From Harvard to the Convent: 2010 Valedictorian Enters Religious Life

Many in the world think a vocation to the religious life is a waste. Why would someone want to "give up her life" to be a contemplative or limit her choices by joining a teaching order or one that works with the elderly?

A 2010 valedictorian from Harvard shares the journey that led to her entrance to religious life. Mary Anne Marks heads from Queens, NY to Ann Arbor, MI this week to enter the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist. What led this classics scholar, who gave her valedictory speech in Latin, to skip grad school for the novitiate? Read her interview with National Review to explore how the seed of this special calling takes root and is nurtured along the way. And pray for this young woman as she enters a new and exciting chapter in the story of life.