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MAVERICK LIFE PHOTOGRAPHY

Sister Act

Here is an incomplete but still fascinating gallery of images of nuns and sisters from around the world.

Sister Act

Catholic nun and former ballerina Sister Tina Bernal performs a 'prayer dance' at the national convention of the College Theology Society, San Francisco, California, 8th May 1968. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

By Maverick Life Editors

13 Nov 2020

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KRAKOW, POLAND - JUNE 11: Nuns wear protective face masks as they take part in a collective mass on Krakow's UNESCO listed Main Square during the Catholic holiday Corpus Christi on June 11, 2020 in Krakow, Poland. Krakow is one of the few cities organizing the Corpus Christi procession in Poland. Poland is now passing for a spike of infection among the population and in the last week, more than 32 priests were diagnosed with COVID 19. The country reported over 1000 deaths related to Covid-19 and more than 27,000 infections. (Photo by Omar Marques/Getty Images) — Nuns wear protective face masks as they take part in a collective mass on Krakow's UNESCO listed Main Square during the Catholic holiday Corpus Christi on June 11, 2020 in Krakow, Poland. (Photo by Omar Marques/Getty Images)

Nuns exercising in the nunnery grounds keep their faces hidden in cowled habits. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - MARCH 24: Nuns run to get a position to hear Pope Francis deliver Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square on March 24, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. Pope Francis led his first mass of Holy Week as pontiff by celebrating Palm Sunday in front of thousands of faithful and clergy. The pope's first holy week will also incorporate him washing the feet of prisoners in a youth detention centre in Rome next Thursday, March 28. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images) — Nuns run to get a position to hear Pope Francis deliver Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square on March 24, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Tibetan nuns eat their lunch and socialize at the Keydong Thuk-Che Choling Monastery on May 19, 2003 in Kathmandu, Nepal. 88 nuns live in the nunnery school in a Tibetan neighborhood of the city. Buddhist nuns face the same discrimination that affects all women in Nepal. Out of all the Buddhist nuns in Nepal, only a small fraction are able to live in nunneries, where they may receive limited education in learning english and reading and reciting Tibetan scriptures. They are often the only females from their villages with any education at all since Nepal has a severely low female literacy rate. Many Buddhist monks and nuns perished in the turbulent years following the 1959 Chinese takeover of Tibet. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images) — Tibetan nuns eat their lunch and socialize at the Keydong Thuk-Che Choling Monastery on May 19, 2003 in Kathmandu, Nepal. 88 nuns live in the nunnery school in a Tibetan neighborhood of the city. Buddhist nuns face the same discrimination that affects all women in Nepal. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)

25th July 1960: Three nuns in an empty auditorium surrounding an open-air altar on the Munich Theresienwiese where the 1960 Eucharistic World Congress will start. (Photo by Keystone Features/Getty Images)

VATICAN CITY - MARCH 26: A nun ascends a flight of steps as pilgrims from around the world descend on Vatican City in preparation for Easter Sunday Mass March 26, 2005 in Vatican City. As thousands of pilgrims flocked to Rome, Pope John Paul II continued to suffer with frail health and remained in his private apartments. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) — A nun ascends a flight of steps as pilgrims from around the world descend on Vatican City in preparation for Easter Sunday Mass March 26, 2005 in Vatican City. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 20: Nuns walk into the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception ahead of the funeral for Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia February 20, 2016 in Washington, DC. Scalia, who died February 13 while on a hunting trip in Texas, layed in repose in the Great Hall of the Supreme Court on Friday and his funeral service will be at the basillica today. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) — Nuns walk into the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception ahead of the funeral for Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia February 20, 2016 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

A Nun wearing a bin liner to protect her from the pouring rain walks along the South Bank on August 9, 2017 in London, England. The capital has experienced heavy rain, while parts of the East coast of the UK have suffered localised flooding. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) — A Nun wearing a bin liner to protect her from the pouring rain walks along the South Bank on August 9, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

BRIXEN, ITALY - AUGUST 03: Nuns wait for a Angelus prayer with Pope Benedict XVI in front of Brixen Cathedral on August 3, 2008 in Brixen, Italy. Pope Benedict spends his summer holidays during a fortnight at the Cusanus academy as his residence in Brixen. (Photo by Johannes Simon/Getty Images) — Nuns wait for a Angelus prayer with Pope Benedict XVI in front of Brixen Cathedral on August 3, 2008 in Brixen, Italy. (Photo by Johannes Simon/Getty Images)

CHICAGO - APRIL 18: Michele White joins a demonstration sponsored by the National Coalition of American Nuns outside Holy Name Cathedral April 18, 2005 in Chicago, Illinois. About 50 protestors gathered outside the cathedral to draw attention to the lack of women roles in the Papal selection process and other leadership positions in the Catholic Church. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) — Michele White joins a demonstration sponsored by the National Coalition of American Nuns outside Holy Name Cathedral April 18, 2005 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO - FEBRUARY 20: Supporters of President Donald Trump, two nuns included await his arrival at a Keep America Great rally on February 20, 2020 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Also on hand for the rally was Sen. Cory Gardner, a first-term Republican up for reelection this year. (Photo by Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images) — Supporters of President Donald Trump, two nuns included await his arrival at a Keep America Great rally on February 20, 2020 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. (Photo by Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)

VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - APRIL 27: Nuns attend the canonisations of Popes John Paul II and John XXIII held by Pope Francis in Saint Peter's Square on April 27, 2014 in Vatican City, Vatican. Dignitaries, heads of state and Royals from Europe and across the World attended the canonisations. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images) — Nuns attend the canonization of Popes John Paul II and John XXIII held by Pope Francis in Saint Peter's Square on April 27, 2014 in Vatican City, Vatican. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images)

BRASILIA, BRAZIL - JUNE 04: A Catholic nun stands near the Cathedral of Brasilia while celebrating the holiday of Corpus Christi on June 4, 2015 in Brasilia, Brazil. The tradition is celebrated on the eight Thursday following Easter and commemorates the ritual of the Eucharist. Brazil holds the largest number of Roman Catholics on the planet and Pope Francis will be returning to Latin America next month for a three-country visit. The pontiff's first foreign trip was to Brazil. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) — A Catholic nun stands near the Cathedral of Brasilia while celebrating the holiday of Corpus Christi on June 4, 2015 in Brasilia, Brazil. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

TIJUANA, MEXICO - MARCH 11: A nun rides a float during a march for peace near the U.S./Mexico border on March 11, 2018 in Tijuana, Mexico. Tijuana suffered a record 1,744 homicides in 2017 mostly due to drug gang turf battles. President Donald Trump will pay a controversial visit on the California border to inspect his border wall prototypes on March 13. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) — A nun rides a float during a march for peace near the U.S./Mexico border on March 11, 2018 in Tijuana, Mexico. Tijuana suffered a record 1,744 homicides in 2017 mostly due to drug gang turf battles. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - NOVEMBER 09: South Korean nuns help other women make 'kimchi', a traditional pungent vegetable dish, which is donated to the poor in preparation for winter on November 9, 2009 in Seoul, South Korea. About 2,500 housewives made 50,000 packets of kimchi. Made with cabbage, other vegetables and chili sauce, kimchi is the most popular traditional food in Korea. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) — South Korean nuns help other women make 'kimchi', a traditional pungent vegetable dish, which is donated to the poor in preparation for winter on November 9, 2009 in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

PAJU, SOUTH KOREA - JUNE 12: South Korean nuns look over the North Korea at the Imjingak observation post, near the demilitarized zone (DMZ) on June 12, 2018 in Paju, South Korea. U.S. President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un held the historic meeting between leaders of both countries on Tuesday morning in Singapore, carrying hopes to end decades of hostility and the threat of North Korea's nuclear programme. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) — South Korean nuns look over the North Korea at the Imjingak observation post, near the demilitarized zone (DMZ) on June 12, 2018 in Paju, South Korea. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 17: Catholic nuns open pop-up Shoreditch restaurant 'NUNdos' offering 'food for the soul' at White Rabbit on October 17, 2017 in London, England. The pop-up shop which is the world's nun-powered eatery is opening up to coincide with the launch of new Channel 5 series 'Bad Habits, Holy Orders'. (Photo by Eamonn M. McCormack/Getty Images) — Catholic nuns open pop-up Shoreditch restaurant 'NUNdos' offering 'food for the soul' at White Rabbit on October 17, 2017 in London, England. The pop-up shop which is the world's nun-powered eatery is opening up to coincide with the launch of new Channel 5 series 'Bad Habits, Holy Orders'. (Photo by Eamonn M. McCormack/Getty Images)

SEVILLE, SPAIN - APRIL 04: Agustinian nuns of San Leandro convent, make face masks and health coats instead of their traditional convent cakes called Yemas de San Leandro on April 04, 2020 in Seville, Spain. Spain ordered all non-essential workers to stay home for two weeks to help slow the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, which has killed more than 11,700 people in the country. (Photo by Marcelo del Pozo/Getty Images) — Augustinian nuns of San Leandro convent, make face masks and health coats instead of their traditional convent cakes called Yemas de San Leandro on April 04, 2020 in Seville, Spain. (Photo by Marcelo del Pozo/Getty Images)

NAGASAKI, JAPAN - OCTOBER 07: Nuns from the Order of the Congregation of Mary Annunciation clear up leaves as they help clean their convent on October 07, 2019 in Nagasaki, Japan. Pope Francis is due to make only the second ever Papal visit to Japan later this year where he will visit Tokyo as well as Hiroshima and Nagasaki to remember the victims of the atomic bombings of the two cities at the end of World War II. Japanese Christianity has roots going back to the arrival of Portuguese Catholics in 1549 and many early Christians were persecuted and forced into hiding by a campaign of repression by the rulers of the time who forced Christians to publicly renounce their faith. Many continued practicing Christianity in secret and in modern times became known as 'hidden Christians'. These secret believers would often conceal Christian iconography in closed shrines or inconspicuous parts of buildings. In the current era only around 2 percent of the Japanese population claim Christian belief with the majority of people now thought to be nonreligious, although the majority of those who are religious identify with Shintoism or Buddhism. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images) — Nuns from the Order of the Congregation of Mary Annunciation clear up leaves as they help clean their convent on October 07, 2019 in Nagasaki, Japan. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

circa 1937: A Sister of Mercy nun pushing six babies in a six-seater pram along Clacton Promenade. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images) — Circa 1937: A Sister of Mercy nun pushing six babies in a six-seater pram along Clacton Promenade. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Sister Mary Thomas (right), an administrator at St Elizabeth's Hospital, convinces another nun of the convenience of an electric scooter, circa 1955. (Photo by Three Lions/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Nun, and golf coach, Sister Mary Martina takes an iron shot on the golf course at Rosebud Country Club, Portsea, Victoria, Australia, 6th September 1965. Looking on are girls from St Mary's School For The Deaf, who, along with Sister Mary Martina, are being coached by the club's proffessionals. (Photo by Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) — Nun, and golf coach, Sister Mary Martina takes an iron shot on the golf course at Rosebud Country Club, Portsea, Victoria, Australia, 6th September 1965. (Photo by Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

A group of nuns play basketball outdoors at the Ladywell Convent, Godalming, England, August 2, 1965. (Photo by Express Newspapers/Getty Images)

NAGASAKI, JAPAN - OCTOBER 07: Nuns from the Order of the Congregation of Mary Annunciation hold out their arms out as they prays at a chapel in their convent on October 07, 2019 in Nagasaki, Japan. Pope Francis is due to make only the second ever Papal visit to Japan later this year where he will visit Tokyo as well as Hiroshima and Nagasaki to remember the victims of the atomic bombings of the two cities at the end of World War II. Japanese Christianity has roots going back to the arrival of Portuguese Catholics in 1549 and many early Christians were persecuted and forced into hiding by a campaign of repression by the rulers of the time who forced Christians to publicly renounce their faith. Many continued practicing Christianity in secret and in modern times became known as 'hidden Christians'. These secret believers would often conceal Christian iconography in closed shrines or inconspicuous parts of buildings. In the current era only around 2 percent of the Japanese population claim Christian belief with the majority of people now thought to be nonreligious, although the majority of those who are religious identify with Shintoism or Buddhism. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images) — Nuns from the Order of the Congregation of Mary Annunciation hold out their arms out as they prays at a chapel in their convent on October 07, 2019 in Nagasaki, Japan. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

MADRID, SPAIN - SEPTEMBER 27: Nuns play music as they wait for the start of the beatification ceremony for Opus Dei former leader Alvaro del Portillo on September 27, 2014 in Madrid, Spain. Thousands of Catholics from around the world celebrate the beatification ceremony of Opus Dei former leader Bishop Alvaro del Portillo in a huge open air mass. (Photo by Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images) — Nuns play music as they wait for the start of the beatification ceremony for Opus Dei former leader Alvaro del Portillo on September 27, 2014 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images)

HONGAN, CHINA - NOVEMBER 22: (CHINA OUT) The nuns practices horn in the Tiantai Temple on November 22, 2018 in Hongan, Hubei province, China.Monks of Tiantai Temple are proficient not only in Buddha dharma but also in orchestral instruments. Master Wule started to rebuild the 1400-year-old Tiantai Temple since 2004. As a former musician, he organized the monk orchestra "Guangxuan" to preach Buddhism and Zen philosophy through music in 2008. Members of the orchestra learn to play instruments from scratch and overcome numerous difficulties. By attracting believers and monks who identify with the idea of Buddhist practice through music, the orchestra now has over 40 members.the monks and nuns playing music in the pursuit of inner peace and benevolence. (Photo by Wang He/Getty Images) — The nuns practices horn in the Tiantai Temple on November 22, 2018 in Hongan, Hubei province, China.Monks of Tiantai Temple are proficient not only in Buddha dharma but also in orchestral instruments. (Photo by Wang He/Getty Images)

CACHOEIRA, BRAZIL - AUGUST 14: A member of the Sisterhood of the Good Death prays after marching in a procession during the Festival of the Good Death on August 14, 2014 in Cachoeira, Brazil. The Afro-Brazilian sisterhood is made up of female descendants of slaves, all age 50 and over, and honors both Catholic traditions and Afro-Brazilian Candomble religious rites. The sisterhood is believed to be the oldest organization for women of African descent in the Americas. The state of Bahia received at least 1.2 million slaves from Africa and remains the most African of Brazilian states, where blacks make up around 80 percent of the population. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) — A member of the Sisterhood of the Good Death prays after marching in a procession during the Festival of the Good Death on August 14, 2014 in Cachoeira, Brazil. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

BETHLEHEM, WEST BANK - DECEMBER 23: Catholic nuns descend to pray in the Grotto under the Church of the Nativity, where according to tradition Jesus was born, December 23, 2007 in Bethlehem in the West Bank. Thousands of pilgrims are expected to flock to the biblical town for Christmas. (Photo by David Silverman/Getty Images) — Catholic nuns descend to pray in the Grotto under the Church of the Nativity, where according to tradition Jesus was born, December 23, 2007 in Bethlehem in the West Bank. (Photo by David Silverman/Getty Images)

NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 28: Nuns worship following a Mass for the Election of a New Pope at Saint Patrick's Cathedral on February 28, 2013 in New York City. Catholics are preparing for the start of the Conclave to elect a new Pope following Pope Benedict XVI's retirement. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) — Nuns worship following a Mass for the Election of a New Pope at Saint Patrick's Cathedral on February 28, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

An Orthodox nun holds a cross while praying at a funeral service for Metropolitan Amfilohije Radovic on November 1, 2020 in Podgorica, Montenegro. Metropolitan Amfilohije, Montenegro's senior Serbian Orthodox Church bishop and a major religious and political figure in the country, died from pneumonia after being hospitalised with COVID-19 in October. (Photo by Filip Filipovic/Getty Images) — An Orthodox nun holds a cross while praying at a funeral service for Metropolitan Amfilohije Radovic on November 1, 2020 in Podgorica, Montenegro. (Photo by Filip Filipovic/Getty Images)

NEGOMBO, SRI LANKA - APRIL 23: A nun prays at religious mass for the victims of the blast at St Sebastian's Church on April 23, 2019 in Negombo, Sri Lanka. At least 311 people were killed with hundreds more injured after coordinated attack on churches and hotels on Easter Sunday rocked three churches and three luxury hotels in and around Colombo as well as at Batticaloa in Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan authorities declared a state of emergency on Monday as police arrested 24 people so far in connection with the suicide bombs, which injured at least 500 people as the blasts took place at churches in Colombo city as well as neighboring towns and hotels, including the Shangri-La, Kingsbury and Cinnamon Grand. (Photo by Atul Loke/Getty Images) — A nun prays at religious mass for the victims of the blast at St Sebastian's Church on April 23, 2019 in Negombo, Sri Lanka. (Photo by Atul Loke/Getty Images)

A warm thank you to Kim McCarthy from Gallo Images for her generous help in the production of this image selection. DM/ ML

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