After 20 years of serving in communications ministry for Catholic Sisters (much of it supporting vocations), it became clear to Susan Flansburg that a guide for inquirers and discerners into religious life was desperately needed.   A “one-stop shop” of critical but hard-to-find insights and information, Feels Like Home was written with and for vocation directors from across the country. Their contributions form the heart of the book as they share what it means to belong to a range of institutes, from apostolic and monastic to habited, cloistered, and missionary.  A frequent contributor to many faith-based publications - including Vision Vocation, Horizon journal, and multiple Catholic religious institutes - Susan also writes for non-profit organizations from health care to higher education. (1:38)  Discerning a vocation  (4:00) Being an atheist (6:33) Making vocational moves (11: 42) Sister rock stars (14:41) Sisters United News (20:49) The center of a congregation (22:48) Apostolic communities (24:29) Monastic communities (26.56) The vow of stability (32:11) Contemplative cloistered communities (35:06) Missionary communities (38:10) Which community is right for you? (42:49) A powerful question for discernment (45:41) The importance of changing course (48:17) Cinderella’s slippers   Feels Like Home: A Single Catholic Woman’s Guide to Religious Life in the U.S. by Susan Flansburg I Surrender: A Memoir of Chile's Dictatorship, 1975 by Kathleen Osberger   Read the transcript here. Subscribe to our newsletter  https://siste.rs/3isP2CZ Check out lots more podcasts  https://siste.rs/2SfnoyS Let us know your thoughts about the podcast! Please take this short survey—your input helps us shape the future In Good Faith podcasts. Click HERE to take the survey. Thank you! Don’t forget to call us and leave a message. Tell us what you like, ask a question, or just say hi. Call 913-214-6087.