Episode 2 | Institutional Change
Podcast Risking the Questions
Episode Description
In episode two, Sister Joan and Tom explore the impact of the Second Vatican Council on religious orders, focusing particularly on the council's direction to religious orders "to go back to their founder, decide what you were founded for, what you were doing now and what was needed now."
The result was a deep examination of purpose, of history and how the wisdom and practice of centuries applied to contemporary life. The changes that began in the mid-1960s have picked up pace during the Francis papacy. In this episode, Chittister speaks of synodality and says, "I'm so glad I lived for this moment, and I'm watching this with happy tears in my eyes.
Episode Host(s) Joan Chittister and Tom Roberts
About
Life’s greatest questions deserve serious conversation. Listen in as Sister Joan Chittister and Tom Roberts think through ideas about God, finding purpose, cultural evolution, and much more. Sister Joan, a Benedictine nun of seventy years, shares her wisdom and insights with her longtime friend and biographer, former National Catholic Reporter editor Tom Roberts. This podcast is a joint project of Benetvision and the NCR.