Episode 43: Mary Anne Urlakis interviews Sr. Marysia Weber, RSM, on Achieving Hope, Healing & Chastity after Pornography (November 18, 2020)

Sr. Marysia Weber, R.S.M., M.A., D.O., joins WCAT Radio Host, Dr.
Mary Anne Urlakis for Episode 43 of “Inter Vitam et Mortem: Between
Life and Death: Interviews and Discussion with a Catholic
Bioethicist,” to discuss the challenging topic of achieving hope,
healing, and chastity after pornography addiction or
compulsion.

Sr. Marysia is a board-certified physician, specializing in
psychiatry with a fellowship in consulting-liaison psychiatry; she
completed her residency and training at the Mayo Clinic in
Rochester, MN. Sister earned a Master’s Degree in Theology from
Notre Dame. Sr. Marysia Weber practiced psychiatry at her religious
institute’s multidisciplinary clinic- Sacred Heart Mercy Health
Care Center, in Alma, MI from 1988-2014. In 2014, Sr. Marysia
accepted the role of Director of the Office of Consecrated Life for
the Archdiocese of St. Louis, where she is also a facilitator for
Project Rachel, the Chair of the Board of Directors for MyCatholic
Doctor, and an executive board member of the St. Louis Guild of the
Catholic Medical Association, and an executive board member for the
Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology.
Sister also serves as an Adjunct Clinical Instructor in the Dept of
Psychiatry at Washington University School of Medicine, in St.
Louis. Additionally, Sr. Marysia has published numerous articles in
peer-reviewed journals and has authored several books -- most
recently penning two chapters in the new text on priestly
formation: Spiritual Husbands- Spiritual Fathers: Priestly
Formation for the 21st Century, edited by Bishop Felipe Estevez and
Bishop Andrew Cozzens, published by Holy Apostles College and
Seminary’s Enroute Books and Media. Sr. Marysia is a highly
sought-after speaker and expert, and has presented to the Roman
Curia, at the Vatican in 2002 regarding the Sexual Abuse by Clergy
in North American.

In this interview, Sr. Marysia and Dr. Urlakis address the issue of
pornography use, compulsion, and addiction. Sr. Marysia shares her
expertise, not only discussing the scope of the problem and the
neuroscience behind internet pornography addiction, but also
revealing effective and authentically Catholic strategies for hope
and healing.