The Graying of the Convent
Documentarian Mary Beth Kirchner lived in a Chicago convent to produce this intimate portrait of aging Catholic nuns.
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Documentarian Mary Beth Kirchner lived in a Chicago convent to produce this intimate portrait of aging Catholic nuns.
Kirchner explored subjects ranging from feminism and retirement to spirituality and dying, at a time when women's religious orders, one of Roman Catholicism's longest-lived traditions, were facing extinction.
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Mary Beth Kirchner is an independent radio producer and national programming consultant.