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Nuns View Cloistered Life as Joyful Devotion in Brooklyn
In Brooklyn the Sisters Adorers of the Precious Blood, a cloistered order, number 40 with one sister from Ireland and others from Scotland Cuba Canada and the U.S. They live a prayer focused life with selective crowds and flexible rules, while some light social activities and recreation exist. Sister Helene Therese, 23 at entry, describes vows and family ties, and Sister Joan Susan, a Hunter College graduate and former welfare caseworker, is in the novitiate after a March visit experiment.
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Joan Cook
New York Times News Service
New York
U.S
Nimns
Helen Kirk
New York City
Helene Therese, A.P.B
Helene Therese, A.P.B. (Adorer of the Precious Blood
Sisters Adorers of the Precious Blood
Brooklyn
Gerald Fitzgerald
Sisters of the Precious Blood
Helene Therese
Hunter
Helen Therese
Ireland
Scotland
Cuba
Pacificus
Home Garden Magazine
Joan Susan
Joan Dowling
Flatbush
Hunter College
New York City Department of Welfare
State Supreme Court
Manhattan