They’re now well into their second week, and all the women are struggling with the demands of monastic life, homesickness, and coming to terms with confronting their own personal demons. Also, not everyone is gelling with one another, and even the calming influence of Sister Magdalene’s meditation sessions isn’t helping. Lucky the Sister-mentors are on hand. Craft-work, farming and prayer provide welcome respite for some, but challenges for others. As our five women witness a postulant’s graduation as she is clothed in the habit of a novice, there is some respite as the women get to relax with the community at a rare get together, without silence. Here they have the chance to ask these reclusive nuns what this life offers them. After they witness real commitment, Sister Hilda urges the women to go deeper. But, there’s resistance on all sides!