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It's a cult.

@@cbvagabond Why?

@@Terry-te1ij 1. Separates them from family. 2. Pledge allegiance to the group. 3. Wear a hierarchy of garb. 4. Disregards scripture.

@@cbvagabond and this is your business because? What about her body, her choice?

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Same here-I was about that age when I saw it first😊

How sad leave young lady among the wolves.

Don't overlook the fact that it is so BEAUTIFULLY filmed also. With a tremendous cast.

Audrey Hepburn! A Great Actress and a inspiration to all People. Her love was spread to the World. Great Movie! Bob.

Agreed. I have heard many horror stories of nuns beating students with rulers, and yes it ALWAYS a pleasure to watch Audrey.

Those holy vows certainly don't make anyone a Saint! I spent five years working as the Technical Director/Stagecraft Instructor for a private Art Institute/'Children's Theater where my "boss" was a former Catholic school drama teacher and a Nun. She was a lousy administrator who used her religious background as leverage every chance she got and verbally abused the children she directed in our productions... something I refused to tolerate. Even so, I got accustomed to her taking credit for my design work simply figuring her God would take care of her later! But when I spotted a six-pack of Coors beer in the bottom drawer of her desk and she coyly admitted she liked a little something late in the day, I'd finally had enough then informed the institute's President of what I'd experienced and walked out. She finally resigned the following year in disgrace and retired to her Mother house. Needless to say I learned a great deal about hypocrisy during those years! But: THE NUN'S STORY is an excellent film where Audrey Hepburn shines as a woman whose own faith is challenged to the point where she too walks away.

I too have a story about my chemistry teacher in school. He was a militant atheist and despised all pupils with religious backgrounds. I got away with his regular beatings, but others didn't. He was as spiteful as you are, and he was in the habit of giving bad grades to the pupils he didn't like so that they would repeat the same academic year again (that's the law in my country). It has a happy ending though. Some kids came over their fear and reported him. Others followed and some parents threatened to sue the school. The school kicked him out and as far as I know he had difficulty making ends meet for the rest of his days till he finally died alone, friendless and poor some years ago. So as you see, being a bad person has nothing to do with religion. Religion sets rules and people try to keep up with them. Some succeed and some lose their way. The same goes with atheism. Being an atheist doesn't necessarily mean that you're not a piece of 💩

@@Not-Impressed..1821 Agreed!

​@@spockboy Probably the bizarrely named 'Sisters of Mercy'. They were always big on child abuse 😢

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Thank you for hearing that story, Carol. I went to Catholic school for 12 years so I more or less grew up with nuns. It’s not a life I would choose but I admire those who do.

God bless you all!

The Christian God said “ go and multiply “

That's such a sweet story. ❤

Hulme was the author, not the protagonist. She was never in a convent. Sister Luke is based on a women whom Hulme met while assisting refugees toward the end of the war. The two women became lifelong companions and eventually visited Africa together, as recorded in Hulme's later nonfiction book: "Look a Lion in the Eye."

@@constantreader8760 you are correct. I think Sister Luke felt that she was a failure because she ultimately left the religious life. But I hardly think she was. A courageous life well lived.

They were training robots in this convent. To me that is a very shallow definition of getting close to god.

​@@PanteA.. Nobody is forced to be a Nun. God does not want unwilling servants. They have 7 years to decide. That applies to all religious including Priests.

@@Anon.5216exactly and if the time comes that they feel they can no longer live out their ministry by living as a religious, they can leave.

My children’s great aunt was a SSND, Sr. Mary Daniel, then Sr. Eileen.

​@@laurenflowers2023I thank God every day for the education the Sisters of St Joseph gave me, and my wonderful Jesuits in college.

What I wouldn't do to give my children the good Catholic education that I received.

You were Lucky!😅

Children with learning problem or did not conform to their way of thinking did not fare well with these teaching nuns . They were s narrow minded self righteous sadist not all but far to many.

You were lucky. I was terrified of the nuns. They were absolutely hateful creatures and not people of God. I and a group of former students tried to meet with them in 1998 but they were essentially in hiding because so many children wanted to sue them or just talk to them and ask why they were so hateful. The Catholic church helped to hide them.

I went to catholic school and the nuns where good holy women who treated us very well

When I was a young girl we were told by the nuns that taught us ….If Good Calls You ,you must answer the call…. So I used to cry and pray to God …..Please God don’t call me. I don’t think he did He did, for I married a wonderful man and had six children and in between adopted an another one. God had it all planned for me I am sure . 🙏🙏

My mother said there are a lot of movies out there ; l am glad they released this one. What a selfish industry.

​@mclanaford good for you! And I'm betting you wanted to be a mom and were good to your children? I was a therapist to ppl who were abused as children and I wish women knew how important it is to be a mom above all else if God gives you kids. There are other ppl to do the other jobs.❤

@@sunshineandwarmth Oh yes I did it was my true Vocation. I married a wonderful man who wanted those children as much as I did . I was very blessed.

Good movie but more of good "HORROR" movie, gave me goosebump and felt sick in my stomach after watching. I don't normally feel that way with most horror movies.

Yes , definetely , it was a very difficult work, and she really did amazing

@@carmelaPascuaLopezLavalle It was her most popular film: all kinds of people wanted to see it, not just Hollywood fans.

Beautifully said 👍

Wow! what Insight! you could teach Film Class in Adult school!

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Can I ask, What of Vatican II and politics changed?

That's sad to hear! we don't abandon Jesus because of Judas! you should have stayed and fought for the Church, for Jesus and for the faith. Because so many left the garden, the ravens came to destroy it later... bad priests came in, bad nuns, people who had no call and those who were called let Vatican II change their views. We should never abandon Jesus because of bad decisions inside the Church. I never abandoned Jesus because of that. I would be there, fighting, showing my disposition to serve Him. WE ARE THE CHURCH. If we have potential to bear good fruits we must bear good fruits and dedicate our love and time for that garden. The victory is not ours, it is His. If He wanted you there, you had to obey His call not matter what. I am happy for so many who didn't leave, who chose to stay and fight and do a great job. Their merit is true and the glory and the blessings are waiting them in Heavens. "And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it" -- Matthew 16:18.

@@karl104 Things in our day to day life changed as well as in the daily mass. There was no discussion, just change.

@@1951kvk "Seclude not yourselves in churches and cloisters. Come forth by My leave, and occupy yourselves with that which will profit your souls and the souls of men." Baha'u'llah

@@1951kvk The decline in a reverential attitude toward God and the Mass certainly contributed to the decreasing numbers of nuns. There were also particular incidents which drove the sisters away. For example, when Pope Francis suggested that married women could simply use birth control pills to avoid deformed babies during the Zika epidemic, the press was shocked. He then countered with an offhand remark about how missionary nuns in Africa had been raped by the natives back in the 60s. Rome's solution was not to recall the nuns to take them out of harm's way or provide for guards. Instead, birth control pills were sent to the sisters, so they could avoid getting pregnant. This in his mind solved the problem and set a precedent for using the Pill against Zika. The appalling insensitivity then and now leaves one speechless. We the laity never heard this story back then, but you can imagine how quickly the news made the rounds in convent grapevines. This story was printed in national newspapers, where I read it only a few years ago. I'm still in shock.

This is beautiful. You are beautiful!

Try looking up the Liturgy of the Hours in Latin here at KZfaq or in the wider internet. This might be what you are after. Good Luck!

I went to a Dominican school and the nuns were great. Real ladies . My mother went to a convent too . Her nuns made sure every leaving cert had a job to go to. I hate to hear people putting them down.

Another thought, there are many CDs with the liturgy and other hymns sung by both nuns and monks available. Search through the internet. You can also check out monthly booklets with the daily liturgy in English on KZfaq and the larger web pages for “Word on Fire.” This group is firmly rooted in the important changes of Vatican II, and offer sound teachings and media. Peace and All Good.

This is based on a true story. The nun who asked her to bomb the exam did a most unjust thing, as Sister Luke wanted to follow in her father's footsteps and had the brains to do it.

@Tosca721 and as her Superior said, that was wrong. I share lots of Sr. Luke's opinions, which is why I left the convent. In this House of Brede gives a better view of cloistered religious life, but it hasdrama, too.

@@madonnahood3381 I LOVE that book!

Remember that this took place in the 20’s, 30’s and 40’s. If you read the book you will find that she was welcomed back warmly, but when a nun in that order walked into the door of the Motherhouse, the first thing she did was visit the chapel. Numero Uno. Then, visit with her Superior.

Thats beautiful but NEVER forget, only ordained Priests can turn bread and wine into the BODY and BLOOD of our Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus loves women, through His Holy Mother He elevated women for all time. Women and men are equal in Gods eyes. God weighs the heart, not the activity.

You know there’s a part 2 right?

@@Freshie13 I know there’s a Part 2 and I know the ending of the movie. I don’t think a sequel was ever made but if you know of one, please let me know. Thanks!!

the movie is based on the book which is based on a true story. so you can find out what really happened if you like. i remember reading about it some time ago, but can't recall enough to tell you

@@hjm5885 I read the Wikipedia entry about what happened to the person this movie was based on. In my own imagination, I envisioned her going back to the Congo to assist Dr. Fortunatti. I sensed somewhat of an attraction or at the very least a mutual admiration between them. Would have made an interesting storyline in a sequel.

Marie Louise Habets, the woman who was the model for Sister Luke, left her convent in the middle of WWII and, while working as a nurse in Belgium with the liberating Allied forces, she met Kathryn Hulme, who was directing UN relief efforts in Europe. Hulme admired this nurse's courage and kindness. They became lifelong companions. Habets later moved to the US and worked as a nurse for the Santa Fe Railroad. Later, Habets and Hulme moved to Hawaii. Together, they also visited Africa, as related in Hulme's nonfiction work: "Look a Lion in the Eye."

Ah, yes fifty years ago.. those were the days when eleven year-olds would have had a vocabulary above four words, an attention span beyond 1.1072 seconds, and the sense that they were not the only entity on the planet.

Thank MovieCon, not KZfaq.

Why are you shouting like that?

Not Mary

Why all caps?

Ben Hur was the best & rightfully got best picture award.

😂. That was a good movie too.❤

Both excellent movies but can understand why Ben hur won

Ben Hur is Sick ! So many beautiful horses 🐎 were injured or killed in the making. Look it up !!

Not hard to imagine at all

Yes not natural did god really want those women to swelter .

Their trials ... unreal ... I'd have failed miserably.

I Thank My Elohim That He Did Not Ask This Of us In The ScripturesTorah/Bible.

That's because most of them turned out to be the most evil and abusive people on the planet.

@@chetyoubetya8565 Tell that to the Palestinians.

Very true. But I think everything changed for the best. Surely one can be a very good nun without following such strict rules which to me seem so ridiculous and unnecessary.

After WW1 there would have been a lack of marriagable, young men. Possibly that played a role too.

@@chetyoubetya8565 Exactly

Ah...the RSCJ's. Once an incredible group, unfortunately decimated by those years of changes. They have educated four generations of women in my family and three are still members of the Society. There are barely three hundred left in the US. Very sad...they certainly had some incredible schools. The aunt of a brother in law was also in the Society for over 70 yrs until her death a few yrs ago. I will never forget her reflections on the changes, especially when they closed Kenwood. "I miss people, not places!"

@@thomasmcnerney9745 Indeed. Classical education, which has stood me in good stead. It was a blow when Noroton CSH closed in 1972. Gorgeous property on a point in Darien, CT, right on Long Island Sound. (I went to CSH in Greenwich, which is still robustly alive as a CSH school. Lovely grounds, but sadly NOT on the water!) Noroton was converted into condos -- very, very nice condos. My English teacher for 3 years in high school was a lovely nun who left the order. I read about her betrothal in 1975 (to a former seminarian, ha!) in the NYTimes when I was a senior in college. What a shock! They are still married, childless, and teaching in Bridgeport, CT. Thanks for your memories.

@@DelvingEye Three of my aunt's went to Noroton. Yes, it was beautiful. We are well acquainted with Greenwich, Newton and Stone Ridge. Very sad that they lost some of their prime properties such as Overbrook. It's now a Jewish YMCA. Three cousins are still RSCJ's but way up in years. They are from the "cupcake" years with the French fluted cap. Nice memories... Sometimes changes are sad. My wife enjoyed them at Kenwood. Oh well... Thanks for your note. Happy Easter!

@@DelvingEye The part that those changes really exposed was the fact that the "rich Madame's weren't so rich afterall" and many beautiful treasures were sold to try and save them. Especially at Newton. Very sad...if they had been more open of the struggles perhaps they could have been helped. Certainly they had access to some incredibly influential people.

It was Vatican 2 and the new Mass and all the changes. That's why they left

It bothered me too. I didn’t understand as having Sister Luke cheating like this would be a sin in the eyes of God. And how dare Sister Pauline judge Sister Luke, saying the latter was full of pride? But it’s just a movie. When I was 13 years old I went to a boarding school run by nuns. The girls who were from rich families were treated better than the ones who were not. The mother superior was an elitist, r*acist witch. I do not have fond memories of that place.

I thought it was a test. To see whether she is willing to cheat.

There is a Father Damien type priest in The Nun's Story living in a leper colony near Sister Luke's African convent. To her sorrow, he reveals that he is already marked with the disease.

I saw that movie 😢

Her leaving made me very SAD as a young girl .

Heard this story about what they did to left handed children they should have been charged with child abuse and jailed

Back in the day ... left-handers were alllll made to become righties... sick psycho-medical approved practices.

It was alll pervasive no matter what school .

Saskia they could be brutal. They lived an unnatural life and were self righteous .

@@tinadavy3990 yes it happened in other. Schools too but in all the nuns were known to be worse .

Between December 1981 and today, the Oscar nominated "The Nun's Story" has now shown on A&E, AMC, BET, Bravo, FX, Lifetime, Bounce, Dabl, Fave TV, OWN, Oxygen, PBS, TCM, TNT, This TV, Sundance Channel and WEtv. As of December 4, 2003, Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution/HBO Enterprises owned most of the television syndication rights to "The Nun's Story" under the Time Warner byline/banner.

Hello! Estou assistindo esse filme para melhorar minha fluência em Inglês. Que pena você perdeu um pouco a fluência. Eu tenho 65 anos.

Il faut parfois insister mais il faut 1/ activer la roue dentée a2/cliquer sur sois titres désactivés 3/cliquer sue traduction automatique 4/cousirent votre langue et cliquer dessus Dites-moi si vous avez réussi C’est ce que j’ai trouvé et qui me permet d’accéder à des enseignements sur le Vedanta à propos de notre vraie nature et de vivre l’enseignement ESSENTIEL et LIBÉRATEUR DU Christ et réaliser de notre vivant la promesse de l’immortalité avant la mort du corps instrument transitoires et précieux pour cette réalisation Bien a vous La traduction n’est pas géniale mais permet de suivre l’histoire Je suis née le 27/02/1944

@@luiz11340 is it possible for you to create a plot summary in Portuguese? I cannot to my regret speak Portuguese as I always lived in the middle of America and could not go anywhere else.

Se pode ler a tradução dos diálogos em português. É suficiente clicar no símbolo com duas [CC] clicar em *Subtítulos e depois clicar no símbolo das Importações [🔅] e clicar em *Tradução automatica. Procurem ver se conseguem.

​@@carmenpdl8918 I never knew about this. Thank you!

😂True!!! But, I'm thankful I did!!! Still Catholic to the bone several decades later by God's faithfulness and grace; and praying God will be pleased to call my three into His service in the Religious life and the Holy priesthood.😁🙏🛐💒

They could really use the sarcasm . My friend said he would cry himself to sleep as a little boy because the nuns at his school were so nasty.

To be fair my husband's stories from his Catholic grammar were identical to my own from a Scottish state school at the same time. Sarcasm and violence were daily practice in the 70s and early 80s.

@@AnneBoleynRome NZ scenes? Will check out your channel!

This movie is 63 years old. Things have changed so much thank God. I hated most of the Nuns as a child.

What about not even being able to talk quickly with your friend at that was considered a sin

@@AnneBoleynRome There is a difference between a sin against the Commandments and an infraction of the Rule. The latter is an imperfection that is declared in the Chapter of Faults, not Confession. Talking without permission was a fault, to be written down in those little books in chapel. Many rules not only formed character, they encouraged efficiency and focused the mind on work, instead of wasting time. The number of nuns was stretched thin among their institutions, so any inclination to idleness was swiftly eliminated. Some of these ideas were carried over into Catholic schools, where pupils consistently outperformed public school students, even though the former had shorter hours. We were sent home early on Wednesdays so kids from public school could have two hours of religion classes to study the Bible and prepare for the sacraments. The scene where Sister Luke was attacked was shocking for many reasons. First, it was unthinkable to lay hands on a nun. Second, to see a sister without her veil in a torn habit was unprecedented at the time. All of this took place in the 1930s, which also made it unimaginable. In the book, Sister Luke was given a new habit to replace her shredded one because of her impulsive act. Convents literally counted every penny, and a new habit would be instantly noticed by everyone, because of the expense it incurred. That black wool serge was durable, but expensive.

@@AnneBoleynRome no,it wasn’t a sin. These were infractions against the Holy Rule, which Sister Luke willingly embraced.

Don’t forget that in the 30’s there was very little to offer in the way of mental health treatment other than heavy duty tranquilizers. So, the baths were probably used as a means of natural sedative and containment. In the book it said the body was coated with Vaseline or some kind of ointment to protect it against the constant moisture. Sounds better than shock therapy!

@@laurenflowers2023 That’s really interesting, something I didn’t know

Yes, excellent. Thank you.

BTW, she was a lesbian.

It's all about control and who will obey regardless. Very sad.

@@QuestionThingsUseLogic more likely about PRIDE and humility.

@@jaimesanta847 l think you misunderstood my comment... Those that created Christianity did so for control, thus obedience to their demands and laws. It was designed to keep people enslaved and it's worked for 2000 years.

Remember that the alternative was marriage and a baby every nine months and ten minutes. Hard to say which is.worse.

​@@christinebutler7630She would have gotten married to her fiancé were it not for her father, who had forbidden the marriage because there had been cases of insanity in her fiancé's family.

Yes. The women's movement taught women not to let men reduce them any longer to subservience. Once they mastered that they sure weren't going to get pushed around by other eomen.😁

@@sunshineandwarmth Yes, it taught them that they dont have to submit to drunken priests who want to rape and impregnate them or lesbian nuns who demand sex or make their lives hell. All that piousness to cover up the rape of nuns and alter boys.

My now deceased ex husband attended a private school In N J. & was beaten by the catholic nuns/ teachers it left him with a deep seated fear of authority for the rest of his adult life- very traumatizing. He died never recovering or healing ftom the trauma. I think those nuns were sexually lfrustrated & took it out on their students/ charges.

Asking someone to deliberately fail is like asking someone to lie (a mortal sin) "Thou shalt not lie."

It wasn't sadism, it was a test. Nuns were to "die to themselves" ... the biblical motto that sums this up is, "he who is faithful in small things, will be faithful in the greater." I hope you are much better, God bless.

I felt it was wrong ... as if the Mother was catering to the 'flunky' nun for another personal reason ...

I can see BOTH SIDES... .

The Church has been infiltrated. But it is His Church and the evil will not prevail.

​@@littleflower9425I also agree Bella Dodds testified in front of Congress She was a communist that Bishop Fullerton Sheen converted her into Catholicism She testified in the 1950 that she brought a thousand communist into the Catholic Church and that some were already in high places in the church. Please looked it up.God bless you ✝️✝️✝️

we hear these things now by media, it was always existed

@@mah_irani no it did not. Before the devilish infiltration by communists and freemasonry to destroy her from within it was incredible how much good there was in the world as a direct result of the Catholic Church. Most all have been programmed to believe otherwise by these same infiltrators - the same ones who crucified Deum Jesum Christum.

I must say that kind kept me from it.. I had my challenges in the family and i see God as a hiding safe place and more likely others do the same.. I didn't want that disappointment from my hiding place..

you’re really clueless and naïve

And you are forever in subservience to priests. I agree with you. But my grandmother says that in her day, this work appealed to young women who wanted to do professional jobs more than immediately getting married and having children. So alot of very bright, courageous women went into it for this reason. I had new respect for them after that conversation.

@@marshhen; that was not because of priests Soley, I am thinking. A sign of the times.

Today’s nuns live very different lives

The rules exist for a reason, i.e. they are not arbitrary. This is similar to why military recruits are subjected to boot camp. A civilian might think that doing drills while being shouted at constantly is unnecessary, but such things encourage the civilian to stop thinking like a civilian and start thinking as a soldier. For example, doing drills helps a person to know how to move as part of a group, and constantly being shouted at mimics the stressful situations a soldier would likely find him/herself in.

She wasn't sent to the asylum as a punishment. She was sent because she was not sufficiently advanced in her spiritual life. Her armor was still too weak, and she required additional formation of character. Sister Luke was overemotional and vainglorious, faults that require time, patience and a humble willingness to eliminate. Growing up in a proud, prestigious family didn't help.

@@starababa1985 Thankyou. Excellent summation. Some people in these comments are rather immature in their understanding of the messages from this movie.

Which is why ppl r here with light 😊

Lo

The movie you are referring to is... In This House of Brede Great book...try and get a copy of it.

Crazy stuff indeed. And all that "I accuse myself of" is a recipe for how to produce a neurotic. The funny thing is that in Christian theology the Accuser is a title the Devil bears -- that's one of his functions, to torment people and accuse them before God. It's one of the reasons he's known as the Enemy.

She wasn't "punished severly" Pay better attention to the dialogue and leave your own misguided illusions out of it. You've taken that particular scene completely out of context to support your own ignorant narrative. The Chapter of Faults was explained in a scene prior to the one you have referenced.

That kind of rule without any forgiveness, which is what Jesus was about, is blasphemous...........and I have a lot more issues with the "Holy Rule" within the Catholic Church,......it isn't reflective of Jesus at all!!

Depended on where/with whom they were placed.

Cradle Catholic? A baby can't make s decision to become Catholic or anything else.

I suspect it would have made God angry to see a mean, bossy nun demand that a good nun, trying her best, hide her light under a bushel of bullshit.