What are some ways nuns prepare for Lent?

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by Maxine Kollasch

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Sr. Maxine Kollasch and Sr. Shannon Schrein, recording just before the start of Lent 2021, discuss preparing for Lent and their respective prayer plans for the Lenten season.

Click here to listen to the full "Ask Sister" podcast where this clip is from.

GSR shares clips from our friends at A Nun's Life Ministry. Check out full episodes of all their podcasts (Ask Sister, In Good Faith, Random Nun Clips and more, like the archived Motherhouse Road Trips) on their website, ANunsLife.org.

This story appears in the Lent feature series. View the full series.

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