Seriously I work with the elderly in a social work type job. By total accident I found out that there is a local retirement community tended by a convent. I think the local dioceses need to have their PR departments do a little work in the communities.

Survivor Mission: (Name country/city here)–2 teams of missionaries from various communities try to survive is harsh environments while trying to outwit, outplay, outlast their sister. Nah. The “professional” missionary orders like Maryknoll or Missionaries of Charity would have too much of an edge. Besides, the humble sisters would just vote themselves off each week instead of picking on someone else. And the challenges would be too easy because the sisters already know how to work together well.

Convent Idol–Sisters with amazing vocal talents will compete for a multi-million dollar contract to be paid directly into the wining order’s retirement fund. Instead, the sisters all band together and for a national choir and put the winnings into S.O.A.R. so that ALL the religious can share. Oh, wait. Been there, done that. It’s called Sisters in Song, and we put out three albums.

Sisters’ Got Talent–Oh, yeah! We can showcase the many and varied talents of nuns. The winner will get a year’s contract to appear in Vegas. Uh, wasn’t this done as a movie? Sister Act comes to mind….

Flip This Motherhouse–This remodeling show will demonstrate clever ways of changing huge, drafty, non-ADA-compliant, dormitory-style motherhouses into welcoming, green, mixed-use, small communities.

Extreme Makeover Convent Edition–Like Flip This Motherhouse but on a smaller scale. The EMCE team will turn a small, traditional convent into a place where the sisters can live, pray and play while being an inviting place for their neighbors to experience Christ.

This is too fun!

Here are a couple of my ideas>

The first idea:

I envision a mini-tv commercial that would start out with scenes of various group of sisters/nuns in the different habits/dress of their orders: some with veils and habits ( a “look” that has been portrayed by Movie Studios ) and other groups in more “contemporary” attire. Their would be individual screen shots of the nuns/sisters beginning their day in prayer with the concluding scene of nuns/sisters church with some additional close ups of the sisters/nuns in contemplation as they receive The Holy Eucharist.

Next would be the transitioal scene in which two large doors of a church are being thrust open with again the various collage of sisters/nuns coming out through these doors literally beaming with the beauty of the Holy Spirit within them and clearly evident in their faces.

The following scenes would show the nuns/sisters going about their day.

Examples would have : Sister Sandy riding her bike :
http://nunsuch.wordpress.com/2008/05/29/logging-the-miles/ ;

Sister Julie in the city either at work in the literary field and/or playing basketball ;

Sister Mary Martha … in her garden and/or blogging :
http://asksistermarymartha.blogspot.com/2008/08/little-miss-sunshine.html

The final snippet would show Sister Katy in her “day job” as a School Principal and then her “night life” as a comedianne :
http://onefunnunslife.blogspot.com/2007/11/comedy-sportz.html

The final scene “breaks” from the “activity” of the day and cuts to each of the above sisters/nuns ending their day in prayer.

The main “thread” / connection : the beginning of the day – throughout the day – and ending of the day a beautiful way that these “sisters” live their lives in their own diverse/unique way while all sharing the commonality of God being the core of their lives.

Amen.