A once vacant convent will now be filled again.
A group of nuns are singing songs of praise. They have travel hundreds of miles from Nebraska to make this convent near Elysburg home.
"We need to have an environment where we can live a life of prayer and contemplation," said Sister Agnes, a Carmelite Nun.
The nun are cloistered, which means they live a life of solitude filled with prayer. They asked us not to show their faces. They came because their convent in Nebraska is continually expanding. There was not enough room.
"It's been growing. It's a population explosion there," said Sister Agnes.
That's when the group decided to make the convent near Elys burg, which has been vacant for a little over a year, their home. About 12 nuns will be moving in in about a month after some renovation work is done at the monastery.
"We have a certain number of grills that are put up through the monastery and a turnstyle through which we receive donated goods and the walls fully enclosed," said Mother Estella Marie.
Sister Angela is preparing the convent for the arrival of the Nebraska nuns. She is also a Carmelite nun and use to live in the monestery. "We are happy it will remain a monastery a house of prayer that the chapel will be available to the people."
The nuns will not be leaving the monastery. They are asking the community for donations to stay afloat.
A group of nuns are singing songs of praise. They have travel hundreds of miles from Nebraska to make this convent near Elysburg home.
"We need to have an environment where we can live a life of prayer and contemplation," said Sister Agnes, a Carmelite Nun.
The nun are cloistered, which means they live a life of solitude filled with prayer. They asked us not to show their faces. They came because their convent in Nebraska is continually expanding. There was not enough room.
"It's been growing. It's a population explosion there," said Sister Agnes.
That's when the group decided to make the convent near Elys burg, which has been vacant for a little over a year, their home. About 12 nuns will be moving in in about a month after some renovation work is done at the monastery.
"We have a certain number of grills that are put up through the monastery and a turnstyle through which we receive donated goods and the walls fully enclosed," said Mother Estella Marie.
Sister Angela is preparing the convent for the arrival of the Nebraska nuns. She is also a Carmelite nun and use to live in the monestery. "We are happy it will remain a monastery a house of prayer that the chapel will be available to the people."
The nuns will not be leaving the monastery. They are asking the community for donations to stay afloat.
