Brides of Christ

Season 1

The struggles of nuns and students at a Roman Catholic convent school in 1960s Sydney.
Where to Watch Season 1
6 Episodes
  • Diane
    E1
    Episode 1DianeShortly after her father's death, Diane Markham walks away from her fiancé and chooses to enter the convent. From the beginning she has difficulty; she fails to get along with her postulant mistress and she has a particular friendship with another member of her order, Veronica. Diane wants to focus on the gospels instead of the Church fathers. After her novitiate, Diane is transferred to another convent, much to Veronica's grief.
  • Frances
    E2
    Episode 2FrancesNew 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
    Episode 3AmbroseVatican 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
    Episode 4RosemaryRosemary, 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
    Episode 5PaulSister 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
    Episode 6CatherineWhile 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.
Cast of Season 1
  • Brenda FrickerSister Agnes
  • Sandy GoreMother Ambrose
  • Josephine ByrnesSister Catherine
  • Lisa HensleySister Paul
 
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