{"podcast":{"title":"Ever Ancient, Ever New","slug":"ever-ancient-ever-new-6737169","podcast_index_feed_id":6737169,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/instituteonreligiouslife/feed.xml","website_url":"https://instituteonreligiouslife.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/17244723/Final_Podcast_Logo_10-11-23_yzq282.png","author":"Institute on Religious Life","episode_count":104,"summary":"The Institute on Religious Life’s Podcast, Ever Ancient, Ever New, marks our golden anniversary, 50 years of serving religious and consecrated life in the Catholic Church! This podcast features talks and interviews with consecrated religious men and women from many different religious communities throughout the United States and the world. Thus, giving people access to the rich and varied archives of IRL seminars, classes, talks, and interviews, while also giving those in religious life the opportunity to tell their vocation stories and share insights into their apostolates. Today, religious life is not only surviving, but thriving. It is ever ancient, ever new, ever beautiful, and ever necessary for our church today.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-07T14:19:35.780597+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ever-ancient-ever-new-6737169"},"episode":{"title":"97. FB Live Interview with Most. Rev. Robert Vasa - What is the Consecrated Life?","slug":"97-fb-live-interview-with-most-rev-robert-vasa-what-is-the-consecrated-life","published_at":"2026-04-20T16:33:20+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ever-ancient-ever-new-6737169/97-fb-live-interview-with-most-rev-robert-vasa-what-is-the-consecrated-life","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ever-ancient-ever-new-6737169","url":"https://instituteonreligiouslife.podbean.com/e/97-fb-live-interview-with-most-rev-robert-vasa-what-is-the-consecrated-life/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/aqt9n5cuepxu9ady/Untitled_Session_21_mixdown66aat.mp3","summary":"On this week's episode, we're listening to a Facebook Live interview featuring Bishop Robert Vasa. Bishop Robert F. Vasa, a native of the Diocese of Lincoln, Nebraska, serves as the sixth Bishop of the Diocese of Santa Rosa. After obtaining his B.A. from St. Thomas Seminary College in Denver, CO, Bishop Vasa obtained a Master of Divinity from the Holy Trinity Seminary of the University of Dallas. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1976 in Lincoln, NE and subsequently spent two years pursuing post-graduate studies in canon law at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. After serving in several capacities for the Diocese of Lincoln, he was ordained to the episcopate in 2000 in Baker, OR. Bishop Vasa was appointed coadjutor bishop of Santa Rosa, CA in 2010 and succeeded to the bishopric in 2011. He also served as Present on the IRL’s Board of Directors for many years. His journey of faith and leadership has been marked by a deep commitment to the Church and the people he serves. Bishop Vasa’s topic today is “What is the Consecrated Life” and he is interviewed by IRL Board member, Jesse Weiler. Thank you for listening! May God bless you and enjoy!","meta_description":"On this week's episode, we're listening to a Facebook Live interview featuring Bishop Robert Vasa. Bishop Robert F. Vasa, a native of the Diocese of Linco…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2301,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ever-ancient-ever-new-6737169/episodes/97-fb-live-interview-with-most-rev-robert-vasa-what-is-the-consecrated-life/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ever-ancient-ever-new-6737169/97-fb-live-interview-with-most-rev-robert-vasa-what-is-the-consecrated-life.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}