come on, we're late.
it's after five. we have to bathe.
is this like your old convent?
i.  i brought you something.
an extra heel of bread. please take it, you need your strength. you've been working so hard.
mary robert. i'm.  mary robert.
three years. sister.
a novice.
you have to help me
no, you don't understand -- i don't want to get out! i want to get in?
oh. mary clarence, i'm so unworthy. i want to take my final vows, i would do it tomorrow, but reverend mother won't let me!
she says i should wait. she says that no one should become a nun as an escape from life. she says that i'm not experienced enough to make the decision yet. in a mature manner.
what?
of course! we must do it! it's the will of god! what is it?
are you sure?
are you sure this is what reverend mother had in mind?
mary clarence!
we need experience.
experience! right?
i have to do this. so i can become a nun.
really?
who are all these people?
i am.
i'm getting experience.
those people are wonderful! why don't we ever see them in church?
mary clarence! you're so.  different from the other sisters. sometimes, well.  sometimes you sound more like a layperson.
i can't wait to tell reverend mother about all my experiences. i've learned so much.
mary clarence!
mary clarence!
oh my lord!
what was all that? who was that man? why would he shoot at us?
we could have been killed! but you saved me! thank you, mary clarence!
now stop that. you didn't shoot at me. you were only trying to help, to give me experience. i tried to explain that to reverend mother, but -- i don't know if she understood.
mary clarence has a background in music. that's what reverend mother said.
what?
i don't want to mess anyone up.
oh my!
that was exciting!
do you really think we could do it? get better?
we're nuns!
he's a carpenter.
he's decent.
i'd rather sing than do anything!
it's better than springtime.
it's brought people back to the church.
it will be wonderful, reverend mother. you'll see.
ice cream!
a thank-you? for what? you're the one we should be thanking.
mary clarence, don't be silly. you're an example to us all. you've taught us so much. we're singing for the cardinals, and then -- who knows? maybe the choir can travel -- to schools, and nursing homes.
are you leaving us?
the council of cardinals! i'm so nervous! what if i forget the words?
it's here! let's go!
it's no use. she just isn't here.
we can't sing without her! what should we do?
i don't understand. where is she?
you're here! thank goodness!
wait, this isn't the way. who are you?
again?
but what do they want? where are we going?
yes -- two men -- and they had guns.
an.  entertainer?
but.  but.  she was such a wonderful nun.
well, i don't care who she is. we can't sing without her!
reverend mother, i know that you and mary clarence didn't always agree, but -- we've got to help her.
she said they were from her old convent.
we're nuns!
lawsuits.
and what a lovely name. las vegas.
las vegas -- she's here somewhere.
the little sisters of the moonlight!
a benedictine.
mary clarence -- you're alive!
not a note.
mary clarence!
reverend mother?
since mary clarence came to st. katherine's, i've been shot at, kidnapped by mafia hit men, and i've tasted beer. is that enough experience yet? for final vows?
i was hell-bound,
he said, sing the devil away!
sing!