Sister Julienne Says...

Sr J: I know there are. But we will pray…and we will wait to see what love can do.

Sr J: Charity is another word for love. So often I’ve had to trust in God and say, ‘Let us see what love can do’.

Sr J: I know there are. But we will pray…and we will wait to see what love can do.

S8 is still hard to watch with the abortion stories and the pain many of the characters go through. Especially late in the series when Valerie learns that her Gran has been doing unsafe abortions for decades, that is a Wham-episode if there ever has been one.

and in that same episode and the one after we see several excellent examples of the biggest strength this show has and what we as viewers can take from it. For every crisis, every bad thing that happens, there will be those hit the hardest, and those a little less directly involved. What the Nonnatuns often successfully do is hold up the person most affected and most fragile by directing their care and attention towards them and giving strength. They listen and they take the time to be there until the worst is over, until the path becomes clearer. Like Sister Julienne by accompanying Valerie to the court session because the young nurse will have to testify.

It is the spirit at the core of the show and over all the seasons all of the characters have been in need of support at one time or another. Not all the time we see the happy ending on screen, sometimes a character leaves and tries to rebuild their live elsewhere. But the compassion they experience is still the thing that gives them hope for a better day.

Sister Julienne and the importance of recreation time

Different approaches to dealing with doubts

Some Shulienne (and Angela+Julienne; what shall we call that?) based off the questions that scared me most as a child. I’ve been working on a long piece for the past several weeks, and it was such a relief to stop and write this quickly.