"I still have the linens the nuns made,"she said.

The nuns were very strict and made me want to learn.

Today, the nuns have made the building an almost homey place, with a vegetable garden, roses and curtains.

He thought "the beautiful day and the nuns made a picture that had the quality of an oil painting."

The 86-year-old nun made no public appearances and issued no statements.

The nuns made the sign of the cross and bowed their heads in prayer.

The nuns made the move that following August, settling in a converted factory.

The nuns, used to moving in silence, made little noise.

I had thought it a measure of their love and generosity that the nuns would make the suppliants laugh.

A very small nun makes her way to the chapel for that Mass at noon.