Ep. 6: I'm Not a Nerd – I'm a Dominican (Sr. Maria Frassati, O.P., Ph.D.)
3/4/202645 min
Sr. Maria Frassati Jakupcak, O.P., Ph.D., assistant professor of English and Fellow of the Core at University of St. Thomas-Houston, walks through her journey to the Sisters of Mary, explains the life of her patron – St. Pier Giorgio Frassati, and weaves in tales and insights from her own life. You won't want to miss this humorous and insightful conversation between two Sisters.
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First 90 secondsSister Maria Frassati· Guest0:00
Like I had the sixth graders for this double block after lunch, which is just like not a great time for any human- Oh, yes ... and particularly- Yes ... not for sixth graders.
Sister Miriam· Host0:06
Yes. Yeah.
Sister Maria Frassati· Guest0:06
And so myself in the world would have studied science. Science. So that's a thing. The, um, I remember just wondering, it was like r- I was like so crabby.
Sister Miriam· Host0:15
Okay.
Sister Maria Frassati· Guest0:15
And there was this little hand goes up, "Sister, you didn't go to mass this morning, did you?" I was like, "No."
Sister Miriam· Host0:19
[laughs] Oh, really?
Sister Maria Frassati· Guest0:20
They were like, yeah, they could tell.
Sister Miriam· Host0:21
Wow.
Sister Maria Frassati· Guest0:22
They're like, "No, sister hasn't had Jesus today." Um, then she said, "Well, I'm gonna send you to study full-time on the assignment, on the assignments." I was like, "Oh," and I'm like waiting for her to tell me where, and she didn't.
Sister Miriam· Host0:32
[laughs] Didn't tell you where.
Sister Maria Frassati· Guest0:33
And so- You were in suspense ... I was in suspense.
Sister Miriam· Host0:36
What is the Lord's plan for you?
Sister Maria Frassati· Guest0:37
Exactly, what are we doing, Jesus? 'Cause I was like, "In St. Paul?" No, I think I even asked, "In St. Paul?" And she was like, "No."
Sister Miriam· Host0:42
[laughs] [upbeat music] Hi, and welcome to Dominican Sisters Open Mic. My name is Sister Miriam, and I'm a sister of the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist. Every week we sit down and we're talking all things Dominican. And on today's show, we have our very own Sister Maria Frassati joining us for conversation about her saint, St. Frassati. Thank you for coming, sister.
Sister Maria Frassati· Guest1:26
Thank you so much, Sister Miriam.
Sister Miriam· Host1:27
And I want to tell our audience a little bit