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here which was a big thing. The group would give me a and I do not go into other people’s houses or homes;
daily mass, and it was somewhere I could afford to live. that is part of my life. I do the cleaning at church once
a week which I enjoy and is my contribution. That’s a
“I moved here in May 2015. It has been such a prayerful thing to do.
blessing. I live about fifteen minutes by bus, from the
church. It is perfect.
“The Eucharist is the ultimate offering isn’t it? That
and the Office. I have my own times of prayer on top
“I am always in my habit. I am well known. People of that. Mgr Keith has given me permission to have the
stop and ask me for prayers or just to chat, or if children Blessed Sacrament in my home. It is very ordered and
don’t know what a nun is can you tell them what you that is the Benedictine part; focused, and ordered.”
do. Sometimes people say, ‘I haven’t seen a nun for
years it lovely to see one.’ Of course, you also get some
We are grateful to Sr Mary Joseph for her time, and
verbal abuse. That it also part of it. I do still consider frankness. We ask all our readers to pray for her, as we
myself enclosed, so people do not come into my house, know she is praying for us.