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CATHLEEN: So many people settle for
love that doesn't really ask
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anything of them, that they don't have
to make any sacrifices for.
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I don't want that.
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I want an ideal love
that I have to give everything to.
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(LATIN CHORAL HYMN PLAYING)
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(CHURCH BELL TOLLING)
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REVEREND MOTHER: Where are you?
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Where are you?
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Why are you doing this?
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(PADDLE CLACKING)
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(PADDLE CONTINUES CLACKING)
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In the name of the Father...
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(CHANTING) Benedicamus Domino
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Benedicamus Domino
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Dear Christ.
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(LATIN CHORAL HYMN CONTINUES PLAYING)
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(CHURCH BELL TOLLING)
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(EXHALES DEEPLY)
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CATHLEEN: I was 17 years old
when I came to the convent,
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18 when I entered the novitiate.
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(BELL TOLLING)
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(PRIEST SPEAKING LATIN)
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CATHLEEN: I know a lot of people
could probably never understand...
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Never understand how someone so young
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with their entire life ahead of them
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would want to give it all away to God.
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They think of nuns today,
and they see a bunch of old women.
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Women who couldn't find husbands,
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or for some reason,
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just couldn't make it
in the outside world.
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So they ran off to a monastery
to escape everything.
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What they don't understand
is that beneath everything else...
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We were women in love.
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(WHISPERING)
You're all I could ever want.
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(TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWING)
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(TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWING)
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(1950s COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYING)
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NORA: You ready for this?
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Okay, you can come right out this way.
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(SIGHS)
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Is my hair all right?
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(CHILDREN LAUGHING)
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Good morning, Father.
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(NORA SIGHS)
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Nora Harris? I can't believe it.
Is it you?
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Hey, Rob, it sure is. How you been?
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I've been good. I've been real good.
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Now, wait a minute. Now don't tell me.
Is this Cathleen?
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It sure is. Can you believe it?
Look how big she got.
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My goodness. Hey, pretty lady.
How are you?
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You know, you're not allowed
to grow up that fast.
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(ROB LAUGHS)
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Soon, you'll be taller than me.
(LAUGHING)
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I gotta say, Nora, I'm a little
surprised to see you here.
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I've known you all my life,
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and I don't think I've ever seen you
within 500 yards of a Sunday service.
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Yeah, well, don't get your hopes up.
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I'm not here to be saved
or nothing like that.
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I just thought it about time
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that Cathleen learned
what religion was about.
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- Or supposed to be about, you know.
- Yeah.
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Plus, we were a little bored,
weren't we?
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Well, hey, that's all right with me.
I'm just glad you're here.
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- Let's get y'all a good seat.
- All right.
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Come on in. Right there's two,
right up front there.
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PRIEST: Blessed be God the Father.
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Because although you have
not seen Him, you still love Him.
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Although you do not know Him,
you still believe in Him.
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You feel His presence all around
without knowing His name,
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and you rejoice
with an indescribable ecstasy.
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Because if there's one thing we know,
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it's that God's love is unconditional.
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NORA: Put your napkin in your lap.
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Thank you.
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Did you like going to that church today?
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Yeah, I did.
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Yeah?
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What'd you like about it the most?
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I don't know.
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I guess I just thought it was peaceful.
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"Peaceful," huh?
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Yeah, I guess it was kind of peaceful.
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What kind of church was it, again?
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That was a Catholic church.
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- Are we Catholic?
-(NORA LAUGHS)
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No, we're not anything.
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I don't really believe
in religion, actually.
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I think it's kind of a waste of time.
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But when you're older,
you can decide for yourself.
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(CAR APPROACHING)
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(CAR HORN HONKS)
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Mmm-mmm.
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Looks like Daddy's home.
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(DOOR OPENS)
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CHUCK: Hey, hey, hey, baby.
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How's Daddy's little girl? Huh?
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What'd you do today?
Did you have a good day today?
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Daddy, where were you?
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We've been waiting for you for so long.
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Yeah, it's a valid question, Chuck.
Where you been?
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I was out. That's all.
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Okay. 'Cause we've been
sitting here all day, waiting on you.
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You never heard of a phone or...
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Come on, Nora, please.
Of course I've heard of a phone.
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Well, that's good.
You've heard of a phone. That's nice.
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What do you want me to say, Nora?
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Is there anything in particular
that you'd like to hear me say?
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I don't know, Chuck.
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Maybe I'd just like you to be a man
every once in a while, you know?
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Be a fucking father for a change,
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maybe learn to sacrifice a little bit.
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Give me a break, okay?
Are you serious with that?
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What, you want me to drop it, Chuck?
Is that what you want?
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- Yeah!
- Well, fuck you!
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Fuck me? Fuck you, Nora!
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As a matter of fact, fuck all this shit!
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I'm sick of this!
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I'm sorry that I can't be
the person you want me to be!
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No, you can't be the man
I wanted you to be.
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- You are the opposite of that!
- Okay. All right.
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I was out! That's all!
You can't handle that, I'm gone!
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Where do you think you're going, Chuck?
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You're not leaving!
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You got a little girl now! Hear me?
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- If you leave, you get out!
- Well, fuck you!
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(TRAINS WHISTLE BLOWING)
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NORA: Honey, will you take this for me?
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You got it?
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Excuse me?
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Can I help you?
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Yes. Are you Mrs. Harris?
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- Yes.
- My name is Sister Gloria.
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This is Sister Eleanor.
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We're from Our Lady of Blessed Sorrows,
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the parochial school just up the road.
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We are very proud to say
that it is the nuns, Sisters like us,
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who have built the
Catholic school system in this country,
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brick by brick.
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GLORIA: Your little one is so lovely,
by the way.
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May I ask how old?
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Cathleen is 12.
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Look, we appreciate your coming by,
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but the truth is,
we're not all that religious.
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I mean, we go to church when we can,
like everybody else.
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But my husband, Cathleen's father,
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he left us a while back,
so it's just me taking care of us.
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Sorry to hear that, Mrs. Harris.
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God cherishes your strength.
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But one thing you should know,
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our doors are open to everyone,
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practicing, non-practicing alike.
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Our first priority is just to provide
an exceptional education.
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Well, how much does it cost? I don't
know if we can afford this school.
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Well, that's just it.
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Right now, we're offering
full scholarships
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on a first-come basis.
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-(GIRLS CHATTERING)
- TEACHER: Silence, girls.
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Silence.
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How many in this room
were baptized Catholic?
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Don't worry, this is not a judgment
on anybody's background or belief.
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No, the reason I ask the question
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is because I wonder if any of you know
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what the difference is
between the Catholic religion
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and all the other religions.
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Say like, the Protestants,
the Baptists, the Jews?
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Love
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and sacrifice.
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Love and sacrifice.
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Because if there's one thing
I know for certain,
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there can be no love
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without sacrifice.
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(GIRLS GIGGLING)
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MARGARET: Hi, there.
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How come you're sitting all alone?
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You don't wanna join the others?
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They're all talking
about their boyfriends.
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I don't have a boyfriend.
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Oh, no?
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Me, neither.
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I'm told they're overrated.
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Mind if I join you?
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I'm Sister Margaret, by the way.
You're Cathleen, right?
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I haven't had you in my class yet,
but I've noticed you
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because you're shy, like me.
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You seem to like to be
by yourself a lot, to think a lot?
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I guess so.
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I like to be by myself
and think a lot, too.
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- You do?
- Mmm-hmm.
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What do you like to think about?
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Mostly about God.
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Can I show you something?
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You see that light in there?
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That's His light.
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And the statue to the side,
the Savior, of course, Jesus Christ.
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Here, you wanna sit down for a sec?
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Go ahead.
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Just because someone likes to be alone
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doesn't mean they don't still
crave intimacy.
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You really think God and Jesus are real?
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Of course I do. I more than do.
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'Cause I'm married to them, silly.
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Didn't you know?
All nuns are brides of Christ.
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But why?
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I bet you could have married
anyone you wanted to.
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Oh...
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Well, I'm... I'm not so sure about that.
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And either way,
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I doubt any other relationship
would have been quite as fulfilling.
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(BELL TOLLING)
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(GASPS) Oh, I gotta go. I've got class.
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Are you coming?
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I think I'll stay for a little while,
if that's okay with you, Sister.
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Of course.
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MISS WILLIAMS: Good night, Cathleen.
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Good night, Miss Williams.
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Hi.
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(CAR ENGINE STARTING)
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CATHLEEN: Who is he?
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He's just a friend of mine, that's all.
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Another one?
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What are you doing up so early, anyway?
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I set my alarm
so I can go to Mass before school.
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Oh. Okay.
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You need a ride?
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That's okay.
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Hey, Cathleen?
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You're not getting too into God
and all that stuff, are you?
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What do you mean?
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I just mean there's more to life
than God and church and praying.
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(BELL TOLLING)
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You're serious, Cathleen?
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(LAUGHS)
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I honestly didn't even realize
you'd been considering this.
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I want to give my life to God.
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You're such a passionate girl.
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You remind me of myself at your age.
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I think you're making
the right decision.
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A nun? What are you talking about?
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That's just fucking crazy, Cathleen.
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I knew you wouldn't understand,
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but you don't have to understand.
I didn't...
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It's not that I don't understand,
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it's just that it's the stupidest idea
I've ever heard!
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You throw your life away
in some convent...
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But I'm not throwing my life away.
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I don't know how you can
even say that...
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You're absolutely
throwing your life away!
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Well, I don't get it.
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Do you think I wanted this?
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Do you think I wanted
to be a single mother?
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But it's not about that.
It has nothing to do with you.
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Then what is it?
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- I'm in love, Mom!
- You're in love with who?
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(SIGHS)
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What?
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God?
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Oh, my God, that's crazy!
That is fucking crazy!
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That doesn't even make sense,
"in love with God."
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I don't know how to explain this,
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but I was called,
and I'm gonna become a nun.
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And there's really nothing
that you can say
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that's gonna make me change my mind.
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(SIGHS)
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Oh, Cathleen.
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You're a 17-year-old girl.
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You don't know anything about religion.
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And you sure as hell
don't know anything about love.
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REVEREND MOTHER: Where are you?
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It's not right.
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It's not fair.
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Someone gives you their whole life...
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Where are you?
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(BELL TOLLING)
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(CHORAL HYMN PLAYING)
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-(GIRLS CHATTERING)
{SHUSHES)
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(BELL TOLLING)
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Good afternoon, all of you.
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My name is Reverend
Mother Marie St. Clair.
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You can call me "Reverend Mother,"
or simply "Mother," if you prefer it.
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I am the Mother Superior, or Abbess
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of this particular order
of Sisters of Beloved Rose.
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I myself have been a Rose
for nearly 40 years.
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Meaning, some 40 years ago,
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I first came through those gates
as a postulant,
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same as all of you.
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And now, 40 years later,
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I have not once set foot
outside those gates.
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So, as far as all of you are concerned,
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you might consider me
like the voice of God around here.
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Meaning, since unfortunately
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God can't be here
to run this convent Himself,
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my voice will serve
as a stand-in for His.
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And you can expect
that whenever you hear me speak,
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it is on behalf of His wishes.
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And over the next two years,
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I personally will be separating
the wheat from the chaff,
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determining which of you
actually belong,
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as opposed to which of you
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are simply victims
of a childish imagination.
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Because in this monastery,
God is not a fantasy to us.
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Not a fantasy, not a daydream,
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and certainly
not your invisible best friend.
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To the contrary, God is work. Hard work.
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The work of a very special kind of love,
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which you'll all be trained in.
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You'll be spending
the next six months as postulants.
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After that, and for those of you
who make it,
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you'll take your very first vows
and enter the novitiate.
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And as a rule, we make it a point
to never discuss the novitiate
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until we've been through it ourselves.
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So for now, you'll just have to wait.
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Finally, I'd like to talk about silence.
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We observe two kinds of silence here,
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regular silence and grand silence.
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During regular silence,
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if you feel you have
the need to speak, it's permissible.
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But when you hear that bell
at 9:00 at night,
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signifying the beginning
of grand silence,
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that means you don't talk.
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Any questions?
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Put your hand down, Sister.
Postulants don't have questions.
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And you are free to go home.
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-(CHORAL HYMN PLAYING)
-(PADDLE CLACKING)
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(BREATHING HEAVILY)
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(YAWNS)
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(BELL TOLLING)
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(PRIEST SPEAKING LATIN)
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Good afternoon, Mother. Praise the Lord.
24:49.363 --> 24:50.739
Now and forever. God bless.
24:51.740 --> 24:54.618
- Praise the Lord.
- Now and forever. God bless.
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Good afternoon, Mother. Praise the Lord.
24:56.745 --> 24:58.706
Now and forever. God bless, Sister.
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Totally love Him, who gave Himself
totally for your love.
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He, Christ, is the splendor
of eternal glory,
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the brightness of eternal light
and the mirror without cloud.
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MARY GRACE: I haven't had the chance
to formally introduce myself yet.
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I'm Sister Mary Grace.
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I will be your postulant mistress
for the next six months,
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perhaps your novice mistress after that.
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This is Sister Anne.
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Sister Catherine, Kate.
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Both professed nuns.
Both just took their final vows.
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We're very proud of them.
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Now, it is our job to help guide you
as you try to adapt to our way of life.
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I'm sure at the beginning,
it will feel very different.
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That's normal.
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I remember when I first came here,
everything seemed so strange.
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I didn't know if I'd ever
truly make it as a nun.
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Please don't worry about that.
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I'm sure you all will be great.
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Now, we should probably
go over the schedule.
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Postulants usually have
the same schedule every single day.
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The most important thing
to pay attention to is the bell.
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Pretty much everything we do here,
all day long,
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all comes down to the bell.
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(BELL TOLLING)
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MARY GRACE: The first bell you'll hear
each morning is the 5:00 a.m. bell.
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(PRAYING)
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That bell lets everyone know
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it's time to wake up,
get ready for morning Mass.
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Mass begins once Father Luca arrives.
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Father Luca always keeps his back to us
the whole time,
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and he always reads the liturgy
in Latin.
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Sometimes it's hard to keep up.
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(BELL TOLLING)
26:59.827 --> 27:01.078
After daily chores,
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you'll hear the third bell
of the morning.
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That lets us know
that grand silence is over.
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Good afternoon, Mother. Praise the Lord.
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REVEREND MOTHER:
Now and forever. God bless.
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NUN: Good afternoon, Mother.
Praise the Lord.
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MARY GRACE: As you probably noticed,
all our meals begin with a reading.
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Even though it's after grand silence,
27:23.809 --> 27:27.187
we should all try
and remain as quiet as possible.
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Sometimes you might see
some of the novices
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doing their own penances
in the refectory.
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Probably best to just ignore it
until you're novices yourselves.
27:37.656 --> 27:39.575
(BELL TOLLS)
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Every day after the 3:00 p.m. bell,
we'll have our lessons together.
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As you probably remember,
Reverend Mother made it absolutely clear
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that we are not to speak
during grand silence,
27:51.628 --> 27:54.214
so let's practice a little bit
of sign language.
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Slowly, that is, "What...
27:59.011 --> 28:00.012
"Job...
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"Right now?"
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(POSTULANTS LAUGHING AND SQUEALING)
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(PRAYING)
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(BELL TOLLING)
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(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
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(DOOR OPENING)
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NUN: Sorry to interrupt, Mother,
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but you just got another package
from the Archdiocese.
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What?
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(SIGHS)
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They can't be serious.
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Thank you, Sister.
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(DOOR CLOSES)
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What are they asking of us?
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My mother always said
at least one child should be sacrificed.
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And even though
I come from a big family,
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I'm the only girl with five brothers,
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so I guess it was pretty obvious
who was going to become a nun.
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Honestly, though,
I'm really happy to be here.
29:38.652 --> 29:42.239
And I know that it's
supposed to be so hard,
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but I really can't wait
until we get to novitiate
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and we get to wear those white veils.
29:50.289 --> 29:51.456
MARY GRACE: Who wants to go next?
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Well, as for me, I have two cousins,
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an aunt and one older sister
who joined the Sisterhood.
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So, I guess, in a way,
it's kind of in my blood.
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And who knows, maybe one day
I'll die young and become a saint.
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(ALL LAUGH)
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Thank you, Sister Emily.
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Sister Cathleen, did you always know
that you wanted to be a nun?
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No, actually,
I wasn't raised in the Church, so...
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What do you mean,
you weren't raised in the Church?
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Aren't you Catholic?
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I guess I'm not Catholic
in the same way that you guys are.
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Well, what are you
even doing here, then?
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- I mean, is this even allowed?
-(ALL PROTESTING)
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Sister Candace, please. Ladies.
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I went to Catholic school.
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That's where I learned
about the Sisters.
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I just thought it seemed like
the most beautiful idea,
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to be able to spend
my entire life devoted to love.
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REVEREND MOTHER:
Tell me about the new postulants.
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MARY GRACE:
I'm so impressed with them as a group.
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They're full of energy and enthusiasm,
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really passionate about finding
their own relationships with Christ.
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What is this you're reading?
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This is something to do
with this Vatican ll.
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Vatican what?
31:26.718 --> 31:28.220
From what I can make out,
31:28.303 --> 31:30.806
our Pope has suddenly
got it into his head
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to turn himself
into some sort of reformer.
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Meaning what, exactly?
31:35.352 --> 31:38.438
Meaning he's organized
some ridiculous new council in Rome
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to speak about changes to the Church.
31:41.191 --> 31:43.527
Well, that's a good thing, isn't it?
31:44.277 --> 31:47.406
The Church hasn't reviewed its practices
in over 100 years.
31:47.489 --> 31:48.490
Perhaps change is...
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You think the Church is
in need of change?
31:51.034 --> 31:52.661
Are you questioning me?
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I happen to think the Church
is perfect the way it is.
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Well, what reforms
are they talking about?
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- Can I see?
- It's not important.
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This will all blow over very soon.
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It's nothing to concern yourself with.
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ANNE: Pay attention.
I'm going to show you how we walk.
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It's called "custody of the eyes."
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You put your hands in your sleeve
like this.
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Always go slowly, gracefully,
never in a hurry.
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And most important
is you keep your eyes down.
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Always make sure you're looking
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straight ahead at the floor
in front of you.
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Why?
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Excuse me?
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Why do we have to walk like that?
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I mean, what if we can't see
where we're going?
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(POSTULANTS LAUGHING)
32:31.950 --> 32:32.951
(ANNE SHUSHES)
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Not that it's your place
to question anything,
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but it's a part of our discipline.
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We keep our eyes down
32:38.331 --> 32:40.292
so we don't allow in
any extra stimulation
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that might distract us from our Lord.
32:42.419 --> 32:44.004
(BOTH SNICKERING)
32:44.087 --> 32:45.964
Something funny, Sisters?
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You two, come here.
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Come on.
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Stand face-to-face.
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Now, both of you look at each other
in the eyes.
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- What just happened?
- I started thinking about her.
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Yeah, I started thinking about her, too.
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ANNE: Exactly. We're not supposed
to think about each other.
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Because we're not here for each other,
we are here only for God.
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Move on, Sisters.
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CATHLEEN: I love you, God.
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Thank you for letting me be here.
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Thank you for letting me
love you like this.
33:57.661 --> 34:00.413
Thank you for letting me feel you
so close to me.
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Thank you.
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I love you, God.
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I love you so much.
34:14.969 --> 34:16.054
NORA: Wow.
34:16.972 --> 34:20.475
This is the first time
I've seen you in your outfit.
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Yeah. (LAUGHS)
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Do you like it?
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- You look like a real nun.
- Thanks.
34:29.818 --> 34:32.487
I'm not a real nun yet. Not yet, but...
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What is with this thing?
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This is terrible. It's like prison.
34:39.077 --> 34:41.288
Yeah, it's just the way they do it.
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It's like a symbol of our enclosure.
34:45.041 --> 34:46.251
What the...
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- What does that mean?
-(BOTH LAUGH)
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It's nothing.
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So, how are you?
34:57.137 --> 35:00.682
Are you... You like it here?
Are you happy?
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Yeah.
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Yeah, I am.
35:06.062 --> 35:10.859
I don't know how to describe it,
but it feels like I belong here.
35:13.987 --> 35:18.408
I guess that means you plan on staying,
and you plan on taking those vows.
35:18.491 --> 35:20.577
What do they call it, the "novanate"?
35:20.660 --> 35:23.413
- Novitiate.
-"Novitiate." Nova-something?
35:23.496 --> 35:24.914
(BOTH LAUGHING)
35:25.373 --> 35:29.711
Yeah, it's just a temporary vow
that we take for a year and a half.
35:29.794 --> 35:32.005
And we find out
35:32.088 --> 35:36.551
if we're ready to marry God forever.
35:39.679 --> 35:42.974
I'm pretty sure
I'm going to be here my whole life.
35:44.601 --> 35:48.605
(CRYING) Jesus Christ, Cathleen,
what the hell did I do wrong?
35:52.400 --> 35:53.443
(SIGHS)
35:55.195 --> 35:56.196
How...
35:57.656 --> 35:58.823
How have you been?
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Well, I'm just fine.
36:03.870 --> 36:07.040
I picked up a few more shifts at work,
keeping myself busy.
36:07.123 --> 36:09.793
I don't really know
what to do with myself.
36:11.127 --> 36:15.382
'Cause I most... I...
I mostly just miss you so much.
36:16.966 --> 36:19.552
How about Dad? How's Dad?
36:20.303 --> 36:22.806
- Have you heard anything from Dad?
- Your father? No.
36:23.515 --> 36:27.727
Your grandma did call
and said he'd been sick or something.
36:27.811 --> 36:29.813
That's probably why
you haven't heard from him.
36:29.896 --> 36:32.273
But do you want me to track him down?
I'm sure he'd love to come see you.
36:32.357 --> 36:36.277
That's okay, don't bother.
I'll pray for him.
36:37.320 --> 36:38.988
(SIGHS) It's fine.
36:39.948 --> 36:42.033
But it's like a...
It's a really busy day here.
36:42.117 --> 36:44.202
I should get going.
36:44.285 --> 36:48.123
What? No. We have ten more minutes.
36:48.206 --> 36:51.918
- I know, but I just have a lot of work.
- What are you doing?
36:52.001 --> 36:54.003
Maybe we can spend more time together
next time, though.
36:54.087 --> 36:58.591
Okay. Well, can you just wait?
Wait, wait, wait. Wait one second?
36:59.300 --> 37:00.719
Um... (SNIFFLES)
37:01.469 --> 37:04.681
Maybe I could just
touch your hand for a second.
37:05.807 --> 37:07.058
Um...
37:07.475 --> 37:09.185
- Just for a second.
- Yeah...
37:09.811 --> 37:11.855
We're really not supposed
to touch like that, Mom, so...
37:11.938 --> 37:13.815
- Oh. Okay.
- I gotta go.
37:14.607 --> 37:17.402
Okay. Cathleen, I love you.
37:18.236 --> 37:19.612
Thank you for coming.
37:21.531 --> 37:22.741
(CRYING) Oh, God.
37:36.463 --> 37:40.967
I guess I just didn't really know
it was going to be like this.
37:41.050 --> 37:42.135
Like what?
37:42.218 --> 37:46.389
That we'll be spending our whole
entire lives here and never leaving.
37:46.473 --> 37:49.017
We won't even be able to go
to our own parents' funerals.
37:49.100 --> 37:52.353
Who cares? They'll be dead, anyway.
It's not like they'll notice.
37:53.730 --> 37:58.651
Besides, don't you think knowing God
knows we're here for Him,
37:58.735 --> 38:03.156
knowing we are so much more special
to Him than anybody else...
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Don't you think that
makes it all worth it?
38:08.661 --> 38:09.871
Yeah, I guess.
38:10.497 --> 38:13.041
Well, why did you come here, then?
38:14.584 --> 38:15.960
Audrey Hepburn.
38:16.753 --> 38:17.921
(CAN DACE LAUGHS)
38:18.004 --> 38:19.672
What are you talking about?
38:20.340 --> 38:21.674
Audrey Hepburn.
38:22.926 --> 38:25.678
I wanted to be a nun
38:25.762 --> 38:31.226
because I saw A Nun's Story,
and she's Sister Gabrielle.
38:32.352 --> 38:33.603
And I just thought
38:33.686 --> 38:38.733
she was so holy and beautiful
and perfect.
38:39.859 --> 38:41.402
(BOTH LAUGHING)
38:41.528 --> 38:44.489
I wanted to be like her.
Don't laugh at me.
38:44.572 --> 38:47.200
That's not very holy.
38:48.284 --> 38:49.661
I won't tell anybody.
38:50.370 --> 38:52.080
MARY GRACE: This was a mistake.
38:53.706 --> 38:55.375
I was too young for it.
39:00.296 --> 39:03.091
I didn't ever mean to disappoint you.
39:08.429 --> 39:11.099
I just don't know if I feel it,
you know?
39:13.309 --> 39:14.394
Feel what?
39:17.689 --> 39:21.359
My relationship with Him.
39:22.569 --> 39:24.863
Whatever we're supposed to feel.
39:28.950 --> 39:32.954
I can't tell if I'm
communicating with Him,
39:33.955 --> 39:37.667
and it's really Him
or if it's just all in my head.
39:41.212 --> 39:45.174
Reverend Mother says we can't fake
39:45.425 --> 39:47.260
our relationship with Him.
39:48.720 --> 39:50.346
Because if...
39:50.430 --> 39:54.976
Even if nobody else knows,
He'll know and He'll shun us for it.
39:57.103 --> 40:00.857
But I'm just worried,
what if I'm faking it,
40:01.691 --> 40:03.568
and I don't even realize?
40:07.572 --> 40:11.034
(PRIEST SPEAKING LATIN)
40:29.052 --> 40:30.553
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
41:29.570 --> 41:32.031
No, I have them right here
in front of me. I...
41:38.621 --> 41:41.040
It's not that
I wasn't going to respond. I...
41:42.959 --> 41:45.211
Of course I understand the historic...
41:50.341 --> 41:52.051
And also with you.
41:52.969 --> 41:55.847
(BELL TOLLING)
42:05.565 --> 42:08.192
(BELL CONTINUES TOLLING)
42:22.457 --> 42:23.458
Good morning, Reverend Mother.
42:23.541 --> 42:25.043
- Praise the Lord.
- Now and forever.
42:25.918 --> 42:27.795
Did you just speak?
42:29.172 --> 42:31.007
Did I just hear you speak?
42:36.304 --> 42:39.265
What's your name?
42:41.517 --> 42:42.643
I'm Sister Sissy.
42:42.727 --> 42:44.145
Sister Sissy?
42:45.229 --> 42:47.648
Well, Sister Sissy...
42:49.442 --> 42:52.111
Why don't you tell me
what you've been doing lately,
42:52.195 --> 42:55.073
besides getting fat,
being late for Mass,
42:55.823 --> 42:58.493
and talking during grand silence.
43:02.830 --> 43:06.793
I... I didn't realize
it was still grand silence.
43:07.960 --> 43:11.005
Well, because they told us
to count the bells before noon.
43:11.089 --> 43:12.090
And I counted...
43:12.173 --> 43:14.634
Do you not understand
what "silence" means? Hmm?
43:15.468 --> 43:17.678
Was it not explained to you properly?
43:20.640 --> 43:23.518
During grand silence,
you are silent. Mmm?
43:24.102 --> 43:26.938
And silence means you don't talk.
43:27.021 --> 43:28.773
You shut your mouth!
43:30.817 --> 43:34.028
But, Reverend Mother, you're talking.
43:34.612 --> 43:37.323
That is because I am reprimanding you
right now, Jenny!
43:37.406 --> 43:40.493
- I am reprimanding you!
- It's "Sissy."
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I don't care in the least.
43:46.040 --> 43:47.917
I want you to get down
on your hands and knees
43:48.000 --> 43:49.001
and crawl all the way here.
43:49.085 --> 43:52.255
Say as many Hail Marys as you can,
from here to there.
43:53.005 --> 43:54.632
Right now!
43:55.675 --> 43:57.844
On your hands and knees, Sister!
43:57.969 --> 43:59.095
(CRYING)
44:01.848 --> 44:03.683
Hail... Hail Mary...
44:04.183 --> 44:05.893
Are you talking?
44:06.102 --> 44:08.938
Do I still hear you talking?
44:15.194 --> 44:17.113
Silence!
44:21.117 --> 44:22.410
(SNIFFLES)
44:28.499 --> 44:30.126
(SOBBING)
44:56.110 --> 44:58.029
MARY GRACE: I didn't have any clue.
45:00.406 --> 45:02.491
Sorry. I didn't realize
anybody was here.
45:02.575 --> 45:03.576
No, no, it's okay.
45:05.494 --> 45:06.871
Come here.
45:07.121 --> 45:09.081
Come here. I'd like to talk to you.
45:19.675 --> 45:22.136
- How are you, Sister Cathleen?
- Good.
45:23.721 --> 45:24.972
Thank you.
45:26.057 --> 45:27.475
And the other girls?
45:28.309 --> 45:30.895
Are they still upset about
Sister Sissy being sent home?
45:32.438 --> 45:35.066
Everybody mostly understands.
45:36.108 --> 45:37.693
We all miss her. I miss her, but...
45:38.694 --> 45:39.820
Of course.
45:41.656 --> 45:44.033
Do you often come here
to pray by yourself?
45:44.367 --> 45:45.743
Sometimes.
45:46.994 --> 45:49.497
Especially now that
our first vows are coming up.
45:49.664 --> 45:53.626
I just wanted to spend some extra time
communicating with Him,
45:53.709 --> 45:58.089
and make sure He's okay
with me becoming a novice.
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I'm pretty sure He's okay with it.
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I think you're gonna be a great nun.
46:05.680 --> 46:06.973
Thank you, Sister.
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Just do me a favor, okay?
46:23.531 --> 46:25.741
Please make sure this is what you want.
46:28.661 --> 46:30.579
Do you understand what I'm saying?
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Okay.
46:36.669 --> 46:39.422
Lord, please forgive me,
I haven't done well today.
46:41.507 --> 46:43.759
I didn't focus enough
on my prayers this morning,
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and I rushed to Mass
46:46.554 --> 46:48.889
because I just wanted
to be with my friends.
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And I'm sorry, sometimes I feel like
46:53.894 --> 46:56.689
I pay more attention to my friends
than I do you.
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And I just pray that
you censure my heart,
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and you center my thoughts
and my mind only on you.
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CHORUS: (SINGING) You shall speak to him
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And put the words in his mouth
47:11.287 --> 47:14.415
And I will be with your mouth
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And with his mouth
47:17.043 --> 47:20.838
And will teach you both what to do
47:20.963 --> 47:23.799
You shall speak to him
47:23.883 --> 47:25.843
And put the words in his mouth
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(DOOR OPENS)
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And I will be with your mouth
47:30.681 --> 47:32.933
And with his mouth
47:33.017 --> 47:36.979
And will teach you both what to do
47:37.313 --> 47:39.899
You shall speak to him
47:39.982 --> 47:43.152
And put the words in his mouth
47:43.235 --> 47:46.447
And I will be with your mouth
47:46.530 --> 47:48.574
And with his mouth
47:48.657 --> 47:52.244
And will teach you both what to do
47:52.828 --> 47:55.623
You shall speak to him
47:55.706 --> 47:58.918
And put the words in his mouth
47:59.168 --> 48:02.463
And I will be with your mouth
48:02.588 --> 48:04.924
And with his mouth
48:05.007 --> 48:08.719
And will teach you both what to do
48:09.136 --> 48:11.680
You shall speak to him
48:12.056 --> 48:15.601
And put the words in his mouth
48:15.684 --> 48:19.021
And I will be with your mouth
48:19.105 --> 48:20.439
And with his mouth
48:20.523 --> 48:21.649
MARY GRACE: Keep going.
48:21.732 --> 48:25.027
And will teach you both what to do
48:25.653 --> 48:26.737
Keep singing-
48:26.821 --> 48:28.364
You shall speak to him
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And put the words in his mouth
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REVEREND MOTHER:
I owe you no explanation whatsoever.
48:34.036 --> 48:36.080
I just want you
to collect your belongings
48:36.163 --> 48:38.916
and get yourselves back home.
48:41.377 --> 48:43.587
All right, out you go.
48:43.671 --> 48:45.214
Enough's enough.
48:45.631 --> 48:47.258
(POSTULANTS SOBBING)
48:47.341 --> 48:48.592
Come along.
48:55.349 --> 48:57.143
(SHIVERS) Mmm!
49:00.479 --> 49:02.565
- What just happened?
- Oh, nothing.
49:02.648 --> 49:04.525
I'm sending those two girls home.
49:04.608 --> 49:07.319
You're sending Mariana and Teresa home?
49:09.989 --> 49:11.615
I was told that their relationship
49:11.699 --> 49:13.409
was veering toward
something inappropriate.
49:13.492 --> 49:15.119
But they're just young girls, right?
49:15.995 --> 49:17.830
Perhaps they're just friends.
49:17.913 --> 49:20.249
Perhaps they're just seeking comfort
in each other.
49:21.041 --> 49:22.835
Seeking comfort in each other?
49:23.627 --> 49:25.421
Is that what we do around here now?
49:27.756 --> 49:29.341
Are you questioning me again?
49:31.260 --> 49:33.387
Are you questioning my judgment?
49:35.806 --> 49:37.808
So, why don't you tell me, Mary Grace.
49:38.309 --> 49:41.228
How are those two girls
expected to go their entire lives
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without any form of physical affection,
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when they can't even make it
a few months?
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I don't know.
49:49.612 --> 49:55.034
You know, there have been
moments, recently,
49:58.078 --> 50:00.456
when it's begun to feel to me
50:00.539 --> 50:03.959
as if you don't want to
be here with us anymore.
50:05.419 --> 50:10.216
As if everything requires
some sort of inquisition by you.
50:14.136 --> 50:15.763
What is your trouble exactly?
50:16.138 --> 50:17.515
Part of my trouble is you.
50:18.224 --> 50:19.642
Me?
50:19.725 --> 50:21.560
I don't understand your motivations.
50:21.644 --> 50:23.646
God is my motivation.
50:23.729 --> 50:26.649
God is my reason and motivation
for everything I do.
50:26.732 --> 50:28.484
How can you be absolutely certain
of what He wants?
50:28.609 --> 50:29.610
I am quite certain.
50:29.693 --> 50:32.488
I think it's wrong of you to keep us
in the dark about Vatican ll.
50:32.905 --> 50:34.281
Whatever's in those documents,
50:34.365 --> 50:35.824
whatever it is
that you're hiding from us,
50:35.908 --> 50:37.868
that's going to affect all of us...
50:37.952 --> 50:40.037
It is not going to affect any of us.
50:40.120 --> 50:43.165
- This will affect none of us.
- Why can't you just tell me?
50:43.874 --> 50:47.294
Because I don't want to.
I don't have to, and I don't want to.
50:47.378 --> 50:49.129
- Fine, Mother!
- Yes, fine!
50:49.213 --> 50:51.006
Fine indeed, Mary!
51:00.599 --> 51:02.309
(SOBBING)
51:24.290 --> 51:26.333
I just wanted to...
51:27.918 --> 51:31.672
I just wanted to tell you
I've decided to leave the convent.
51:32.047 --> 51:35.301
- POSTULANTS: What?
-(PANICKED CHATTER)
51:36.010 --> 51:39.221
I'm very sorry that I won't be there
to see you take your first vows.
51:39.305 --> 51:41.348
What do you mean? Where are you going?
51:41.515 --> 51:43.142
It's because
of Reverend Mother, isn't it?
51:43.642 --> 51:45.269
She wants to take you away from us.
51:45.352 --> 51:48.022
No, no, no, that's not it.
51:48.480 --> 51:50.065
This is my decision.
51:51.358 --> 51:54.111
I've been a Rose
since I was 16 years old.
51:55.613 --> 51:57.740
My time here has been wonderful,
51:58.240 --> 52:00.242
but I am not meant to be here anymore.
52:01.243 --> 52:04.830
Will you still be a member
of the Church after you leave?
52:07.833 --> 52:08.834
Yes.
52:10.461 --> 52:11.879
This is my family.
52:13.672 --> 52:16.425
You, each and every one of you
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that I've spent day in and day outwith.
52:19.845 --> 52:24.683
I love each and every one of you
with everything in my heart.
52:26.560 --> 52:28.812
(BELL TOLLING)
52:29.146 --> 52:33.317
NUN: "We become what we love
and who we love shapes what we become.
52:33.901 --> 52:36.987
"Imitation is not
a literal mimicking of Christ,
52:37.363 --> 52:39.907
"rather it means becoming
the image of the beloved.
52:40.824 --> 52:43.702
"An image disclosed
through transformation."
52:56.924 --> 52:58.300
(DOOR OPENING)
53:04.765 --> 53:06.308
WOMAN: Be still...
53:07.101 --> 53:08.352
Please clear the way
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for my untouched virginal body to pass.
53:11.605 --> 53:13.148
There's a new era coming,
53:13.816 --> 53:15.818
a new wind blowing in here.
53:16.151 --> 53:18.237
-(POSTULANTS LAUGHING)
- There will come a time, very soon,
53:18.320 --> 53:21.865
when all your cathedrals
will finally crumble.
53:21.990 --> 53:26.120
All these trappings and clothing
falling away to the ground.
53:26.453 --> 53:28.205
And it'll be us, all of us,
53:29.123 --> 53:31.875
standing here naked before God.
53:33.127 --> 53:37.381
(CHANTING)
53:43.512 --> 53:45.139
(WHISPERING)
53:50.602 --> 53:52.312
(BELLS TOLLING)
54:06.660 --> 54:08.412
NUN 1: Girls,
we only have a few more minutes.
54:08.537 --> 54:10.038
(EXCITED CHATTERING)
54:10.122 --> 54:12.416
- We have a long way to go.
- NUN 2: Can you do it yourself?
54:13.041 --> 54:14.460
POSTULANT 1: Our parents are out there.
54:14.960 --> 54:16.420
POSTULANT 2:
Does anyone have a knitting needle?
54:16.545 --> 54:18.297
Sister Anne, do you have
any knitting needles?
54:19.006 --> 54:20.340
POSTULANT 3:
I don't even have them.
54:20.424 --> 54:21.550
NUN 3: Can someone help her
with her veil?
54:21.633 --> 54:22.634
POSTULANT 4: I'll get it.
54:23.385 --> 54:24.428
POSTULANT 5: I need a band.
54:25.804 --> 54:28.098
(CHORAL HYMN PLAYING)
55:23.695 --> 55:26.657
(PRIEST SPEAKING LATIN)
56:01.942 --> 56:03.443
With the help of God,
56:04.570 --> 56:06.196
I have come to know in this community...
56:06.488 --> 56:10.117
...both the difficulty and the joy
of a life completely devoted to Him.
56:10.576 --> 56:14.204
My desire is to be allowed
to make perpetual profession.
56:14.496 --> 56:18.709
I seek to become a temporary bride
of Christ for a year and a half
56:18.792 --> 56:21.795
and to persevere
in all of my undying love.
56:22.671 --> 56:24.423
(CHORAL HYMN CONTINUES PLAYING)
57:30.447 --> 57:33.825
ALL: May we be worthy of Christ's love.
57:45.420 --> 57:49.216
(CHANTING) We're married! We're married!
We're married!
57:49.299 --> 57:51.885
- I love you, God!
- I love you, Jesus!
57:51.969 --> 57:53.303
(NOVICES WHOOPING)
57:55.222 --> 57:56.723
(NOVICES LAUGHING)
57:58.016 --> 57:59.810
NOVICE: I'm married to Jesus.
58:01.645 --> 58:03.146
Christ. Christ.
58:05.107 --> 58:07.526
REVEREND MOTHER: The novitiate,
as I'm sure you've all heard,
58:09.695 --> 58:12.531
is the most grueling
58:12.614 --> 58:14.449
and demanding period...
58:14.741 --> 58:16.576
Why are they breaking
our mirrors like that?
58:16.702 --> 58:17.995
...in any nun's life.
58:21.206 --> 58:25.627
It is then when the strength
of your so-called vocations
58:25.711 --> 58:29.131
will be tested to their limits.
58:30.215 --> 58:33.677
It's also about learning to be perfect.
58:35.053 --> 58:38.974
Because, and I think you'd all agree,
58:39.683 --> 58:42.811
our Savior deserves no less
58:42.894 --> 58:46.023
from each one of you
than a perfect wife.
58:46.982 --> 58:51.862
So, once a week,
we will be meeting in this room
58:52.320 --> 58:55.532
for an exercise called
"Chapter of Faults."
58:56.408 --> 58:58.618
And one thing I can assure you,
58:59.870 --> 59:03.999
we do not leave
until the chapter is finished.
59:04.416 --> 59:08.670
So... You, Sister.
59:10.255 --> 59:12.299
Me? Evelyn.
59:13.216 --> 59:14.801
I'm Sister Evelyn.
59:15.427 --> 59:17.345
Come to the center of the room, please.
59:19.431 --> 59:20.891
(BREATH ES SHAKILY)
59:31.693 --> 59:33.528
Now...
59:33.862 --> 59:36.198
I want you to think for a moment,
59:37.699 --> 59:41.661
and then I want you to carefully list
59:42.120 --> 59:44.873
every single fault
59:45.499 --> 59:48.376
you're aware of in yourself.
59:52.506 --> 59:54.091
I'm sorry, what?
59:54.382 --> 59:56.051
What don't you understand?
59:57.761 --> 59:58.970
Are you perfect?
01:00:00.931 --> 01:00:02.599
No.
01:00:02.682 --> 01:00:04.726
I don't know...
01:00:05.477 --> 01:00:06.686
What do you mean?
01:00:06.770 --> 01:00:10.107
Are you a perfect person,
a perfect human being?
01:00:10.857 --> 01:00:12.275
A perfect nun?
01:00:12.359 --> 01:00:15.112
No. Of course not.
01:00:15.487 --> 01:00:16.988
Wouldn't you like to be perfect?
01:00:19.825 --> 01:00:23.578
Don't you think you should at least
try to be perfect?
01:00:23.829 --> 01:00:26.581
Yes, if I could.
01:00:29.251 --> 01:00:33.547
So what do you think
stands in the way most
01:00:33.630 --> 01:00:36.424
between you and perfection?
01:00:37.884 --> 01:00:39.177
My faults.
01:00:39.761 --> 01:00:41.054
Correct.
01:00:41.304 --> 01:00:45.934
Because there's really no way
for any of us to achieve perfection
01:00:46.017 --> 01:00:48.770
without first getting rid of our faults.
01:00:48.895 --> 01:00:50.063
I guess so.
01:00:50.564 --> 01:00:51.982
You guess what, Sister?
01:00:53.525 --> 01:00:57.154
Yes, Mother, I agree.
01:00:57.487 --> 01:00:59.906
All right. Let's hear it.
01:00:59.990 --> 01:01:01.533
Let's hear your faults.
01:01:01.992 --> 01:01:04.744
Well, I'm untidy.
01:01:05.912 --> 01:01:07.998
I mean, lam... I'm messy.
01:01:08.790 --> 01:01:11.877
I feel like a slob, and...
01:01:13.420 --> 01:01:15.672
I space out sometimes.
01:01:17.382 --> 01:01:18.383
I mean, in school, they...
01:01:18.466 --> 01:01:19.676
- All right. Whoa, whoa...
- I can't. I really can't...
01:01:19.759 --> 01:01:21.595
Hold it. Hold. Hold. Hold.
01:01:21.678 --> 01:01:22.929
Just a moment.
01:01:23.889 --> 01:01:28.810
Leaving clothes on the floor
and lack of concentration,
01:01:28.935 --> 01:01:30.896
or "spacing out," as you call it,
01:01:31.229 --> 01:01:37.485
while I agree these are all weaknesses
that you need to know about yourself,
01:01:38.570 --> 01:01:40.405
they're also quite superficial
01:01:40.488 --> 01:01:43.283
and won't get us very far
in this process.
01:01:44.826 --> 01:01:45.869
So...
01:01:48.121 --> 01:01:49.873
I want you to start again.
01:01:50.707 --> 01:01:51.958
And this time,
01:01:52.417 --> 01:01:56.504
I want you to fully examine
your conscience
01:01:56.796 --> 01:02:01.635
and come up with a list of things
you do on a daily basis
01:02:01.718 --> 01:02:04.095
to fail our Lord Christ.
01:02:05.472 --> 01:02:06.890
EVELYN: Um...
01:02:07.849 --> 01:02:09.309
Ways that I fail...
01:02:09.392 --> 01:02:10.644
(EVELYN CRYING)
01:02:12.020 --> 01:02:14.439
Ways that I fail Christ.
01:02:16.441 --> 01:02:19.736
Well, there's a part of me
01:02:21.571 --> 01:02:24.574
that thinks that I'm not good enough
to be here,
01:02:25.867 --> 01:02:28.411
that I don't deserve to be here.
01:02:29.037 --> 01:02:32.374
I want to be pure,
and I want to be good.
01:02:33.667 --> 01:02:35.210
But...
01:02:37.420 --> 01:02:41.758
I don't know if that's
who I really am on the inside.
01:02:42.425 --> 01:02:44.177
Because...
01:02:45.095 --> 01:02:47.931
Sometimes my thoughts inside
01:02:48.014 --> 01:02:50.684
don't match the way
I act on the outside.
01:02:56.106 --> 01:03:01.569
And I just feel bad and ugly inside.
01:03:08.118 --> 01:03:09.869
And I've let people down before.
01:03:09.953 --> 01:03:14.124
I've let my parents down,
my ma and my father,
01:03:14.207 --> 01:03:16.543
but I don't want
to let Him down, Mother.
01:03:16.626 --> 01:03:19.838
I don't want to let Jesus down.
01:03:22.882 --> 01:03:27.095
And I just hope that
He knows that I can do better...
01:03:30.015 --> 01:03:31.725
If He'll let me.
01:03:32.600 --> 01:03:35.395
All right, Sister. Very brave of you.
01:03:36.855 --> 01:03:38.148
And now for your penance,
01:03:38.231 --> 01:03:40.984
I'd like to assign you
ten rosaries next week.
01:03:41.693 --> 01:03:44.738
And I'd also like you
to starve yourself all day on Friday.
01:03:44.821 --> 01:03:46.156
Thank you, Mother.
01:03:47.866 --> 01:03:49.659
Where are you going?
01:03:56.541 --> 01:03:58.043
I thought that I was done.
01:03:59.044 --> 01:04:01.504
Done? No one said you were done.
01:04:01.588 --> 01:04:02.630
Come back here.
01:04:14.684 --> 01:04:18.188
Now that Sister has been brave enough
to share some of her faults with us,
01:04:18.313 --> 01:04:20.607
I'd like to open it up to the room
01:04:21.274 --> 01:04:24.903
to help point out
any additional character flaws
01:04:24.986 --> 01:04:27.655
that they are aware of in their Sister.
01:04:35.413 --> 01:04:36.539
Well, somebody say something.
01:04:36.623 --> 01:04:38.416
We've already established
she's not perfect.
01:04:40.335 --> 01:04:42.253
- I saw her smile.
- What?
01:04:44.089 --> 01:04:47.425
Just now, when you said
she did a good job,
01:04:48.468 --> 01:04:50.053
I saw her smile.
01:04:50.929 --> 01:04:53.473
Like she was pleased with herself.
01:04:54.349 --> 01:04:56.226
Like it was all a joke to her.
01:04:57.769 --> 01:04:58.937
Is that true?
01:05:00.480 --> 01:05:01.689
No!
01:05:01.773 --> 01:05:02.982
And how would she know
01:05:03.066 --> 01:05:04.776
if she hadn't broken
the custody of eyes?
01:05:04.859 --> 01:05:06.152
I didn't. You're vain!
01:05:06.236 --> 01:05:09.280
You did! You're a liar!
How else would she know?
01:05:09.364 --> 01:05:11.658
All right. That's enough.
01:05:14.786 --> 01:05:16.496
Sister, your turn is finished.
01:05:16.830 --> 01:05:18.915
However, if that is true,
01:05:19.707 --> 01:05:23.211
and you had the nerve
to mock this process, it's pathetic.
01:05:23.628 --> 01:05:25.088
What sort of nun are you going to be
01:05:25.171 --> 01:05:28.591
if you can't even stand
a single moment of self-reflection
01:05:28.675 --> 01:05:31.386
without gloating? Hmm?
01:05:32.178 --> 01:05:33.930
So in addition to your other penance,
01:05:34.013 --> 01:05:37.517
I would like you to use
the discipline on yourself.
01:05:40.228 --> 01:05:41.604
What?
01:05:56.786 --> 01:05:59.080
-(EVELYN SOBBING)
- Was it that bad?
01:05:59.289 --> 01:06:00.707
What do you think?
01:06:07.005 --> 01:06:09.090
You don't have to stay here, you know.
01:06:09.174 --> 01:06:10.467
None of us do.
01:06:10.884 --> 01:06:12.427
You can leave whenever you want to.
01:06:15.013 --> 01:06:16.347
And do what?
01:06:17.599 --> 01:06:21.186
You mean go home
and tell everyone and my parents
01:06:21.269 --> 01:06:22.979
that I failed at being a nun?
01:06:24.063 --> 01:06:26.733
- No, I can't do that.
- Sister Mary Grace did it.
01:06:27.525 --> 01:06:29.027
It's not the same.
01:06:30.278 --> 01:06:31.946
Sister, I'm...
01:06:34.449 --> 01:06:37.035
I don't think you're vain at all.
01:06:37.994 --> 01:06:39.496
I didn't know.
01:06:40.288 --> 01:06:41.748
- I'm sorry.
- It's okay.
01:06:43.500 --> 01:06:45.126
- I'm sorry, too.
- We're all vain.
01:06:45.210 --> 01:06:47.837
She's just teaching us
how to lose our vanity.
01:06:48.046 --> 01:06:48.087
(BELL DINGING)
01:06:48.087 --> 01:06:49.255
(BELL DINGING)
01:06:50.173 --> 01:06:52.509
Sisters, I need your attention, please.
01:06:53.968 --> 01:06:56.179
As of today, we have a new member.
01:06:56.596 --> 01:06:59.349
Sister Gabrielle Emanuel
will be joining our community.
01:06:59.724 --> 01:07:01.768
Sister Emanuel was previously a member
01:07:01.851 --> 01:07:05.104
of the Order of the Sisters of Christ
in New Hampshire.
01:07:05.396 --> 01:07:07.649
But as she felt the culture of the Roses
01:07:07.732 --> 01:07:10.068
was more suited to her religious needs,
01:07:10.151 --> 01:07:12.195
she has decided to transfer here.
01:07:12.362 --> 01:07:14.822
She'll be joining us
as a first-year novice.
01:07:15.240 --> 01:07:17.075
So let's make her feel welcome.
01:07:22.205 --> 01:07:23.623
EMILY: I guess all my friends
are just back home,
01:07:23.706 --> 01:07:25.708
and they're doing a bunch
of teenage stuff.
01:07:25.792 --> 01:07:29.128
They're going to the drive-in movies.
01:07:29.212 --> 01:07:32.423
And they're going roller-skating
01:07:32.507 --> 01:07:36.219
and watching the fireworks
on the Fourth of July,
01:07:36.302 --> 01:07:37.887
or they're going...
01:07:38.221 --> 01:07:39.806
They're going on dates with boys.
01:07:41.182 --> 01:07:44.394
- With boys.
- Yeah. I don't know, I...
01:07:46.563 --> 01:07:48.064
Even“.
01:07:50.483 --> 01:07:52.235
(LAUGHING) Even what?
01:07:53.152 --> 01:07:54.404
You know.
01:07:56.406 --> 01:07:57.615
What?
01:07:58.866 --> 01:07:59.867
Sex.
01:08:02.537 --> 01:08:03.663
(LAUGHS)
01:08:03.746 --> 01:08:06.291
Come on. You can't say that
you've never thought about it before.
01:08:06.374 --> 01:08:07.667
Everybody does.
01:08:08.209 --> 01:08:10.920
Even nuns do,
they just don't ever talk about it.
01:08:13.256 --> 01:08:14.674
How do you know that?
01:08:15.758 --> 01:08:18.469
Because it's normal.
01:08:19.679 --> 01:08:21.389
It's more normal than you think.
01:08:25.225 --> 01:08:28.688
I don't really think about it.
01:08:29.772 --> 01:08:32.233
So, you never even kissed a boy
before you came here,
01:08:32.317 --> 01:08:33.734
nothing like that?
01:08:40.533 --> 01:08:41.868
Have you?
01:08:43.703 --> 01:08:46.080
Yeah. Only once, though.
01:08:46.163 --> 01:08:48.791
Wait, don't tell all the other Sisters,
though, please.
01:08:49.292 --> 01:08:51.127
- I won't.
- Okay.
01:08:53.671 --> 01:08:58.051
"Let him kiss me
with the kisses of his mouth,
01:08:58.635 --> 01:09:01.845
"for your love is better than wine.
01:09:03.221 --> 01:09:06.392
"Your anointing oils are fragrant.
01:09:07.393 --> 01:09:10.688
"Your name is oil poured out on me.
01:09:11.898 --> 01:09:15.652
"Therefore, virgins love you."
01:09:26.120 --> 01:09:27.705
Sister Cathleen.
01:09:43.888 --> 01:09:47.265
I wish I could be more loved back.
01:09:50.435 --> 01:09:51.562
I wish I knew for sure...
01:09:53.898 --> 01:09:55.191
I wish we all knew for sure
01:09:57.902 --> 01:10:00.780
that He really loves us
as much as we love Him.
01:10:03.491 --> 01:10:05.451
I just wish I could feel it more.
01:10:08.913 --> 01:10:12.291
Don't wish for things
you shouldn't, Sister.
01:10:13.918 --> 01:10:16.671
(BELL TOLLING)
01:10:47.410 --> 01:10:48.703
(MOANING SOFTLY)
01:11:10.433 --> 01:11:12.477
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
01:11:23.321 --> 01:11:25.114
(MOANING)
01:11:47.637 --> 01:11:48.846
(GASPS)
01:11:52.475 --> 01:11:54.185
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
01:12:00.775 --> 01:12:04.070
(PRAYING)
01:12:11.035 --> 01:12:13.454
(PRIEST SPEAKING LATIN)
01:13:01.085 --> 01:13:03.379
REVEREND MOTHER:
For it is in giving that we receive,
01:13:03.629 --> 01:13:06.716
and in pardoning, that
we are pardoned, and in dying...
01:13:06.799 --> 01:13:09.760
Excuse me, Mother.
The Archbishop is here to see you.
01:13:10.636 --> 01:13:11.846
The Archbishop.
01:13:28.487 --> 01:13:30.489
Good afternoon, Mother.
01:13:32.742 --> 01:13:33.951
Go ahead, sit.
01:13:34.952 --> 01:13:36.579
Let me get you some tea.
01:13:37.330 --> 01:13:39.832
- No, thank you.
- A little drop won't hurt you.
01:13:40.041 --> 01:13:41.626
So, how are you, Marie?
01:13:42.501 --> 01:13:44.086
You seem a little bit on edge.
01:13:44.921 --> 01:13:48.299
Perhaps it's because I haven't been
in the company of a man for a while.
01:13:48.716 --> 01:13:50.092
It's unusual for me.
01:13:50.176 --> 01:13:51.344
(ARCHBISHOP LAUGHS)
01:13:52.803 --> 01:13:55.348
- Do you know why I'm here?
- No, I don't.
01:13:55.890 --> 01:13:59.101
- You have no idea why I'm here?
- No, I honestly do not.
01:14:00.811 --> 01:14:05.858
Well, I've been hearing a lot recently
about how this Order, in particular,
01:14:05.942 --> 01:14:07.735
is having some trouble embracing
01:14:07.818 --> 01:14:10.655
some of the changes that have been
put forth by Vatican ll.
01:14:10.738 --> 01:14:12.740
Now, you tell me, is that accurate?
01:14:12.990 --> 01:14:14.450
Accurate to a point.
01:14:15.159 --> 01:14:17.578
Some of the changes we've adopted,
others we haven't.
01:14:17.954 --> 01:14:19.038
Great.
01:14:20.081 --> 01:14:21.248
You care to elaborate?
01:14:22.041 --> 01:14:26.170
The memos sent over from your office
used the word "suggestion"
01:14:26.337 --> 01:14:29.882
in regards to all these changes
we're supposed...
01:14:30.341 --> 01:14:31.509
(LAUGHS)
01:14:31.592 --> 01:14:33.177
Well, that's amusing.
01:14:33.678 --> 01:14:36.013
I think you're the only one
who missed the subtext there.
01:14:37.556 --> 01:14:39.892
You see, for most of us,
01:14:39.976 --> 01:14:44.981
the word "suggestion" is understood
as synonymous with "obligation."
01:14:45.189 --> 01:14:49.026
Perhaps I'm not all that
attuned to subtext.
01:14:49.944 --> 01:14:51.821
- My apologies.
- Of course.
01:14:51.904 --> 01:14:54.573
- Are we done here?
- No, no, no. Sorry, we're not done.
01:14:55.574 --> 01:14:58.786
Why don't you tell me
01:14:59.120 --> 01:15:01.455
what exactly you have
the most difficulty with?
01:15:01.539 --> 01:15:03.249
Just lay it all out for me.
01:15:03.541 --> 01:15:04.750
I have no difficulty.
01:15:05.042 --> 01:15:07.294
I just happen to disagree with it.
All of it.
01:15:07.378 --> 01:15:09.422
Not to mention it's a slap in the face
01:15:09.505 --> 01:15:11.674
that the Sisters weren't given
any voice in the matter.
01:15:11.757 --> 01:15:14.051
You honestly expected them
to have their own voice, the Sisters?
01:15:14.135 --> 01:15:15.803
We are a part of this church, too.
01:15:15.886 --> 01:15:17.847
Marie, Marie, that's not how it works.
01:15:17.930 --> 01:15:20.933
I don't think you really understand
what this will do to us.
01:15:21.350 --> 01:15:25.146
If we were to truly embrace
all these changes,
01:15:25.438 --> 01:15:29.525
it will ruin the very institution
of Catholic nuns as...
01:15:35.197 --> 01:15:40.536
Are you still encouraging
all of your novitiates and postulants
01:15:40.619 --> 01:15:44.790
to perform extreme acts
of penance on themselves?
01:15:45.541 --> 01:15:50.129
All that old medieval stuff?
Because that's gotta stop.
01:15:50.212 --> 01:15:52.006
I never asked my girls
to do anything for God
01:15:52.089 --> 01:15:53.466
that I haven't done myself.
01:15:53.549 --> 01:15:54.842
Like I said, gotta stop.
01:15:56.552 --> 01:15:58.929
As for the rest
of Rome's recommendations,
01:15:59.013 --> 01:16:01.599
I would just hope
that you can keep an open mind
01:16:01.682 --> 01:16:06.687
and try to see things
as part of the larger context.
01:16:06.896 --> 01:16:10.524
A theme of change, adaptation,
of spiritual evolution.
01:16:10.858 --> 01:16:15.404
Do me a favor,
just open your mind a little bit.
01:16:16.822 --> 01:16:20.868
Otherwise, I may have to "suggest"
01:16:22.078 --> 01:16:24.080
that we find a replacement for you.
01:16:31.003 --> 01:16:36.217
I never ever, ever thought
that I would say this,
01:16:36.300 --> 01:16:40.179
but there are times where I question
01:16:41.722 --> 01:16:43.974
whether or not God is even real.
01:16:44.058 --> 01:16:46.852
And I know, I know that's so horrible,
01:16:46.936 --> 01:16:48.646
but what scares me to think is,
01:16:49.396 --> 01:16:53.025
what if He actually doesn't exist?
01:16:53.818 --> 01:16:56.028
What if He's just something
that we all made up one day
01:16:56.112 --> 01:16:57.655
and everybody started believing it?
01:16:59.824 --> 01:17:03.869
Everything that we do for Him
and what we put ourselves through,
01:17:03.953 --> 01:17:07.123
to only live in His image, but...
01:17:08.624 --> 01:17:12.419
But are we spreading any sort of love
in here or in the world,
01:17:12.503 --> 01:17:13.963
or any kindness, or...
01:17:14.046 --> 01:17:17.216
Or are we even getting to know God more?
01:17:18.259 --> 01:17:20.261
And if it ever turned out
01:17:20.970 --> 01:17:24.890
that God didn't really exist...
01:17:25.766 --> 01:17:27.726
Then who would we all be doing this for?
01:17:30.896 --> 01:17:32.773
Sister, you come in here week after week
01:17:32.857 --> 01:17:36.485
with the same ridiculous confession
01:17:36.569 --> 01:17:39.280
about your wavering spirituality.
01:17:41.407 --> 01:17:43.075
Frankly, it's grown tiresome.
01:17:44.910 --> 01:17:48.956
Your utter spiritual wretchedness.
01:17:51.417 --> 01:17:54.712
So, for your penance,
I'm assigning you no penance.
01:17:57.006 --> 01:17:58.090
Don't bother.
01:18:03.345 --> 01:18:04.763
Excuse!
01:18:08.184 --> 01:18:09.727
(DOOR CLOSES)
01:18:13.147 --> 01:18:17.318
(BELL TOLLING)
01:18:27.077 --> 01:18:31.332
I just don't understand who she is
or what she's doing here.
01:18:31.415 --> 01:18:34.376
Apparently, the SOCs
weren't strict enough for her.
01:18:35.461 --> 01:18:38.422
I guess she came here
for all the extra self-punishment.
01:18:39.173 --> 01:18:40.507
Really?
01:18:42.343 --> 01:18:44.553
She really thinks she's that holy?
01:19:13.123 --> 01:19:14.375
(DOOR OPENS)
01:19:17.795 --> 01:19:19.338
You can come in now.
01:19:24.593 --> 01:19:26.220
What did you want to see me for?
01:19:29.640 --> 01:19:32.643
I was wondering
if I could borrow the discipline?
01:19:33.185 --> 01:19:35.145
Just for tonight, please?
01:19:35.938 --> 01:19:36.939
Discipline?
01:19:37.606 --> 01:19:38.774
What did you do?
01:19:40.776 --> 01:19:43.654
If it's okay with you,
I would rather not say.
01:19:43.737 --> 01:19:45.948
- It's not okay.
- No.
01:19:46.365 --> 01:19:48.158
I can't just give it to you
without knowing
01:19:48.242 --> 01:19:50.452
what you need it for first.
You know that.
01:19:51.370 --> 01:19:53.163
Yeah, of course. I...
01:19:57.626 --> 01:20:00.170
I broke grand silence twice this week.
01:20:00.629 --> 01:20:01.839
And...
01:20:03.424 --> 01:20:05.259
I was uncharitable to one of my Sisters
01:20:05.342 --> 01:20:06.719
when I didn't mean to be.
01:20:07.761 --> 01:20:08.971
That's all.
01:20:10.055 --> 01:20:12.391
That's what you want
to punish yourself for?
01:20:14.977 --> 01:20:16.395
Honestly?
01:20:20.607 --> 01:20:21.650
Yes.
01:20:38.751 --> 01:20:39.835
Thank you, Mother.
01:20:49.678 --> 01:20:50.929
(DOOR CLOSES)
01:21:27.800 --> 01:21:29.843
(GROANING)
01:21:52.074 --> 01:21:56.370
-(CONTINUES FLOGGING)
-(BREATHING SHAKILY)
01:22:12.511 --> 01:22:16.140
Excuse me, Sister.
Your mother's here to see you.
01:22:17.641 --> 01:22:20.519
What do you mean, why?
It's not visiting day.
01:22:25.899 --> 01:22:27.317
(WHISPERING)
01:22:32.239 --> 01:22:35.826
It's okay. Reverend Mother said
you can use the other door today.
01:22:43.917 --> 01:22:45.043
Hi, my love.
01:22:47.588 --> 01:22:50.424
Is there someplace we could talk?
I have something I have to tell you.
01:22:50.924 --> 01:22:52.009
She already told me.
01:22:56.889 --> 01:22:58.432
Yeah. So, I guess no one...
01:22:59.808 --> 01:23:01.185
No one knew how sick he was,
01:23:01.268 --> 01:23:03.312
and I know he wasn't the best father,
but I just...
01:23:04.104 --> 01:23:05.814
I didn't want you to be alone.
01:23:12.112 --> 01:23:13.739
Okay, I don't...
01:23:13.822 --> 01:23:15.657
I came here to tell you your dad died,
01:23:15.741 --> 01:23:17.159
and now you hear it from somebody else?
01:23:17.242 --> 01:23:19.077
I don't understand what's going on.
01:23:19.495 --> 01:23:21.914
I'm sorry you're upset, Mom.
01:23:22.372 --> 01:23:23.999
What the hell is going on here?
01:23:24.166 --> 01:23:26.293
And why does it look like
you've lost a bunch of weight?
01:23:26.376 --> 01:23:28.086
I really haven't lost
very much weight. I'm fine.
01:23:28.170 --> 01:23:30.964
You have lost some weight, Cathleen.
So, how much weight have you lost?
01:23:32.925 --> 01:23:34.510
What's going on,
they don't feed you in here?
01:23:34.593 --> 01:23:35.844
- You're not allowed to eat?
- No, I'm fine, okay?
01:23:35.928 --> 01:23:36.970
- Let me look at you!
- I'm fine, okay?
01:23:37.054 --> 01:23:38.388
- Let me look at you, Cathleen.
- I'm sorry. I have to go.
01:23:38.472 --> 01:23:39.556
Sorry to hear about Dad.
01:23:39.640 --> 01:23:41.141
I'll pray that God meets him
at his grace, okay?
01:23:41.225 --> 01:23:42.226
- I really need to go.
- What do you mean, you have to go?
01:23:42.309 --> 01:23:43.310
- Don't go yet.
- I need to leave, I'm sorry, Mom.
01:23:43.393 --> 01:23:44.728
I've been driving for three hours.
Stop! Stop, stop.
01:23:44.811 --> 01:23:46.939
Cathleen? Cathleen!
01:23:49.900 --> 01:23:52.152
I'd like to thank you
for stopping in, Mrs. Harris.
01:23:52.236 --> 01:23:53.612
I don't think we've had the pleasure.
01:23:53.695 --> 01:23:56.114
Just wanna know what's going on
with my daughter, that's all.
01:23:56.657 --> 01:23:58.033
Going on with your daughter?
01:23:58.116 --> 01:23:59.785
- In what way?
- Look, Miss...
01:23:59.868 --> 01:24:01.036
Mother.
01:24:01.119 --> 01:24:04.540
- Excuse me?
- It's "Mother." Or "Reverend Mother."
01:24:04.623 --> 01:24:07.543
I'm not a "Miss," or a "Missus" either,
for that matter.
01:24:07.626 --> 01:24:09.920
Lady, I am not calling you Mother.
01:24:11.547 --> 01:24:14.258
Mrs. Harris, I understand
you've had a loss in the family.
01:24:14.341 --> 01:24:16.051
- And I would like to express...
- Save it.
01:24:16.343 --> 01:24:18.595
You know, I haven't seen
my daughter in over six months.
01:24:19.513 --> 01:24:21.306
And I came here today
to tell her about her dad,
01:24:21.390 --> 01:24:22.683
and I barely recognize her.
01:24:24.309 --> 01:24:26.937
She looks completely different,
like she's lost 20 pounds.
01:24:27.020 --> 01:24:29.481
I wanna know
what you're doing to her in here.
01:24:29.690 --> 01:24:31.149
What I'm doing?
01:24:31.942 --> 01:24:34.820
You're talking about her body,
which is a superficial topic.
01:24:34.903 --> 01:24:36.071
Are you blind?
01:24:38.115 --> 01:24:39.575
Have you seen her lately?
01:24:39.658 --> 01:24:41.451
She looks like she's dying.
01:24:41.743 --> 01:24:43.495
Just, please, calm down.
01:24:43.579 --> 01:24:46.206
I said, I wanna know
what's going on in here!
01:24:47.916 --> 01:24:51.628
Honestly, Mrs. Harris,
with all due respect,
01:24:52.754 --> 01:24:56.008
in a sense, you did bring
your daughter here to die.
01:24:56.842 --> 01:24:59.011
You brought her here
to die to the outside world
01:24:59.094 --> 01:25:01.263
and be born again in Christ's love.
01:25:01.805 --> 01:25:04.474
It's a process.
She's simply going through it.
01:25:04.558 --> 01:25:05.684
That's all.
01:25:07.603 --> 01:25:08.645
For what it's worth,
01:25:08.729 --> 01:25:10.606
I do understand how difficult it can be
01:25:10.689 --> 01:25:12.482
for a parent to give their child to God.
01:25:12.691 --> 01:25:15.110
And that's because
you have children of your own?
01:25:15.360 --> 01:25:16.445
No, I don't,
01:25:17.112 --> 01:25:18.739
but neither do you anymore.
01:25:21.408 --> 01:25:22.659
(EXHALES SHARPLY)
01:25:26.705 --> 01:25:27.998
Okay. Well...
01:25:29.499 --> 01:25:30.792
Just so you know,
01:25:31.209 --> 01:25:32.586
and with all due respect to you,
01:25:32.669 --> 01:25:34.796
Miss whatever the fuck
you want to be called,
01:25:36.548 --> 01:25:38.050
I didn't bring my daughter here.
01:25:39.509 --> 01:25:41.178
I didn't bring her here at all.
01:25:41.261 --> 01:25:44.014
But if I ever come here
and see her like this again,
01:25:44.097 --> 01:25:46.516
I will take her out of here.
01:26:34.356 --> 01:26:36.024
Are you all right, Sister Cathleen?
01:26:40.654 --> 01:26:41.780
(COUGHS)
01:26:43.490 --> 01:26:45.158
(NUNS GASPING)
01:26:48.537 --> 01:26:49.621
(DOOR OPENS)
01:26:51.915 --> 01:26:54.459
(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)
01:27:30.912 --> 01:27:32.497
Reverend Mother...
01:27:34.291 --> 01:27:35.667
She asked me to check on you.
01:27:37.377 --> 01:27:39.296
And we don't have to sign.
It's not grand silence yet.
01:27:41.548 --> 01:27:43.008
They asked me to bring soup for you.
01:27:58.523 --> 01:27:59.733
Thank you.
01:28:01.401 --> 01:28:03.069
(PRAYING)
01:28:12.954 --> 01:28:15.207
So you were at the SOCs, right?
01:28:18.293 --> 01:28:19.628
What happened, you didn't like it there?
01:28:25.175 --> 01:28:27.135
It's not that I didn't like it,
it's just...
01:28:28.553 --> 01:28:29.763
I don't know, I just thought
01:28:31.056 --> 01:28:32.724
being a Rose would be better for me.
01:28:33.558 --> 01:28:34.684
I thought it would be easier.
01:28:36.019 --> 01:28:37.604
Isn't it so much stricter here?
01:28:39.773 --> 01:28:42.901
Sometimes when things are stricter,
it makes them easier.
01:28:44.110 --> 01:28:45.153
I wouldn't know.
01:28:46.905 --> 01:28:48.657
All I ever wanted was to be a Rose.
01:28:49.366 --> 01:28:50.992
Seems to come so naturally to you.
01:28:51.910 --> 01:28:53.286
Sometimes, I guess.
01:28:53.370 --> 01:28:54.746
I just know that
01:28:57.374 --> 01:28:59.125
I want God's love
01:29:01.837 --> 01:29:05.382
and if being a good nun is what it takes
to deserve it, then...
01:29:05.841 --> 01:29:07.425
I admire your devotion.
01:29:08.635 --> 01:29:11.471
The passion you feel,
it seems real with you.
01:29:12.264 --> 01:29:14.015
Isn't it with you, too?
01:29:16.643 --> 01:29:18.979
(BELL TOLLING)
01:29:26.027 --> 01:29:27.195
Sister Emanuel?
01:30:01.438 --> 01:30:04.065
Maybe it's a strange question, but...
01:30:06.359 --> 01:30:07.569
Why'd you do it?
01:30:09.487 --> 01:30:14.075
I mean, why did you starve yourself,
make yourself sick?
01:30:17.454 --> 01:30:18.788
Did you do it for Christ?
01:30:26.296 --> 01:30:29.424
I'm sorry, it's...
It's really not my place to ask.
01:30:31.092 --> 01:30:32.344
You can turn around.
01:30:43.563 --> 01:30:46.316
I thought I was doing it for Christ.
01:30:47.943 --> 01:30:48.985
Or,
01:30:50.987 --> 01:30:53.156
just to be a better nun,
01:30:55.367 --> 01:30:57.869
but maybe I also thought that
01:31:01.414 --> 01:31:03.959
if I made myself starve on the outside,
01:31:04.709 --> 01:31:06.252
I wouldn't feel myself
01:31:08.588 --> 01:31:10.215
starving as much on the inside.
01:31:11.800 --> 01:31:13.134
What are you starving for?
01:31:16.554 --> 01:31:17.806
I don't know.
01:31:37.033 --> 01:31:38.493
EMANUEL:
"Let not your heart be troubled.
01:31:40.954 --> 01:31:43.581
"You believe in God. Believe also in me.
01:31:44.582 --> 01:31:46.710
"In my Father's house,
there are many rooms.
01:31:47.544 --> 01:31:48.628
"Were it not so,
01:31:48.712 --> 01:31:50.130
-"I should have told you..."
- Will you please stop?
01:31:51.589 --> 01:31:52.924
I'm sorry.
01:31:54.009 --> 01:31:55.969
I'm sorry, did I do something wrong?
01:32:01.433 --> 01:32:02.434
I don't understand.
01:32:10.984 --> 01:32:13.820
You can just keep reading.
Please go back to reading, please.
01:32:16.740 --> 01:32:17.824
Just read. I'm sorry.
01:32:23.371 --> 01:32:24.497
(SIGHS)
01:33:16.007 --> 01:33:18.593
No, that was a mistake. I'm sorry.
01:33:18.676 --> 01:33:19.886
- It's my fault.
- That was my fault.
01:33:19.969 --> 01:33:20.970
I'm sorry. That was a mistake.
01:33:21.054 --> 01:33:23.389
- I'm sorry, it was my fault.
- No, it's me. I have to go.
01:33:24.766 --> 01:33:25.767
(DOOR CLOSES)
01:33:25.850 --> 01:33:27.143
So stupid of...
01:33:29.938 --> 01:33:32.440
(BELL TOLLING)
01:33:42.659 --> 01:33:44.119
(YELLING)
01:33:46.496 --> 01:33:47.580
(SIGHS)
01:33:47.705 --> 01:33:49.332
(BELL CONTINUES TOLLING)
01:33:49.707 --> 01:33:52.961
EMANUEL: Lord,
make me an instrument of thy peace.
01:33:53.545 --> 01:33:55.880
Where there is hatred, let me sow love,
01:33:56.840 --> 01:33:58.883
where there is injury, pardon,
01:33:59.384 --> 01:34:01.010
where there is doubt, faith,
01:34:02.262 --> 01:34:03.972
where there is despair, hope,
01:34:04.514 --> 01:34:06.099
where there is sadness, joy,
01:34:06.558 --> 01:34:08.101
where there is darkness, light.
01:34:08.601 --> 01:34:10.145
Oh, Divine Master,
01:34:10.436 --> 01:34:13.690
grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console,
01:34:14.149 --> 01:34:18.153
to be understood as to understand,
to be loved as to love.
01:34:20.530 --> 01:34:22.782
Love, love, love.
01:34:23.449 --> 01:34:24.659
Love.
01:34:25.743 --> 01:34:29.706
(BELL TOLLING)
01:34:42.844 --> 01:34:45.513
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
01:34:58.943 --> 01:35:00.195
Sisters.
01:35:00.778 --> 01:35:02.155
I have an announcement.
01:35:03.072 --> 01:35:05.992
I apologize that this has taken so long,
01:35:07.076 --> 01:35:09.871
but there's something very important
01:35:09.954 --> 01:35:12.790
that I've been meaning to inform you of.
01:35:13.458 --> 01:35:15.543
I'm sure, by now,
01:35:15.627 --> 01:35:19.422
at least a few of you have heard
of something called Vatican ll.
01:35:20.465 --> 01:35:21.716
In a nutshell,
01:35:22.842 --> 01:35:25.553
there's been a series of meetings
in Rome
01:35:26.846 --> 01:35:28.598
over the past three years.
01:35:30.225 --> 01:35:33.770
These meetings have been
principally concerned with revisions
01:35:33.853 --> 01:35:35.521
that the Pope and others
01:35:35.980 --> 01:35:39.776
felt necessary to ensure the survival
01:35:41.194 --> 01:35:42.403
of our Church.
01:35:45.865 --> 01:35:50.078
I, myself, couldn't be more pleased
01:35:50.453 --> 01:35:52.580
with the results of Vatican ll.
01:35:53.998 --> 01:35:59.796
Pope John XXIII
was nothing short of a visionary
01:35:59.879 --> 01:36:01.756
in terms of...
01:36:04.884 --> 01:36:06.427
In terms...
01:36:09.472 --> 01:36:11.057
Well, let's not belabor it.
01:36:11.724 --> 01:36:16.646
I will read this letter
from the Archdiocese.
01:36:17.355 --> 01:36:18.773
A letter,
01:36:19.983 --> 01:36:22.277
regarding certain reforms
01:36:22.360 --> 01:36:26.155
which we will be adopting immediately.
01:36:30.451 --> 01:36:32.870
"From now on, please be advised
01:36:32.954 --> 01:36:37.166
"that priests are no longer required
to read the liturgy in Latin
01:36:37.458 --> 01:36:40.753
"and should face the congregation
during Mass.
01:36:42.839 --> 01:36:46.092
(TEARFULLY) "All Catholics are further
encouraged to embrace
01:36:46.384 --> 01:36:49.512
"the idea of full religious tolerance.
01:36:49.595 --> 01:36:53.224
"While we may not share
the same beliefs as others,
01:36:53.308 --> 01:36:55.393
"we will honor and respect
01:36:55.476 --> 01:36:59.605
"each and every individual's belief
as their own.
01:37:00.648 --> 01:37:04.694
"Please be advised also that all nuns
01:37:04.777 --> 01:37:08.489
"and women religious,
cloistered and non-cloistered,
01:37:10.199 --> 01:37:14.412
"are no longer required to wear
the traditional habit
01:37:15.288 --> 01:37:18.958
"as a symbol of their
lifelong matrimony to Christ.
01:37:19.792 --> 01:37:20.918
"In fact,
01:37:22.920 --> 01:37:25.673
"they are now free to wear
what they want.
01:37:28.092 --> 01:37:31.179
"Regarding the culture
of more extreme abnegation
01:37:31.262 --> 01:37:35.350
"and self-punishment still prevalent
in many communities today,
01:37:36.434 --> 01:37:38.978
"please be advised
that according to the Council,
01:37:39.062 --> 01:37:41.064
"this is no longer understood
01:37:42.899 --> 01:37:45.193
"to be the appropriate path to follow
01:37:45.276 --> 01:37:48.154
"for all those seeking
greater union with Christ.
01:37:48.905 --> 01:37:50.782
"It is no longer acceptable
01:37:50.865 --> 01:37:54.619
"to view any acts of extreme sacrifice
01:37:55.912 --> 01:37:57.705
"as an act of love.
01:37:58.539 --> 01:37:59.749
(CRYING) "Finally,
01:38:01.751 --> 01:38:03.211
"from here forward,
01:38:03.461 --> 01:38:08.424
"in the eyes of both
the Holy Church and God,
01:38:10.635 --> 01:38:13.471
"the status of all nuns
shall be reduced as equal
01:38:13.554 --> 01:38:18.810
"to that of any regular
practicing Catholic.
01:38:18.893 --> 01:38:23.022
"While the choice to enter the convent
remains one's own,
01:38:23.898 --> 01:38:26.567
(VOICE BREAKING) "this does not
necessarily make nuns any more
01:38:28.903 --> 01:38:31.447
"beloved or special
01:38:32.657 --> 01:38:34.409
"in the eyes of God."
01:38:38.579 --> 01:38:42.667
I am deeply sorry, Sisters.
01:38:43.709 --> 01:38:44.877
Have a pleasant day.
01:38:52.552 --> 01:38:54.095
-(NUNS WEEPING)
-(DOOR CLOSES)
01:38:56.973 --> 01:39:00.226
(CHORAL HYMN PLAYING)
01:39:06.524 --> 01:39:08.234
REVEREND MOTHER: Where are you?
01:39:14.031 --> 01:39:18.911
I can feel you, right next to me,
for so long.
01:39:19.454 --> 01:39:20.663
With me
01:39:22.623 --> 01:39:26.127
all that time, my darling husband.
01:39:28.921 --> 01:39:31.924
And now you've abandoned me.
01:39:39.599 --> 01:39:41.100
And you hoped
01:39:42.351 --> 01:39:44.437
that I would lose faith in you?
01:39:47.190 --> 01:39:51.527
You imagined that I would
just walk out those gates?
01:39:55.823 --> 01:39:57.366
I cannot.
01:40:01.162 --> 01:40:02.705
I made a commitment
01:40:04.665 --> 01:40:06.167
forty years ago.
01:40:08.377 --> 01:40:12.340
And even if you choose
to turn your light from me forever...
01:40:17.553 --> 01:40:20.515
I am yours. (LAUGHS)
01:40:23.809 --> 01:40:25.770
Oh, my darling husband.
01:40:30.066 --> 01:40:31.734
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
01:40:59.178 --> 01:41:00.471
You can't be here.
01:41:08.521 --> 01:41:09.522
Okay.
01:41:19.865 --> 01:41:20.866
Okay.
01:41:35.047 --> 01:41:36.215
It's okay.
01:41:36.299 --> 01:41:37.633
(DOOR CLOSES)
01:41:47.268 --> 01:41:48.436
(SNIFFLES)
01:41:50.688 --> 01:41:51.897
(SIGHS)
01:42:06.871 --> 01:42:08.247
Do you remember...
01:42:14.086 --> 01:42:16.464
Do you remember when you asked
what I was starving for?
01:42:24.597 --> 01:42:25.931
I just want to be comforted.
01:42:28.976 --> 01:42:31.103
Please, will you just comfort me?
01:42:37.318 --> 01:42:38.903
Please, will you just...
Please, will you just...
01:42:39.278 --> 01:42:40.488
Will you, please? Just...
01:42:49.330 --> 01:42:51.874
Please, will you just comfort me?
Please, please, please.
01:42:54.794 --> 01:42:58.381
Please, will you just comfort me?
Please, will you just comfort me?
01:43:01.509 --> 01:43:02.885
I can't.
01:43:05.971 --> 01:43:09.058
Please, I just want to be comforted.
Please, please, please.
01:43:12.395 --> 01:43:13.604
Please.
01:43:13.688 --> 01:43:15.106
(SHUSHING)
01:43:19.610 --> 01:43:21.112
- Okay.
- Please comfort me.
01:43:21.195 --> 01:43:23.489
- I will. I will comfort you.
- Please, please, please.
01:43:23.572 --> 01:43:24.824
Okay. Okay. Okay.
01:43:24.907 --> 01:43:26.158
(SHUSHES)
01:43:31.372 --> 01:43:33.666
(CATHLEEN BREATHING HEAVILY)
01:43:39.964 --> 01:43:41.590
Please, please, please.
01:43:41.674 --> 01:43:45.594
Okay. Okay. Stop talking.
01:43:50.349 --> 01:43:51.350
Please.
01:44:03.946 --> 01:44:05.698
Please, just comfort me. Please, please.
01:44:07.700 --> 01:44:08.743
Please.
01:44:16.751 --> 01:44:19.253
(CONTINUES BREATHING HEAVILY)
01:44:28.888 --> 01:44:30.264
- Please, please.
- Okay, okay.
01:44:30.347 --> 01:44:32.600
- Please, please.
- Okay, okay.
01:44:36.771 --> 01:44:37.897
Comfort me.
01:44:43.903 --> 01:44:45.613
REVEREND MOTHER:
I take it you're feeling better?
01:44:49.533 --> 01:44:52.661
Yes. I am.
01:44:53.412 --> 01:44:54.622
Thank you.
01:44:55.998 --> 01:44:59.919
I appreciate the devotion you showed,
starving yourself for Christ.
01:45:00.795 --> 01:45:01.879
Thank you, Mother.
01:45:04.298 --> 01:45:07.176
So, a few bumps here and there,
01:45:07.259 --> 01:45:10.304
but mostly you have been exceptional
during your training.
01:45:11.931 --> 01:45:14.099
I believe you belong here
with us, Sister.
01:45:15.351 --> 01:45:16.811
Doesn't that make you happy?
01:45:18.062 --> 01:45:19.146
Yes.
01:45:20.481 --> 01:45:21.690
Of course.
01:45:22.900 --> 01:45:24.068
Of course I'm happy.
01:45:25.152 --> 01:45:26.320
I...
01:45:27.279 --> 01:45:28.531
Uh...
01:45:29.865 --> 01:45:33.285
I don't know how much you've heard
about this Vatican ll?
01:45:35.454 --> 01:45:36.872
Not much,
01:45:36.956 --> 01:45:38.582
just little things
I've heard here and there
01:45:38.666 --> 01:45:40.000
from some of the others.
01:45:43.879 --> 01:45:45.464
When I first came here...
01:45:47.925 --> 01:45:51.887
When I first came to this convent,
I had nothing.
01:45:55.266 --> 01:45:58.769
No home, no family, nothing.
01:46:02.606 --> 01:46:06.277
The Church is the only thing
that ever held me.
01:46:07.528 --> 01:46:08.946
It gave me my work,
01:46:10.072 --> 01:46:11.282
my community,
01:46:12.032 --> 01:46:13.367
even my identity.
01:46:15.452 --> 01:46:21.041
And now Vatican ll is trying
to invalidate all that, for all of us.
01:46:23.168 --> 01:46:25.004
Saying none of it matters.
01:46:27.381 --> 01:46:28.841
So, my question is,
01:46:29.884 --> 01:46:32.887
what is it that really does
still matter?
01:46:55.242 --> 01:46:56.493
Sister?
01:46:59.496 --> 01:47:03.125
(BELL TOLLING)
01:47:05.294 --> 01:47:08.213
CHARLOTTE: So much has changed
since we were postulants.
01:47:10.633 --> 01:47:13.344
I know that
when I first had my vocation,
01:47:14.470 --> 01:47:15.846
that it was real.
01:47:16.472 --> 01:47:17.932
It was a real vocation.
01:47:19.808 --> 01:47:23.062
Really, truly, His voice calling to me.
01:47:29.735 --> 01:47:31.904
I just don't know sometimes
01:47:31.987 --> 01:47:34.531
if that was what
He was really calling me for.
01:47:36.659 --> 01:47:38.869
Maybe He wants something else for me.
01:47:41.163 --> 01:47:43.707
Maybe He never meant for me
to be a nun at all...
01:47:48.087 --> 01:47:51.131
Just wants me to be happy
and be good to others.
01:47:54.593 --> 01:47:57.721
Or maybe not.
01:48:04.019 --> 01:48:08.607
For your penance, I'd like you to say
three extra Hail Marys at bedtime.
01:48:09.191 --> 01:48:10.526
You can do it quickly if you'd like.
01:48:16.323 --> 01:48:17.658
Sister Cathleen.
01:48:19.076 --> 01:48:20.703
Come to the center of the room, please.
01:48:30.295 --> 01:48:33.882
You have any accusations
you'd like to share with us? Hmm?
01:48:35.801 --> 01:48:36.844
Faults?
01:48:42.391 --> 01:48:43.892
- Do you hear me, Sister?
- Yes.
01:48:51.483 --> 01:48:52.943
I want to accuse myself.
01:48:54.737 --> 01:48:58.282
(SIGHS DEEPLY)
01:49:00.951 --> 01:49:02.494
I accuse myself of having feelings.
01:49:04.580 --> 01:49:05.998
"Feelings"?
01:49:08.208 --> 01:49:10.169
Feelings I'm not sure
I'm supposed to have.
01:49:13.672 --> 01:49:15.382
Like wanting to be with another person
01:49:20.596 --> 01:49:21.889
in a way that made me
01:49:23.932 --> 01:49:24.933
feel...
01:49:25.017 --> 01:49:26.435
Feel what?
01:49:28.395 --> 01:49:29.396
Comforted.
01:49:31.607 --> 01:49:32.816
Wanted.
01:49:34.359 --> 01:49:35.486
Loved.
01:49:37.571 --> 01:49:38.947
I wanted someone to touch me.
01:49:41.158 --> 01:49:43.827
I wanted someone to make me feel
something more than God can give me.
01:49:43.911 --> 01:49:45.454
More than God can give you?
01:49:46.246 --> 01:49:47.372
What do you mean?
01:49:47.748 --> 01:49:50.459
- Explain yourself.
- I don't know how to explain myself.
01:49:51.251 --> 01:49:52.461
(SNIFFLING)
01:49:53.587 --> 01:49:55.255
I'm accusing myself
of being intimate with someone.
01:49:55.506 --> 01:49:57.925
- Intimate?
- With another Sister.
01:49:58.801 --> 01:50:00.010
Feeling love for her.
01:50:02.387 --> 01:50:04.515
And I don't think it was a sin.
I don't think it was a sin.
01:50:04.598 --> 01:50:07.810
Because it didn't feel like a sin.
It felt like I'm supposed to feel.
01:50:08.352 --> 01:50:09.603
A particular friendship?
01:50:10.854 --> 01:50:12.189
With someone in this room?
01:50:14.900 --> 01:50:16.360
- Who?
- I'm not going to say, Mother.
01:50:16.443 --> 01:50:17.444
I did what you asked.
01:50:17.528 --> 01:50:20.280
I made my confession.
Will you just give me my penance?
01:50:20.489 --> 01:50:24.535
I want you to tell me exactly
what you did and with whom.
01:50:24.618 --> 01:50:26.036
No, I did what you asked,
I made my accusation.
01:50:26.120 --> 01:50:27.788
- Will you just give me my penance?
- Do you want your penance?
01:50:27.871 --> 01:50:29.456
Yes, I want my penance.
Please just give me my penance.
01:50:29.957 --> 01:50:31.333
You want your penance, Cathleen?
01:50:31.416 --> 01:50:33.877
Yes, I just want my penance.
Please just give me my penance.
01:50:33.961 --> 01:50:35.420
You do? You want your penance?
01:50:36.213 --> 01:50:38.423
(SOBBING) Yes, I just want my penance.
I want my penance, please.
01:50:38.507 --> 01:50:40.259
- Do you want your penance?
- Please, yes.
01:50:43.345 --> 01:50:44.763
Please give it to me.
01:50:45.430 --> 01:50:50.435
I want you to crawl around this room
01:50:50.519 --> 01:50:55.023
and ask this group for your penance.
01:50:55.107 --> 01:50:57.442
I just want my penance.
Please, I beg you. Please. Please.
01:50:58.402 --> 01:50:59.862
I'm begging you, please.
01:51:01.363 --> 01:51:03.365
(HEAVING SOBS)
01:51:03.448 --> 01:51:04.825
I'm begging you
01:51:08.036 --> 01:51:10.539
Please, I'm begging you. Please, please.
01:51:14.710 --> 01:51:16.795
I'm begging you, please.
01:51:16.879 --> 01:51:18.755
(CATHLEEN CONTINUES SOBBING)
01:51:39.985 --> 01:51:41.945
(WHISPERING) I don't understand.
Where is everyone?
01:51:43.447 --> 01:51:44.531
Gone.
01:51:44.865 --> 01:51:46.408
Gone? What do you mean, "gone"?
01:51:47.117 --> 01:51:48.327
Didn't you hear?
01:51:49.119 --> 01:51:50.996
It's because of Vatican ll.
01:51:53.498 --> 01:51:55.209
Now and forever. God bless, Sister.
01:51:57.461 --> 01:52:00.047
You three are late.
ls everyone here now?
01:52:05.093 --> 01:52:08.472
Why are there only five dresses?
Where's Sister Emanuel?
01:52:08.555 --> 01:52:10.432
Sister Emanuel's dress
will not be needed anymore
01:52:10.515 --> 01:52:11.725
because Sister Emanuel left.
01:52:12.267 --> 01:52:14.269
She's not going to be taking vows
with the rest of you.
01:52:14.353 --> 01:52:15.771
What do you mean, she left?
Where'd she go?
01:52:15.854 --> 01:52:17.731
I have no idea, she just left.
That's all.
01:52:17.814 --> 01:52:19.650
I guess she didn't want
to be a nun anymore.
01:52:20.567 --> 01:52:22.236
(NOVICES GIGGLING)
01:52:23.528 --> 01:52:25.530
CATHLEEN:
I don't know if this is something
01:52:25.614 --> 01:52:27.532
that I need to figure out on my own.
01:52:28.825 --> 01:52:30.369
I'll do whatever it takes.
01:52:32.204 --> 01:52:33.872
If you want me to stay, then I'll stay.
01:52:38.669 --> 01:52:41.755
But I can't tell
if that's what you want anymore.
01:52:41.880 --> 01:52:43.882
I can't hear you, and I don't know.
01:52:47.803 --> 01:52:50.597
(SIGHS DEEPLY)
01:52:54.434 --> 01:52:58.188
(CHORAL HYMN PLAYING)
01:53:24.631 --> 01:53:28.593
(BELLS TOLLING)
01:53:28.719 --> 01:53:31.930
(CHORAL HYMN PLAYING)
01:54:12.346 --> 01:54:13.805
PRIEST: I pray and beseech thee
01:54:15.057 --> 01:54:17.601
-that each of these dear pledges...
- WOMAN: Is he speaking English?
01:54:17.684 --> 01:54:19.019
...of Jesus and Mary,
01:54:19.686 --> 01:54:22.856
their being preserved
from all uncleanness.
01:54:23.231 --> 01:54:26.943
Thy may with spotless mind,
pure heart and a chaste body
01:54:27.986 --> 01:54:32.616
serve Jesus and Mary most chastely
all the days of my life.
01:54:32.699 --> 01:54:33.700
Amen.
01:54:39.539 --> 01:54:40.999
What is it you seek?
01:54:42.376 --> 01:54:45.170
I seek to take the vows
01:54:45.420 --> 01:54:50.801
of chastity, poverty and obedience.
01:54:52.344 --> 01:54:53.637
To give my life
01:54:54.888 --> 01:54:57.015
to God for eternity.
01:54:58.100 --> 01:55:03.814
To be married forever
to our Lord Jesus Christ.
01:55:05.690 --> 01:55:09.152
PRIEST: Bride of Christ,
you are now professed.
01:55:27.712 --> 01:55:29.589
PRIEST: What is it you desire?
01:55:34.302 --> 01:55:35.554
With the help of God,
01:55:37.222 --> 01:55:39.141
I have come to know in this community
01:55:41.143 --> 01:55:43.687
both the difficulty and joy
01:55:44.771 --> 01:55:46.898
of a life completely devoted to Him.
01:55:50.485 --> 01:55:53.905
My desire is to make
permanent profession
01:55:55.407 --> 01:55:56.741
within this community
01:55:59.411 --> 01:56:01.455
and to wear the holy habit of the Rose.
01:56:02.164 --> 01:56:03.915
PRIEST: And what is it you seek?
01:56:04.082 --> 01:56:07.419
(CHORAL HYMN PLAYING)
01:56:19.764 --> 01:56:20.891
I seek... (SIGHS)
01:56:22.809 --> 01:56:24.060
What do I seek?
01:56:28.899 --> 01:56:30.192
What do I seek?
01:56:42.704 --> 01:56:43.955
I seek...
01:56:47.459 --> 01:56:48.793
I seek something more.
01:57:14.778 --> 01:57:18.990
(CHORAL HYMN PLAYING)
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