jmjtina Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSa40PamMIU&feature=related[/media] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laetitia crucis Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 Just in case anyone is interested in the other three parts, check out this thread, too: [url="http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/index.php?showtopic=102714"]Dominican Srs. MME -- Oprah FULL show[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sister Marie Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 I don't know what anyone else thought about this episode but I thought it was really well done for the secular media. I have read a lot of complaints and criticisms of Oprah and of the community about the show but I think it was well done and I am grateful for their witness to authentic religious life. What did you think? God Bless Sister Marie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laetitia crucis Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 [quote name='Sister Marie' date='14 February 2010 - 10:52 PM' timestamp='1266202320' post='2057353'] I don't know what anyone else thought about this episode but I thought it was really well done for the secular media. I have read a lot of complaints and criticisms of Oprah and of the community about the show but I think it was well done and I am grateful for their witness to authentic religious life. What did you think? God Bless Sister Marie [/quote] I agree completely with your statement: "...it was really well done for the secular media" and would add, "especially for Oprah." I actually thought she would sensationalize even more on the whole "You'll never have sex?!?" issue. I thought the Sisters handled themselves [i]so [/i]well, particularly in answering those types of questions. And well, trying to put myself in a secular audience perspective, I found it to be pretty secular-viewer friendly, you know? Nothing too deeply theological or holier-than-thou, but instead they gave answers that most anyone could understand. They also showed themselves to be "normal" young women, you know? Young women that could be just like any other young women out there. Before they entered, they did "normal" things -- went to school, dated, worked, some were engaged, others led worldly satisfying lives, and yet, no matter how much they had gained in the worldly sense, it just wasn't enough. I hope that makes people really reflect on their own lives, especially for those that might think, "Hey, that Sister's pre-convent life sounds kind of like... [i]mine[/i]!" Maybe some vocational seeds fell on fertile grounds... Perhaps from us that know more about the religious life (whether just by discerning with or living in various religious communities), it could have been too superficially focused, but if you know little about religious life... well, you probably learned a few things! I hope those that fell in the latter category found themselves with new (positive) brain wrinkles after seeing the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Therese Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 I tried to watch it but it had the Oprah in it. My computer wouldn't let me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YMNolan Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 The show was a very welcome surprise and I think it will bear some fruit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elizabeth09 Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 i do not watch Oprah, but when I heard this, I was surpise then ever. I think that Oprah is just tring to save her show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laetitia crucis Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 [quote name='elizabeth09' date='17 February 2010 - 04:26 PM' timestamp='1266438362' post='2058457'] i do not watch Oprah, but when I heard this, I was surpise then ever. I think that Oprah is just tring to save her show. [/quote] I think I heard that this is her last season -- her contract was 24 seasons, I think. Supposedly, she's retiring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ephrem Augustine Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 I think that Lisa Ling's comment at the end is very profound: "...so in a way, rather than being very strict, their lives are actually very liberating." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laetitia crucis Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 [quote name='Ephrem Augustine' date='18 February 2010 - 05:11 PM' timestamp='1266527485' post='2058936'] I think that Lisa Ling's comment at the end is very profound: "...so in a way, rather than being very strict, their lives are actually very liberating." [/quote] And she was spot on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elizabeth09 Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 [quote name='laetitia crucis' date='17 February 2010 - 08:15 PM' timestamp='1266459339' post='2058599'] I think I heard that this is her last season -- her contract was 24 seasons, I think. Supposedly, she's retiring. [/quote] I think that you are right. Who really knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discerning_girl Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 I watched the nun episode when it first aired. It played a part in prompting me to move from just feeling the pull of monastic life to entering a formal process of discernment. Media coverage, flawed though it may be, does good things for religious life. Note: for a more beautiful, nuanced outsider's portrait of monasticism, check out Kathleen Norris's [i]The Cloister Walk.[/i] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elizabeth09 Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 I have seen it. When I first heard of it, I thought that my family was joking at first, but then I saw it. It was pretty cool seeing all of them. I did not know that they can even own a tv. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissyP89 Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 I think that the sisters made the whole Church very, very proud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elizabeth09 Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 I`m sure they did. They may be happy about their chose about going on Oprah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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