Sister Mary Gemma, it is a pleasure to have you with us on this podcast, on this video.

Welcome. How are you today?

Thank you very well. Thank you.

Good, good. Well, to those who may not know who you are, actually, this is the first time that you and I have spoken.

Yes.

Could you tell me, tell us a little bit about who you are and what you do, sister?

All right, so my name is Sister Mary Gemma.

I was born in Australia and I entered the religious life here in the United States.

I have been a religious now for 33 years and am currently stationed in St. Mary's, Kansas.

Wonderful.

33 years.

That's a long time.

God bless you for your perseverance.

That's outstanding.

Well, we wanted to talk to you a little bit about the SSPX Sisters.

As you know, this series that we're doing is all about vocations.

And so we wanted to talk to a few of the different religious orders to understand what a

religious vocation is like. So I guess I'll ask you, first, sister, if there are any certain

characteristics or qualifications of a young lady that would make her a good, you know, air quotes, a good SSPX sister, compared to another order, say Dominicans or Franciscans, what type of qualities or attributes are you looking for?

Well, actually, let me start by explaining a little bit about our congregation.

The sisters were founded by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre for the current crisis in the church.

He wanted the spirit of our congregation to be the spirit of the church, to remain faithful

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