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Dominican Sisters Open Mic

Ep. 10: Dear God, Show Me How to Love You More (Sr. John Dominic, O.P.)

3/28/202659 min

EARLY RELEASE (Holy Week)

A foundress of the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist. Executive Director of Openlight Media. One of the leading figures in virtue education, Catholic social-emotional learning, and Catholic schools. Sr. John Dominic, O.P. (Alternate Host of Dominican Sisters Open Mic), sits down for this special episode with Sr. Miriam to discuss her incredible journey to becoming a Sister, her experience as an educator, and what she has discovered in developing virtue education materials alongside the first Catholic social-emotional learning program in existence.

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Clips

A moment of conviction
Facing family resistance
Left-behind song fear
Bible by the bedside
From SNL to surrender
Virtue looks like Jesus
“Are you in here?”

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. John Dominic· Guest0:00

    I remember writing down, um, sitting here in your presence.

  2. Miriam· Host0:04

    Mm.

  3. John Dominic· Guest0:04

    And I thought, "Wow, I believe that Jesus is truly- Mm ... present here."

  4. Miriam· Host0:10

    Mm.

  5. John Dominic· Guest0:10

    And, um, going back to this understanding, like I believe that, so I need to do something about this. So- Okay ... I expressed that to Sister, and I was like, "I really think I need, I want to become a Catholic."

  6. Miriam· Host0:25

    Wow.

  7. John Dominic· Guest0:25

    Yeah. And my closest friend, uh, she started thinking about, uh, religious life, and we shared that together.

  8. Miriam· Host0:33

    Okay.

  9. John Dominic· Guest0:34

    And but when, when my mom and dad began to see that I was starting to think about that- Mm ... they were like, "Whoa," you know.

  10. Miriam· Host0:41

    Oh.

  11. John Dominic· Guest0:41

    'Cause their only frame of ref- reference was a cousin of ours that was an, a Hare Krishner in California. So it was like a cult to them.

  12. Miriam· Host0:50

    Oh. Seeing the goodness of my sisters inspires me to greater goodness.

  13. John Dominic· Guest0:56

    Right.

  14. Miriam· Host0:56

    It's the- Because it c- it could be really easy to see the, the not-so-good- [laughs] ...

  15. John Dominic· Guest1:00

    you know?

  16. Miriam· Host1:00

    [upbeat cheerful music] Hi, and welcome to Dominican Sisters Open Mic. My name is Sister Miriam of the Dominican Sisters of Mary Mother of the Eucharist, based out of Ann Arbor, Michigan. On our podcast, we're talking

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