Why Are So Many Young Women Becoming Nuns Today? (Sisters of Life) | Ep. 573

Pints With Aquinas

Matt Fradd

Education, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2026

⏱️ 145 minutes

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In this conversation, Matt welcomes Sister Magnificat Rose and Sister Mary Grace of the Sisters of Life, a religious community founded in 1991 by Cardinal O'Connor to protect the sacredness of human life. The sisters share their vocation stories, the transformative encounters they have with strangers simply by wearing the habit, and the profound ministry they offer to women facing crisis pregnancies. The conversation weaves together deeply personal reflections on self-reliance, God's mercy, shame, community life, and what it means to truly see and receive every human person as sacred. Ep. 573 - - - 📚 More About Guests: Sisters of Life: https://sistersoflife.org - - - Today's Sponsors: Cluny Media: Visit https://clunypress.com today and save 15% with code PINTS15 Good Ranchers: Get $25 off your first order and FREE meat for life when you use code PINTS at https://GoodRanchers.com Charity Mobile: Visit https://charitymobile.com/MATTFRADD to get started. Free Phone offer with code MATTFRADD Shopify: Sign up for your $1-per-month trial and start selling today at https://Shopify.com/pints St. Paul Center: Share your faith with others this Easter Season by joining the Easter Accompaniment Challenge. Sign up and become a member today at https://stpaulcenter.com/pints - - - Become a Daily Wire Member and watch all of our content ad-free: ⁠⁠https://www.dailywire.com/subscribe⁠⁠ 📲 Download the free Daily Wire app today on iPhone, Android, Roku, Apple TV, Samsung, and more. - - - 📕 Get my newest book, Jesus Our Refuge, here: https://a.co/d/bDU0xLb 🍺 Want to Support Pints With Aquinas? 🍺 Get episodes a week early and join exclusive live streams with me! Become an annual supporter at 👉 ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://mattfradd.locals.com/support⁠⁠⁠⁠ - - - 💻 Follow Me on Social Media: 📌 Facebook: https://facebook.com/mattfradd 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/mattfradd 𝕏 Twitter/X: ⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/Pints_W_Aquinas⁠⁠⁠ 🎵 TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠https://tiktok.com/@pintswithaquinas⁠⁠⁠ 📚 PWA Merch – ⁠⁠⁠https://dwplus.shop/MattFraddMerch⁠⁠ 👕 Grab your favorite PWA gear here: https://shop.pintswithaquinas.com - - - Privacy Policy: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.dailywire.com/privacy⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.9	God is interested in us. He desires union with us, like actually to live our life with us,
0:37.4	not for us just to be useful or get something done or achieve great things. us, like actually to live our life with us, not for us just to be useful
0:38.5	or get something done or achieve great things. It's like actually God, God is so much more
0:42.8	wonderful and creative than that. Who are the sisters of life? The traditional vows that all
0:47.1	religious would take so poverty, chastity, obedience, and then as sisters of life, we take a fourth
0:53.0	vow to protect and enhance the sacredness of human life.
0:56.2	Our community exists for you. Like actually for the sake of every human person, God has literally
1:01.2	risen up, yes, a community to respond, but a community convicted with what's something that God
1:05.7	is convicted about and that is the sacredness of your life. The most thing that woman needs in that
1:09.5	room is to know that someone sees her, sees that she's good, that meaning is still here, that her life matters. And when a woman is convinced of that, suddenly the chaos and the storm, they don't have as much sway in her life anymore. Shame isolates us. It has a grip on us. It says nobody else would ever understand. The evil one tries to get us, you know, to keep that secret.
1:29.2	Shame loses its power.
1:30.7	Yeah.
1:31.0	And the heart can actually begin healing when there's, again, a safe place, a trusted place,
1:36.0	talking to a trusted person about these areas of darkness.
1:41.4	A big part of this is to help women who are considering an abortion or who've had an
1:45.7	abortion. What does that look like? There's really this attitude, just availability. We're not
1:50.4	going anywhere. We're here for you, no matter what you're going through. Sister Magnificate, Sister Mary Grace, thank you so much for coming on the show.
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