Sister Mary Lucia plays ping-pong with two other novices during recreation time at the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary convent. The Garden Plain native decided last year, while teaching science at Heights High School, that she was called to be a nun. She decided to enter the Wichita convent, where she is now a novice. (March 20, 2012)
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Sister Mary Lucia plays ping-pong with two other novices during recreation time at the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary convent. The Garden Plain native decided last year, while teaching science at Heights High School, that she was called to be a nun. She decided to enter the Wichita convent, where she is now a novice. (March 20, 2012)
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Sister Mary Lucia, center, prays before dinner at the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary convent. The Garden Plain native decided last year, while teaching science at Heights High School, that she was called to be a nun. (March 20, 2012)
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Sister Mary Lucia plays a game of Quarkle with two other novices during recreation time at the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary convent. The Garden Plain native decided last year that she was called to be a nun. (March 20, 2012)
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Sister Mary Lucia prays in the chapel at the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary convent. The Garden Plain native decided last year that she was called to be a nun. (March 20, 2012)
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Sister Mary Lucia does dishes at the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary convent. (March 20, 2012)
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Sister Mary Lucia enters St. Joseph Parish for evening prayer. The Garden Plain native decided last year, while teaching science at Heights High School, that she was called to be a nun and decided to enter the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary convent in Wichita. (March 20, 2012)
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Sister Mary Lucia prays during evening prayer at the St. Joseph Parish. (March 20, 2012)
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Sister Mary Lucia prays during evening prayer at the St. Joseph Parish. The Garden Plain native decided last year, while teaching science at Heights High School, that she was called to be a nun and decided to enter the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary convent. (March 20, 2012)
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Sister Mary Lucia prays during evening prayer at the St. Joseph Parish. The Garden Plain native decided last year, while teaching science at Heights High School, that she was called to be a nun and decided to enter the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary convent. (March 20, 2012)
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Novices and nuns pray during Evening Prayer at the St. Joseph Parish. In the front row is Sister Mary Lucia. The Garden Plain native decided last year, while teaching science at Heights High School, that she was called to be a nun. (March 20, 2012)
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Sister Mary Lucia, before she was called to be a nun and decided to enter the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary convent. (March 20, 2012)
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