Maine convents use Internet to find new nuns

The Associated Press/bangordailynews.com, Maine convents use Internet to find new nuns, April 29, 2012 "Audra Turnbull, 23, turned to the Internet when she felt the calling in college. Inside the chapel at Quincy University in Quincy, Ill., she pulled out her laptop, Googled “nuns” and found a website called A Nun’s Life. In time, she checked out dozens of other websites, YouTube videos and social media before getting in touch with a motherhouse in Monroe, Mich., where she plans to join the ministry. 

"Those tools are invaluable for “nunnabes” — wannabe nuns — like her, she said."