Great Britain sees surge in new Catholic nuns

In the past five years, the number of women taking holy vows in Great Britain has trebled.

“People have preconceptions of nuns. They think we’re afraid of marriage, prudish, that we want the security of living in an all girls’ club or are having financial struggles. It’s always that we are escaping from something. But it’s quite the opposite. It’s a privilege to be picked by Him for this life. It is God who calls us.”

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