In 1966, Catholic philosopher Michael Novak published a story on the “New Nuns” in the popular American magazine, The Saturday Evening Post, that portrayed a new image of Catholic sisterhood. The new fresh face of American sisters, or Catholic women religious, sported a modified habit that altered the veil to expose a sister’s hair (her bangs) and a shortened skirt that may have revealed that nuns did have legs, but also allowed for freer movement.1 Sisters appeared to be on the move by the mid-1960s, leaving behind traditional ministries such as parish schools. This first modification of religious life was followed by another, as many congregations shed their religious habits for secular dress by the 1970s.