RoseOfGuadalupe Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 http://www.patheos.com/blogs/christophers/2014/09/new-reality-tv-show-follows-five-young-women-as-they-consider-becoming-nuns/ I say bologna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriela Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 So do I. We've been talking about this in the VS for weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiquitunga Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 the thread, http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/topic/135786-reality-show-about-five-women-discerning-religious-life/ I was trying to hope it might be okay, but after seeing the trailer for it... looks so horrible!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franciscanheart Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 So did any of you actually watch it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winchester Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 So did any of you actually watch it? When you watch something, it cuts into the time you have to voice your opinion on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriela Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 I watched it. All of it. Even bought it on Amazon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franciscanheart Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 I watched it. All of it. Even bought it on Amazon. Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriela Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 (edited) Thoughts? Mmmmm... It was better than I expected, but definitely over-dramatized. There were inaccuracies in the form of oversimplification of the process of discernment and entrance, which is understandable given the medium and audience, but also misleading and so potentially dangerous. The women they chose were obviously chosen partly for appearance and partly for the interpersonal dynamic that was sure to arise between them (i.e., drama). But in the end, I felt that was a good thing, because it showed how some are drawn to religious life for the wrong reasons, and yet good can still come out of their discernment with sisters. I do definitely think that it portrayed religious life in a positive light, and respectfully, and I most liked that the sisters came through as real, normal people, not perfect saints or ruler-wielding devils. What most bothers me about the show isn't anything that the producers did: It's some of the reactions it's elicited from pious Catholics and especially discerners of religious vocations. So much judgmentalness has emerged in discussions about the show. One sees in them how easy it is for us to switch into "celebrity mode" when discussing mass media, forgetting that the people we watch on reality shows are real people with complex backgrounds and circumstances that we don't know all about or fully understand. It's not right to judge them, and just because someone makes their life public doesn't mean we have a right to gossip about them, slander them, etc. That really bothers me. And in the end, I'm not sure whether more good has come out of that show than bad. If we weighed all the ways it might have helped people—discerners who are clueless or discerning in total isolation from other discerners; people who knew nothing of or were negative towards religious life and now have a good impression of it; etc.—and all the "sins of the tongue" that emerged from it, I'm not sure the former would outweigh the latter. But I can't possibly know. God does, though, of course, and I do hope there was more good effect than ill! If someone asked me for my advice on whether they should watch it or not, I'd say: "Absolutely. Watch it. Just do not speak about it with others, or if you absolutely must, be very careful what you say." Edited January 3, 2015 by Gabriela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franciscanheart Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 I watched part of an episode with a non-religious (but "spiritual" // that's debatable) friend of mine. She was intrigued. My feathers were ruffled by some things the girls said or did but ultimately it wasn't my business. I was happy to be let into some convents I'd not heard of and probably never would have. What joy each of the sisters had! I laughed out loud when that one sister said she was surprised there'd never been a murder. Hahaha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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