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Episode 16: Commitment to Community (Ann Hirt & Carol Ramey)

Lay Marianists Carol Ramey and Ann Hirt reflect on how their friendship, their Marianist commitment, and relationship with Mary has sustained them for the past 50 years of commitment to Marianist lay life.

Lay Marianists Carol Ramey and Ann Hirt originally met as undergraduate students at the University of Dayton in the 1960s, where they both became involved in the UD Sodality. After graduating, both of them joined the Marianist Visitation State Community, where they have been members for over 50 years. In this podcast, they reflect on how their friendship, their Marianist commitment, and relationship with Mary has sustained them for the past 50 years. Carol Ramey was also the previous director of NACMS, where she served the Marianist Family for many years before her retirement in 2016.

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Edited by: Gabby Bibeau, FMI

Interviewed by: Patti Gehred

Originally recorded in July 2017 during the National Lay Marianist Assembly

Music by Jason Shaw, used with permission

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Episode 20: "We are All Missionaries:" Reading Chaminade's Letter of 1839

Patti Gehred and Sr. Gabby Bibeau discuss the most famous and most important letter in Marianist history: Father Chaminade's Letter to the Retreat Masters of 1839.

Episode 19: "Does Your Cow Give Milk?": A Deep Dive into One of Adele's Letters

In an episode that is a bit of a departure from the usual format, Patti and Sr. Gabby discuss one of Blessed Adele's letters, which was written to a Marianist sister who was the director of one of the community's houses in 1825.

Episode 18: We're All in This Together: The Marianist Sisters Vocation Fund (Matt Meyers and Linda Zappacosta)

Lay Marianists Matt Meyers and Linda Zappacosta share the story of how they helped start the Marianist Sisters Vocation Fund, which is a group of Marianist brothers, sisters, and laity who raise funds to offset the college debt of women entering the Marianist Sisters.

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