Brides of Christ

Season 1

The struggles of nuns and students at a Roman Catholic convent school in 1960s Sydney.

Diane
E1
DianeDiane is due to be married but unsure of her feelings for her husband to be and her strong feelings of faith, she shocks her family by deciding to enter the Santo Spirito convent as a postulant.
Frances
E2
FrancesNew to the school and coming from a broken home, Frances struggles to find friends, and a place in the stratified world of boarding school.
Ambrose
E3
AmbroseVatican II causes turmoil in the Order with its instructions for change and simplification within the Church. A lay teacher arrives at the convent.
Rosemary
E4
RosemaryRosemary, a student at the convent school, struggles with her own awakening independence and education about her sexuality, from which she has been sheltered.
Paul
E5
PaulSister Paul is a born teacher who joined the convent at 18 and is happy in her vocation. At 24 she goes home to attend a family wedding and meets up with radical priest, Jack Delahunty, who changes her life.
Catherine
E6
CatherineWhile Mother Ambrose is in Rome, Agnes is in charge. She asks Catherine to teach the official line against contraception and Catherine begins to find the compromises she is forced to make as a nun almost overwhelming.