Cross yourself. Pray. Have fun

A selection of flashbacks from the 20th century that make it clear that the love of God does not exclude the love of entertainment. On excursions, which were often arranged by the Catholic Scout Committee of North Bergen, the sisters participated in scout sports competitions. Sometimes they trained specifically to be able to teach physical education in parish schools and monasteries. And sometimes the sisters were fond of sports on their own. After all, even they are supposed to rest!

1963. The sisters are testing the swing at the nearby St. Joseph’s Village.

1963. Once a year, the nuns managed to look at the life of the scouts with male eyes. On excursions sponsored by the Catholic Scout Committee of North Bergen, the sisters participated in scout sports competitions.

1963. The determination on her face makes it clear that this pitcher knows his place on the baseball field.

1965. The sister who looked after the boys at the St. Thomas Shelter also taught them a couple of baseball tricks. Louisville, Kentucky.

1976. Two nuns are playing baseball.

1965. The sisters play basketball on the grounds of the Ladywell Monastery. Godalming, England.

1963. A nun enjoys playing soccer in the order's garden in Rome, where they also maintained their own fashion house called "Little Workers of the Sacred Heart."

1965. A nun at a golf practice. Sister Mary Martina makes an "iron" stroke on the Rosebud Country Club Golf course in Australia. The girls standing in the back, pupils of the St. Mary's School for the Deaf, also learn to play golf from professionals from the club.

1963. Walk on the suspension bridge.

1965. Nuns play basketball on the territory of the Ladywell Monastery. Godalming, England.

1962. Novices of the Order of the Sisters of the Holy Cross train on the basketball court at Saint-Laurent College in Montreal, Canada. The sisters are preparing to become physical education teachers to teach in monasteries throughout Quebec.

1953. A group of girls from the Pep Parish School trains with gymnastic sticks in the gym. They are trained by a nun from a local monastery.

1979. Three nuns from a children's hospital in Bavaria go skiing in their free time.

1955. Sister Mary Thomas (right), who runs St. Elizabeth's Hospital, convinces another sister to try a comfortable electric scooter.

July 1949. Two sisters having fun in the ocean in their robes.