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Advice on Discerning Communities: What Red Flags Should I be Looking For?
19/07/2026 | 1h 22 mins.
Every year I receive a few emails asking me which communities are good, or if I have any advice for those discerning religious life. In this podcast I discuss what I am able to divulge about specific communities. I also discuss why it can be difficult to see red flags in communities until you are a member, while sharing a few strategies for spotting red flags while still initially discerning with a community.

Check out my blog: conventreform.wordpress.com
My Personal Experience with the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest (ICKSP)
25/06/2025 | 49 mins.
During my time at an ICKSP parish I learned what clericalism and misogyny feel and look like. Join me as I tell my story of belonging to a parish of this Traditional Latin Mass institute.
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Experiences With Other Religious Communities
15/11/2024 | 34 mins.
In this podcast I mention three other communities I had interactions with while discerning. These communities include the Children of Mary, Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist, and the Carmelite Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Los Angeles.
Vocation Awareness: What The Church Needs To Work On
03/11/2024 | 1h 23 mins.
This week is National Vocation Awareness Week. How should the modern church teach and embrace vocations? What is the danger when lay people are taught that religious and priests are "like God?"

Referred Links:

7 Saints Who Lived a Wonderful Single Life (Patron Saints for Single People) - Cool Catholics

Do You Have a Vocation? | Catholic Answers Magazine
The Better Part: The Religious or Priestly Vocation - Catholicism.org
https://www.bishop-accountability.org/accounts/
Ghoulie Nuns: Sharing Spooky Stories with my Black Cat
23/10/2024 | 24 mins.
Are ghosts real? Maybe. Are nuns real? Well, I guess they are. What about ghost nuns? If purgatory is real...then probably.

https://www.higgypop.com/news/ghostly-nuns/

https://www.spookyisles.com/ireland-religious-ghosts/

https://notebookofghosts.com/2018/04/25/ghost-nuns-who-will-have-you-praying/

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About Call for Convent Reform

Religious order abuse is a problem in the Catholic Church that is too often not exposed for fear of reprisal, cover-up, or a false sense of "scandalizing" the Church. Ignoring the problem does not make it go away. Some Catholics who left everything to follow God are suffering under the thumb of superiors who have used their role to manipulate, torment, and abuse those they are called to serve as Christ served. If you are a former member of a religious community and you are looking for resources, or would like to get your story out, please contact Alycia at conventreform@wordpress.org.

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