According to ChurchPOP, the idea came from St. Theresa Aletheia Noble, FSP, a former atheist who quit her job in Silicon Valley and joined the Daughters of St. Paul.
The popular blogger, who now lives in Miami, created a hashtag #SuperBowlintheConvent for her fellow sisters to use during the big game and it produced a series of the most hilarious tweets of the night.
For instance, Sr. Bethany, FSP, tweeted: “Nun 1: Did you see that player? He made the sign of the cross. Nun 2: “oooh! We like him!”
After watching the spooky Turbo Tax Commercial, Sr. Theresa Aletheia tweeted, “That house needs an exorcism.”
She also tweeted: “Nun 1: Do they have to catch it to count? Nun 2: They do Sister, they do.”
St. Theresa also let everyone know that “Nun in her 80’s leaving during the commercial, saying, ‘This is a bunch of bologna’.”
Sr. Julie Benedicta chimed tweeted: “Nun 1: “What’s a Hail Mary? Nun 2: A long pass. Nun 1: Must be long if you can say the whole thing . . .”
Cecilia Cicone tweeted: “Sister: I hope people realize the Blessed Mother is good for something other than touchdowns.”
Sister B tweeted about a discussion amongst the nuns about Justin Timberlake’s audio problems during the half-time show, saying that “Maybe having bad audio is a blessing, then?”
The hashtag quickly took off, and had people weighing in from all over, such as Glenn Jones who tweeted: “#superbowlintheconvent is making me think about converting to Catholicism.”
Shannon Golden tweeted: “Everyone follow #superbowlintheconvent. It’s the greatest thing ever! I may have to go back to mass!”
Whether it was planned this way or not, the hashtag gave everyone a glimpse into the convent with most coming away glad for having had the chance.
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