Nuns Having Fun

[RedAngie]

Every few years one or the other of my DDs gives me a gag gift for Christmas, a calendar titled “Nuns Having Fun.” I went to Catholic school from K to 6th grade.

A few of my favorite photos from past years.





My school had an annual picnic day at a long defunct amusement park north of Philly, Willow Grove Park. One time a nun hopped into the seat next to me on a roller coaster and she had a blast.



Holy smokes!!! One nun used to send kids to the corner store during lunch breaks to buy her cigarettes. I think they were unfiltered Pall Malls.

My father liked to smoke cigars. One time I missed the bus and my father drove me to school. As soon as he dropped me off a nun hops in the car and wants a ride to the doctor’s office. My father tried to quickly hide and extinguish his cigar, but the nun said “That’s OK, Sonny. Enjoy your breakfast.”



We had one nun who could probably beat Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.



You’d better behave!! Or else!!

 

[Sugardimples]

I'm married to an ex-nun.

 

[bobbiwoz]

Thanks for the pictures!

 

[Dan Murphy]

Those are great, Angie! I do remember some of them playing baseball.

 

[kanerf]

Nuns with guns, run!

 

[ronandannette]

My mother and sister both grew up in a convent school - the order relocated and it had morphed into a co-ed day school by the time I went and there wasn't a nun in sight. I love these pictures though! Fun is sometimes in the eye of the beholder and I'd imagine nuns far-and-wide are having the time of their lives here this past week. The Pope is in Edmonton and visiting the shrine of Lac Ste. Anne, as part of a penitential pilgrimage offering atonement for the crimes perpetrated against Canadian indigenous peoples by Christians of all sects.

 

[mjkacmom]

I bought one of those for my mom, she was a nun (who quit).