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I just saw the HBO special "God is Bigger than Elvis", the story of actress Delores Hart who starred opposite Elvis Presley and other prominent actors in her short career as an actress. I enjoyed the short documentary which has been nominated for an Academy Award. Delores Hart was a convert who left a very promising career in show business to become a Benedictine Nun. Since she was nine years old she wanted to become an actress, yet, she responded to God's calling to enter a once cloistered order of Benedictine Nuns and is currently the Prioress. I thought it was a very interesting film
about a very interesting person. She was the first actress to kiss Elvis on the big screen. Among other noteworthy films she starred in "Where the Boys Are", with George Hamilton and played against Elvis in two movies, worked with Anthony Quinn, George Montgomery, and several others. She fell in love with God and couldn't deny her love for Him. I recommend viewing this movie, and would like to hear opinions and comments about it. What a down to earth wonderful and holy woman!

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Schultzz

I read the other day that she assisted Patricia Neal in her journey to Catholicism.

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- Joe Kelley

Death is only a shadow across the path to Heaven.

This is true.

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Schultzz

I finally got around to watching this. It is VERY interesting, but it did not make me want to run off to a convent.
It's 36 minutes long and can be watched here if anybody else would like to see it: http://viewpure.com/FjGld7U0Mgs

Some of the statements that stood out for me were:

That sort of surprised me. I thought of contemplative nuns being more alone and praying a lot.

I have always thought being a nun or sister would be incredibly difficult.


This is something I've only understood recently. A lot of non-Catholics (going on what I believed and what Protestants have said to me) think they are just a bunch of wimpy escapists. Quite the contrary.

I was surprised that she kissed him... It was confusing that sometimes the nuns were behind screens when they spoke with visitors and then she was with him and they kissed.

So many of the women were called "Mother." How many "mothers" does a convent have? I thought just one, or maybe two if one sort of retired due to age or health.

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Grace

As to the past, let us entrust it to God's mercy, the future to Divine Providence. Our task is to live holy the present moment. - Saint Gianna Molla

THEY FELL IN LOVE AND HE NEVER WANTED ANYONE ELSE. HE HAS SINCE PASSED. SHE LOVED HIM AND STILL DOES I AM SURE, BUT THE CALL FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE LOVE FOR GOD WAS STRONGER. I DON'T THINK THEY ARE CONTEMPLATIVE ANYMORE.

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Schultzz