Cathleen Harris, a 17-year-old, has been living at the Convent of the Beloved Rose in the American south for nearly two years. Unlike her fellow novices, she was raised in a non-religious household and became a nun to defy her divorced mother's wishes. The convent is led by the strict Mother Abbess, Reverend Mother Marie Saint Clare, who refuses to implement changes from the Second Vatican Council, seeking to modernize the Catholic church. Sister Cathleen's journey to becoming a nun is complicated by the Reverend Mother's rigid methods and resistance to change, putting her own faith and future in jeopardy.
Novitiate
A young woman's journey to become a nun is complicated by her inner turmoil as she navigates the changing Catholic Church, her own faith, and the complexities of human sexuality during the early 1960s.
