Behind Closed Doors

The Poor Clare monastery on Cliftonville Road, Belfast, is home to six Sisters. Dedicating their life to prayer, each Sister vows to poverty, chastity, obedience and enclosure. Canon Law says the monastery must have at least five nuns in residence, but only two of the Sisters are permanent members. They have arranged for four Filipina Sisters to come on a temporary basis, but they will have to decide if they are to stay for good and keep the monastery alive.