Sharing Our Marianist Stories

Podcast Hosted by: Sister Gabrielle Bibeau, FMI and Patti Gehred

This podcast is inspired by NPR’s Storycorps podcast series. We record different people within the Marianist Family as they tell their stories of being Marianist. We strive to get a variety of experiences recorded from both lay and religious Marianists from different parts of the country.

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Episode 13: Responding to God's Invitation (Brother Tom Redmond on Spiritual Direction)

Brother Tom Redmond reflects on the gift of spiritual direction, which is a major component of the Spirit of Saragossa Retreat in Daily Life.

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Episode 24: Our Marianist Presence (Fr. Quentin Hakenewerth, SM)

This interview with Fr. Quentin Hakenewerth follows up on a previous podcast episode with Rob Brodrick, which heavily featured this quote by Fr. Quentin: "The quality of our presence is more important than our work."

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Episode 23: The Quality of Our Presence (Rob Brodrick)

An interview with Rob Brodrick, a Lay Marianist and the National Director of the Marianist Lay Community of North America (MLC-NA).

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Episode 22: Finding God in Photography (Bro. John Lemker, SM)

Patti and Sr. Gabby interview Marianist artist and photographer Bro. John Lemker about how his photography combines his loves of faith, science, and art.

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Episode 21: Courage in the Face of Fear: Reading Marie Therese's Self Offering

Patti and Sr. Gabby discuss one of the few writings we have by Marie Therese: an act of self-offering she wrote to God in 1797, signed in her own blood.

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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.

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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.

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Episode 15: Once a Missionary, Always a Missionary (Sr. Columba Yu, FMI)

Sister Columba is a Marianist Sister from South Korea who has spent the last 13 years of her life as a missionary in India. In this podcast she reflects on her experience as a Marianist Sister and missionary.

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Episode 14: Wisdom from Our Founders for this Time of Pandemic

In this "socially distanced" episode of the podcast, Patti Gehred interviews Sister Gabby Bibeau about an article she wrote for the NACMS website on the parallels between the current COVID crisis and the Founders' own experiences of crisis during the French Revolution and experiences of illness.

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Episode 12: Embracing Marianist Life and Service (Maureen O'Rourke)

Lay Marianist and PULSE coordinator Maureen O'Rourke shares about her Marianist life, journey, and commitment.

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