What happens when truth-telling threatens to cost you everything?

In Episode Six of Descent Into Light, “Forging A Little Way,” Sr. Theresa Aletheia and Sr. Danielle Victoria reach the moment where their paths converge. In this episode, we enter that stage of grief where the fog begins to lift and something new begins to rise. In our upward turn, we began to both see something new: a little way opening up before us. It wasn’t perfect. It wasn’t easy. But it was real.

This episode explores:

* The “upward turn” in grief, when clarity and courage begin to rise in the midst of loss

* Why preventing abuse requires people willing to be inconvenient

* The risk and fragility of founding a new community of sisters in today’s Church

* Why listening to survivors requires more than compassion—it demands systemic change

Acknowledgements

Special thanks to Nick and Corynne Staresinic for their invaluable help in producing this project.

Concluding Song by Kevin Heider, "The Body," 2018. https://kevinheider.com/thebody/

This episode uses sounds from various sources, including:

#MeToo movement shines a light on sexual harassment on Youtube

Cardinal McCarrick faces decades of misconduct allegations on Youtube

United States Bishops react to McCarrick report ｜ EWTN News Nightly on Youtube