On this episode of The Open Door, Jim Hanink and Mario Ramos-Reyes discuss the missionary spirit and how it expresses our faith. Mary Kloska will join us as our special and welcome guest. She presents an overview of her multifaceted work on her website, marykloskafiat.com (May 30, 2021)

We will ask our guest the following questions. Please don’t hesitate to suggest others.

1. Mary (if we may), could you please tell us a bit about yourself? Where are you from? Where did you go to school?

2. What led you to work in the missions?

3. How has time living as a consecrated hermit connected with your missionary efforts?

4. You are in contact with persecuted Christians. What might our listeners and viewers do to help Christians in countries like Pakistan and Nigeria?

5. Are there reliable ways of getting accurate reporting on what is happening to Christians in Pakistan and Nigeria?

6. Do you see any way for Pope Francis to visit Pakistan or Nigeria?

7. You are also an author. Could you tell us about your books in Urdu and Polish and Spanish?

8. How did you come to be an iconographer? How do you go about making an icon?

9. What do you do when you are exhausted, as surely you must sometimes be?

10. Finally, what do you see yourself doing five years from now?