On faith and spirituality Nun’s TikTok videos draw a huge following
When she was just 7 years old to become a nun sister Monica Clare felt the calling. She became a nun when she was 46; however, realizing her destiny took decades. On social media that destiny now has her spreading faith. “God wants us to be happy and that I believe that there is a loving God”, Sister Monica Clare said. New Jersey, at the convent of St. John Baptist, she now lives modestly with other nuns in rural Mendham, an Episcopal religious order for women that dates back to 1913. The order’s website and social media she manages. In such a modern way some sisters resisted sharing their faith. Especially in the Episcopal Church, the sisters were very wary of social media because of one thing about being brothers and sisters, Sister Monica Clare said “They’re very, very private”. She felt social media might still be an effective tool for reaching out to others in need, and created a TikTok account called @nunsenseforthepeople. “I really felt ...