Discerning Different Religious Orders

Ask Father Josh (Your Catholic Question and Answer Podcast)

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🗓️ 19 January 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Is there such a thing as “red flags” when it comes to discerning religious life? Fr. Josh responds to a listener’s question regarding best practices when discerning religious life. He shares advice on what to look for and how to get to know different religious communities.

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0:00.0	What's up and welcome to Ask Father Josh the Question and Answer Podcast where I get
0:07.8	to listen to your questions, pray with them, and hopefully respond in such a way that
0:11.2	it's helpful for you to become a saint in your walk toward eternity.
0:14.4	You can ask me anything and everything about our Catholic faith from morality to spiritual
0:18.7	reality, whether it's a question about everyday life or what we believe is Catholics, I'm
0:21.9	here to help you find answers.
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0:39.9	Josh.
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0:55.6	Well today's show we're going to talk about religious life and what are some green flags
1:00.4	and some red flags for men and women who are discerning religious life who are thinking
1:07.2	about entering into a community who feel called by Jesus Christ to enter into a specific congregation
1:12.3	to become a saint in that particular path.
1:14.9	So I'll just be honest and upfront at this point in my life, I've been a priest for nine
1:18.5	years and yeah, I have met a lot of people who have been hurt and who have been hurt.
1:25.6	Yeah, I don't, I just want to help.
1:27.3	As a father, I want to help particularly young women who I've been walking with not have
1:32.0	traumatic experiences like some other friends have had and they're discernment.
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