When Mom first arrived at the convent, the sisters simply saw a sickly child ... part of herself that has been missing for decades — life-changing for her, but also for me.

A procession of nuns—permitted to leave their convent for a day and visit a Franciscan ... “Exercise is important in all stages of life,” she told me. “It’s a way to keep your body ...

Sister Mary Antona Ebo was the only Black Catholic nun who marched with civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. in Selma, ...

I have a fantasy of staying somewhere like the abbey in The Sound of Music. But my last-minute monastery stay reminds me of ...

Less than 1% of Catholic nuns in the United ... From Ghana to Texas to a New Orleans convent The first time Sister Seyram Mary Adzokpa felt pulled toward religious life was walking in a Texas ...