I remember one occasion when in a hostel in Florence, a roommate told me a story that had happened to him. He had gone to the Vatican, and during his visit he encounters a passing nun. She asks him for a bit of money, but he tells her has none. Then the nun pulls out a knife and literally assaults him. The guy in question told me that he only had € 5 in his wallet and was all that he could give her. "But I have no regrets," he said, "history is worth more than five euros."

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Glory hallelujah—the nuns are back! Truly “habit-forming” (Maxim), the NUNS HAVING FUN CALENDAR is on a roll, with 2006 sales up 27% for a total of 96,000 copies. Who can resist these sweet, nostalgic images depicting the lighter side of convent life? In black-and-white and sepia, the photographs are from the 1950s and ’60s. Here are nuns frolicking through the waves (yes, in full habits). Nuns at the bowling alley. Nuns on a roller coaster, nuns singing, nuns in a chorus line, nuns playing jump rope, nuns on a road trip, nuns in bumper cars. Oh, and what fun they’re having! From Maureen Kelly and Jeffrey Stone, co-authors of the New York Times bestseller Growing Up Catholic, it’s a wonderfully fresh, entertaining look at the stern-looking sisters many of us remember from our childhoods.

Maureen Kelly and Jeffrey Stone are the authors of Growing Up Catholic, the New York Times bestseller with over a million copies in print. They also write the bestselling Nuns Having Fun calendar. They are, collectively, the product of 24 years of parochial school. Ms. Kelly lives in Pittsburgh.

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