For decades, Mother Mary Francis, abbess of the Poor Clare community in Roswell, New Mexico, has urged contemplative nuns to remain enclosed in their cloisters, sleep on straw mats and rise at midnight to facilitate a life of prayer and Penance.

• 几十年来，玛丽·弗朗西斯嬷嬷(新墨西哥州罗斯韦尔的嘉辣会的女院长)一直在力劝专注于宗教思想的修女们把自己关在修道院里，睡在草垫子上，并在深更半夜起床，以便过一种祈祷和赎罪的苦行生活。