Sister Veronica Shares Her Secret
Clip: Season 15 Episode 5 | 2m 12sVideo has Closed Captions
Sister Veronica has a heart-to-heart with Sister Julienne.
Sister Veronica talks to Sister Julienne about what's been weighing on her heart. She's been given permission from the Mother House to go on a retreat for six weeks while she figures out her next steps.
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Sister Veronica Shares Her Secret
Clip: Season 15 Episode 5 | 2m 12sVideo has Closed Captions
Sister Veronica talks to Sister Julienne about what's been weighing on her heart. She's been given permission from the Mother House to go on a retreat for six weeks while she figures out her next steps.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipI came back to Poplar via the motherhouse.
I needed to confer with Mother Mildred, because I have been feeling increasingly... unhappy.
I wasn't unaware of it.
But our work is not about our happiness.
It is about seeking no reward other than knowing that we do His will.
If you are quoting St Ignatius of Loyola, then you are omitting the bit about giving and not counting the cost.
And I can't keep on giving and not counting the cost any longer.
But you must.
We must, Sister.
It is what we do.
It is what I have done, and done for too long.
I have... loved and served, and I have saved other women's children for decades.
If any one were mine, or... felt like mine, for a day or even an hour... I had to hand it back and stand there trying not to scream because my arms were empty.
Why didn't you tell me this before?
Because I hoped I could bear it, and I can't!
♪ I've been given permission to go away for six weeks... while I decide if I want to give up my vows and leave the order.
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NewSister Julienne Has a Realization
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Clip: S15 Ep5 | 1m 8s | A violent encounter with pregnant mother acts as a powerful reminder to Sister Julienne. (1m 8s)
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