Sentence examples for that a nun from inspiring English sources

I'm Catholic, but I never imagined that a nun would be brave enough to risk her life for Jewish children".

Reports that a nun at a temple in southern China found a cluster of the tiny flowers under her washing machine set off a recent stir in the press.

Regarding sex, it was suggested that the important thing was that a nun honor her vows of poverty, chastity and obedience once she has committed herself to a religious vocation.

John Garro, a supervisor at the cemetery, said that a nun from New Hampshire, a dedicated Red Sox fan, had left molasses cookies recently in a bold attempt to reverse the curse.

The sobriquet lent itself to occasional odd constructions, like "my aunt Sister," as well as to misunderstandings: when Jacqueline Kennedy tapped Mrs. Parish to spiff up the living quarters on Pennsylvania Avenue, Ms. Bartlett said, one newspaper reported that a nun was redecorating the White House.

On this morning, offerings included pastry that a nun said was left by a follower of Santería, the Afro-Cuban religion that honors the Virgin — though not as a representation of the Virgin Mary, which is what Roman Catholics believe, but as Ochún, the goddess of love and femininity.

The chapel itself is purportedly frequented by the ghost of a lady in 17th-century dress, and by that of a nun.

It was an unfortunate series of events that caused a nun to lose her life".

A woman wearing a long black dress that resembled a nun's habit rose from her seat in the front row.

Later that year, after a nun at Leo House wrote Cardinal Law that someone had called warning that Father Shanley was a child molester, an archdiocesan official responded by telling the nun that "Leo House is a good placement for Father Shanley," according to one memo.

The church's pastor, whom the police did not identify and who was injured in the fire, told the authorities that the body was that of a nun working there.