Near Death, Nuns Contemplate the Other Side

Photographer Mae Ryan interviews the Sisters of The Convent of Mary the Queen, a home for aging nuns in the Bronx
Mae Ryan

Rosary
Do you consider yourself married to God?
Sister Jude: Yes. I don't use that term, marriage, but I belong to God. I'm trying to do his work a little extra. I don't think I'm any better than anyone else, but I'm trying my best.

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