Monastery Of St. Gertrude's Podcast

In this episode, we rejoin Sister Mary Forman, the Prioress of the Monastery. We first met her in Episode 3 when she gave us an inside look at how the community elects a new Prioress.    This week, we get a glimpse of Sister Mary’s early years and her journey to joining the Monastery. There were a lot of reasons I wanted to share this clip from our interview, including how surprised I was to realize my connection to the Monastery might go all the way back to my birth, as Dr. McIntyre that Sister Mary references was very likely the doctor who delivered me! She details how growing up in an inter-faith household and a career in pharmacy all led her to where she is now. To those of us on the outside, it may seem that the members of a monastic community always knew they had a calling. Sister Mary’s story shows a different side, coming to this realization after having an established career and relationships, and several tough conversations. Make sure to listen all the way to the end, so you can hear just how the ha