Posted on 10/12/2017 5:51:27 PM PDT by marshmallow
Sister Frances Ridler said the programme was an 'honest portrayal' of religious life and would be 'good for the Church'
A convent in Norfolk is taking centre stage in a reality television series about “party girls” swapping sex, parties and alcohol for religious life.
The four-part series, to be aired on Channel 5 on Thursdays, features five girls who were told they would go on a “spiritual journey” but were horrified to discover they had been sent to a convent.
Sister Frances Ridler, of the Daughters of Divine Charity in Swaffham, said the experience had been a “rollercoaster” but she felt that the programme – Bad Habits, Holy Orders – was an “honest portrayal” of religious life and would be “good for the Church”.
She said the community had been persuaded to take part because Sisters did not “always have a good press” in popular culture, citing Nuns on the Run and Sister Act.
The “party girls” told newspapers that the two weeks with the Sisters had been life-changing. One enrolled in a healthcare course and another – who used to work as a nightclub dancer – had started volunteering with the homeless. One girl told the Times she was “the happiest I have ever been” while staying at the convent.
(Excerpt) Read more at catholicherald.co.uk ...
Religious life is not what it used to be. So glad I left when I did.
MATTHEW 7:6
“Don’t waste what is holy on people who are unholy. Don’t throw your pearls to pigs! They will trample the pearls, then turn and attack you.
EXCERPT:
But Sister Frances said it was a shame that the programme had left out “some of the holy bits”, skipping a pilgrimage to Walsingham and daily meditations prepared by the Sisters.
Sounds like a Month Python sketch.
Or a Monty Python sketch.
It’s OK to hold a nun’s hand, just don’t get into the habit.
So much sickness.
And I say this as fallen Catholic.
**But Sister Frances said it was a shame that the programme had left out “some of the holy bits”, skipping a pilgrimage to Walsingham and daily meditations prepared by the Sisters.**
So the party girls did not get very deep here. Hmmmm.
People have no clue about the diversity among devout Catholics ... or about Xtian devotion generally. They think being in a convent is all gloom and sexual repression.
So for some chiquitas of dubious morals to have the chance to experience an ordered and prayerful life, with simplicity and a little quiet could be a good thing, an eye-opener.
I would not hasten to condemns this.
Sickness manifested how?
Time to go to Confession?
It’s got potential. Definitely some potential.
That to me sounds as though the TV program left out those parts, not necessarily that the “party girls” did not participate in them. I’ll have to actually click the link and read the whole thing...
I wonder if the first 2 parts are the before and the last 2 are the after.
That brunette is pretty smoking.
It’s a reality show. Sounds like that order is cashing in.
JMHO
Does anybody know what order this is?
You couldn’t even read through to the FOURTH sentence in the EXCERPT before commenting?
Even I, with my habitual (see what I did there?) brilliance amd meticulositude, occasionally am totally dumb.
Actually, I read the story twice and each time glided right over that information. I blame it on the capitol hill pharmacist being late with my Alzheimer’s medication. And tbe Russians.
So, who are the Daughters of Divine Charity? Google, be my guide!
The “party girls” told newspapers that the two weeks with the Sisters had been life-changing. One enrolled in a healthcare course and another – who used to work as a nightclub dancer – had started volunteering with the homeless. One girl told the Times she was “the happiest I have ever been” while staying at the convent.
LOL. Don’t forget the nazi influence, and your fascist tendencies, either. < VBEG >
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