“I didn’t lose everything in one day – I didn’t lose my faith, I didn’t lose my hope and I didn’t lose God’s love for me” - Martina Purdy.

Martina Purdy explained that junior professed Sisters with the Adoration Réparatrice had been informed that they would not be able to proceed to final vows because the congregation had “grown too small and fragile”.

Martina Purdy and former family lawyer Elaine Kelly embark on the next stage of their journey into religious life, as Adoration Sisters welcome new postulant.

"It is a decision that I have not come to lightly, but it is one that I make with love and great joy" - Martina Purdy.