Title: Behind the veil, nuns
Authors: Johansson, Signe.; Shannon, Kathleen.; Wescott, Margaret.; Demers, Gloria.; Wombat Productions.; National Film Board of Canada
Publisher: Wombat Productions,
Year: 1984
Subjects: Nuns.; Women in the Catholic Church.; Church and social problems Catholic Church; Women and religion.; Women in church work Catholic Church; Women saints Ireland.; Nuns Ireland.
Abstract: Vignettes of prominent nuns who explore the choice of a religious vocation; the spiritual search, historically and in contemporary life; and how modern nuns view the disparity of social issues facing religious women in contrast to the traditional Catholic dogma. A segment traces the origins and development of the religious life of women in Ireland, from the emergence of goddesses and saints in early history, through the establishment of monastic life when equality of men and women in the order was preached.