life and I am so excited to be bringing you an episode today with |
| 1:34.3 | sister Marsha Hall from the Oblate Sisters of Providence. The Oblate |
| 1:38.7 | sisters are fascinating for so many reasons but one of them is that they are the first order that was |
| 1:44.1 | specifically created for African American women and they are currently the |
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