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Barbara Coloroso

lines on the record: 154
first: 2018-10-30
most recent: 2018-10-30
sittings or episodes: 1
sources: podcast

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“That was the beginning of my journey. That's where I got most of my special ed training. And then I left the convent and finished up at the University of Northern Colorado. And that's where I met my husband at a migrant protest march with Caesar's group. And I had been involved in civil rights as a nun in Milwaukee.”
2018-10-30 · The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish · #44 Barbara Coloroso: The Kids Are Worth It · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Yes, I got my teaching degree after I left the convent, but I was pursuing it. I was a year away when I left the order. And anyone listening to me would know that we take three vows, chastity, obedience, and poverty. I grew up very poor. So that wasn't an issue. Chastity, I was too young to know what I was really giving up with that. But the obedience was a difficult one for me because all along in all of my work I talk about raising people who will stand up for values and against injustices. And at that point in my life, it seemed like I was to be obedient to the bishop. I know better now, but it just seemed like that. And I was not going to do that. It's obedient to the gospel. And that's what I live today.”
2018-10-30 · The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish · #44 Barbara Coloroso: The Kids Are Worth It · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“It was a good experience in my life for three years. And I'm glad I left. I have a husband and three kids. And no, I didn't meet him in the convent. He wasn't a priest. I met him after I left the convent. So that'll answer all the Catholics' questions on that one. I have three kids and three wonderful grandchildren as well.”
2018-10-30 · The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish · #44 Barbara Coloroso: The Kids Are Worth It · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Enter a convent, a San Franciscan convent at 17, what do you really know, other than I wanted to work with kids with special needs, having been a lifeguard and taught special needs in swimming? And I had my dad's cousins. One was a monk, one was a priest, one was a nun. And the other was a woman who had seven kids. So that was his cousin batch. And so I grew up knowing them. And when I talked to Sister Jean-Marie about what I was thinking of, she suggested a Franciscan order in Milwaukee that also ran the Coletta School, which is where Joseph, I mean, John Kennedy's sister was at. So that's what got me to the Franciscan convent. I'm glad I went, and I'm really glad I laughed.”
2018-10-30 · The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish · #44 Barbara Coloroso: The Kids Are Worth It · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT