Why Are So Many People Listening to a Podcast About Living in a Convent?

At a convent in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the bell chimes every day at 5 a.m. Then the 40 or so women who live there year-round—Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist—head to the chapel. Their day begins with an hour of prayer, followed by Mass. At 7 a.m., they have breakfast together, in complete silence. Many of them head off afterward to teach at nearby Catholic schools—sisters, unlike nuns, are not cloistered—while the novitiates stay behind to study at “the motherhouse,” as they…