Should we expect religion to make us happy?

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by Maxine Kollasch

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A listener asks, "I really feel my life has a lot of unhappiness. Do I need religion to find my way?" In this "Ask Sister" clip, Sister Maxine and Franciscan Sr. Shannon Schrein reflect on what religion has to offer us.

Click here to listen to the full "Ask Sister" podcast where this clip is from.

GSR shares clips from our friends at A Nun's Life Ministry. Check out full episodes of all their podcasts (Ask Sister, In Good Faith, Random Nun Clips and more, like the archived Motherhouse Road Trips) on their website, ANunsLife.org.

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