Coronavirus lockdown is everyday normality for enclosed order nuns

Sr Colette Marie and the seven sisters in the convent have a strict routine to which they rigidly adhere 365 days a year.

What we call ‘near lockdown’ is a normal day for nuns in enclosed orders.

St Colette Marie is a Poor Clare nun based in a convent on College Rd in Cork and has been living a life of what we consider to be quarantine since she joined the order at the age of 21 in 1989.