WEBVTT - Introducing S1: The Turning: The Sisters Who Left

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<v Speaker 1>I always knew it was an extreme religious order because

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<v Speaker 1>it was a place where you could really give yourself completely.

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<v Speaker 1>That was part of the attraction and part of the culdishness.

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<v Speaker 1>I suppose.

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<v Speaker 2>From a cocoa punch and iHeartMedia. This is the turning

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<v Speaker 2>the sisters who left.

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<v Speaker 1>I was a senior in high school and I saw

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<v Speaker 1>a cover of Time magazine and there was this face

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<v Speaker 1>of this wrinkled nun with a white veil with blue stripes,

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<v Speaker 1>and she's had these eyes. And I read about this

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<v Speaker 1>not in Calcutta, who was doing these fantastic things with

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<v Speaker 1>taking in dying people and caring for them.

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<v Speaker 2>I heard about Mother Teresa growing up. I knew about

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<v Speaker 2>her work with the poor, her Nobel Peace Prize, her sainthood,

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<v Speaker 2>but I didn't know who she was, her personality, her toughness,

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<v Speaker 2>her resilience, her inner suffering. After talking to the women

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<v Speaker 2>who worked alongside her, I feel like I'm starting.

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<v Speaker 3>To When I saw her, something struck me. There was

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<v Speaker 3>something about her. There was a force, a power, a presence.

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<v Speaker 3>She would look right into your soul, into the depths

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<v Speaker 3>of your soul.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm also learning what it was actually like to be

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<v Speaker 2>in her fiercely private religious order, one that sees suffering

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<v Speaker 2>is the path to Jesus. For some of the women

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<v Speaker 2>who left, this life was not what they'd imagined. The

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<v Speaker 2>order was wired that you had very little time to think.

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<v Speaker 4>You're only getting input from one soulce you osco lighted

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<v Speaker 4>from everyone else. That's what I mean by Brian washing the.

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<v Speaker 3>Voice of God for you. That's all they keep saying.

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<v Speaker 3>Under your valve obedience right, no matter what it is,

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<v Speaker 3>and they use God as the weapon.

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<v Speaker 4>I wanted to go home, and I'm a little bit

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<v Speaker 4>surprised looking back that I didn't just go and I

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<v Speaker 4>regret that now. But I must have been controlled from

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<v Speaker 4>the inside of it.

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<v Speaker 1>You could not have a friend. This was specifically prohibited

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<v Speaker 1>if you got too close to somebody. It was really

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<v Speaker 1>you were playing with fire.

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<v Speaker 2>If you make a lifelong vow, what does it mean

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<v Speaker 2>to break it?

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<v Speaker 1>By this time, she was quite old, and she came

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<v Speaker 1>and she found me, and she brought me to her room,

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<v Speaker 1>and she says, what is this mother hears about you?

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<v Speaker 1>And at a certain point she says, mother could believe

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<v Speaker 1>this about anyone, but she cannot believe it about you.

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<v Speaker 2>America Lance. And this is the Turning The Sisters who left.

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<v Speaker 2>A new podcast from ro Cocoa Punch and iHeartMedia. Listen

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