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 coldishness.

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<v Speaker 1>I suppose from Rococoa Punch and I Heeart media, this

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<v Speaker 1>is the turning the sisters who left. I was a

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

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

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<v Speaker 1>nun with a white veil with blue stripes, and she's

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<v Speaker 1>had these eyes. And I read about this not in Calcutta,

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<v Speaker 1>who was doing these fantastic things with taking in dyeing

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<v Speaker 1>people and caring for them. I heard about Mother Teresa

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<v Speaker 1>growing up. I knew about her work with the poor,

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<v Speaker 1>her Nobel Peace Prize, her sainthood, but I didn't know

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<v Speaker 1>who she was, her personality, her toughness, her resilience, her

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<v Speaker 1>inner suffering. After talking to the women who worked alongside her,

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<v Speaker 1>I feel like I'm starting to When I saw her,

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<v Speaker 1>something struck me. There was something about her. There was

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<v Speaker 1>a force, a power, a presence. She would look right

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<v Speaker 1>into your soul, into the depths of your soul. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>also learning what it was actually like to be in

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<v Speaker 1>her fiercely private religious order. One that's he's suffering is

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<v Speaker 1>the path to Jesus. For some of the women who left,

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<v Speaker 1>this life was not what they'd imagined. The order was

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<v Speaker 1>wired that you had very little time to think. You're

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<v Speaker 1>only getting input from one soulce you oscillated from everyone else.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what I mean by Brian washing. May be on

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<v Speaker 1>the voice of God for you. That's all they keep saying.

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<v Speaker 1>Under your value of obedience, right, no matter what it is,

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<v Speaker 1>and they use God as the weapon. I wanted to

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<v Speaker 1>go home, and I'm a little bit surprised looking back

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<v Speaker 1>that I didn't just go, and I regret that now.

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<v Speaker 1>But I must have been controlled from the inside a bit.

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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. If you make a lifelong vow,

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<v Speaker 1>what does it mean to break it? By this time,

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<v Speaker 1>she was quite old, and she came and she found me,

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

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<v Speaker 1>what is this, mother, here's about you. And at a

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<v Speaker 1>certain point she says, mother could believe this about anyone,

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<v Speaker 1>but she cannot believe it about you. M H. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>Arica Lance and this is the Turning The Sisters who

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<v Speaker 1>left a new podcast from Rococo Punch and i Heeart Media.

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