Lifetime plans reality series “The Sisterhood” about women becoming nuns

From The Hollywood Reporter: 

Lifetime is going inside a Catholic convent for its newest docuseries.

The female-skewing cable network has ordered The Sisterhood, a groundbreaking new unscripted series that will follow the journey of five young women as they decide whether or not to become nuns, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.

For the first time ever, cameras will be granted access inside a Catholic convent where the five women live and work together before making the life-changing decision to take their vows and become religious sisters.

While the five consider joining the convent during the discernment phase, each of the women has agreed to allow cameras to document her experience in the accelerated program that tests their devotion over the six hourlong episodes.

The series will explore whether the modern women can rise to serve God when they are cut off from family and friends and embedded in an unfamiliar community. By taking vows of chastity, poverty and obedience, each of the women featured on The Sisterhood leaves behind everything they’ve come to love — boyfriends, fashion, jewelry — to see if they want to become servants to the Church and Brides of Christ.

The Sisterhood hails from Hot Snakes Media (Return to Amish, Breaking the Faith, Breaking Amish).

…Lifetime and Hot Snakes Media are in the process of finalizing the convent and location that will be featured in The Sisterhood. A premiere date has not yet been determined.

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