Kristin McTiernan: Internet Moralist

Kristin McTiernan: Internet Moralist

Why I didn't become a nun

Discernment and how you serve

Kristin McTiernan
Jul 26, 2024
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Photo by Gianna B / Unsplash

Growing up is recognizing your own selfishness and/or cowardice.

Social media and global connection have one thing clear—a lot of people join service professions to facilitate their own needs rather than to actually serve.

This is why becoming a priest or a nun has a years-long discernment process—to weed out the people who don…

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