By Muvija M

THE HIGHLANDS, Scotland (Reuters) -It is exciting to be here in these times, says Sister Mary Gianna, a 41-year-old nun from the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia, who teaches children and adults in Scotland about the Catholic faith.

“I feel like the original apostles sometimes – going and speaking the name of Jesus. People have never even heard of him.”

She and the three other nuns who live at Greyfriars Convent in Elgin, northeast Scotland, run retreats for Catholic youth ministers and women aged 18-30, seeking to know more about God and life as a nun. They also offer classes with creative play and music for children, in a country where Sister Gianna feels secularisation has become prevalent.

“There is a generation now that has never even heard about Jesus, because no one

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