Brides of Christ
Excellent drama series set in a convent at a time when
the Catholic Church was undergoing the most dramatic change in recent history
Part 1 Diane
Diane and Veronica both start their vocations in a Sydney convent at the
same time but where as Veronica takes to her vocation
with ease, Diane starts to question not her religion but the concept of being
told what to do and say and more important what to believe in. Diane takes the
name Sister Catherine and Veronica takes the name Sister Paul. The nuns try to
make her adjust to the life she has chosen but when Catherine’s friendship with
Paul is questioned, the mother superior and her assistant have no choice but to
separate the two women.
Part 2 Frances
Frances Heffernan is at a crossroads in life, the father who she adores
has gone overseas, her mother seems distant from her and she is in a boarding
school where her isolation makes the situation worse. Then when her mother
gives her the news that she wants to remarry it brings on a new crisis, should
she be influenced by what she is thought by the nuns and all the adults that
surround her or should she have faith in what is going to make her mother happy
Part 3 Ambrose
A new Pope is in the Vatican and he wants to make the Church more modern
so changes need to happen but the changes bring to the surface the differences
between the nuns, most notable Agnes and Catherine but when it comes to the
time to make a decision about which way the Convent will go, Mother Ambrose
takes Catherine’s side and forces the nuns to abide by the new rules. When a
male teacher joins the staff Ambrose is forced to face her emotions and she
falls in love with him, then she returns home to nurse her dying father. All
this forces Ambrose to reassess her vocation
Part 4 Rosemary
Rosemary Fitzgerald is at the threshold of womanhood but with her
education in a convent there is nobody she can turn to, to explain what that
means and the changes that her body is experiencing so she goes about finding the
answers herself but will she happy with what she discovers and how will they
effect the people around her
Part 5 Paul
Paul returns home to attend a family wedding, while there she bumps into
a friend of the family, a priest that believes the Church must change more
drastically and it is not too long before they fall in love forcing Paul to
leave the convent. But her faith is tested when she realizes that her
boyfriend’s beliefs alienate him from the church forcing Paul to reconsider her
decision in leaving the convent
Part 6 Catherine
Catherine still cannot adjust to life in the convent but she carries on
hoping that she will settle in but when she is forced to go against the
Church’s stand on contraception she is forced into making a decision
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