How to Survive Quarantine, According to a Nun

A lifestyle of silence and solitude has helped women of the cloth navigate the Covid-19 lockdown

Leigh Giangreco
GEN
Published in
8 min readMay 18, 2020

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An illustration of a nun with her hands clasped together in prayer and a coronavirus-shaped halo behind her.
Illustration: Daniel Zender

On a rolling, leafy property a few miles outside of Baltimore, more than a dozen women are cloistered inside their home. Confinement is a liberal word for their way of life; they operate within 26 acres of fairy-tale grounds…

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Leigh Giangreco
GEN
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