CNA Staff, Oct 31, 2025 / 06:00 am

When a religious sister felt inspired to write a Catholic vampire trilogy, she knew the inspiration came from Jesus — but she did not know if the other sisters would think she was “crazy.”

Vampire novels are not known for inspiring teens to become Eucharistic ministers, attend Eucharistic adoration, or discern religious life. But the “ In Aeternum ” series is different. The books aim to draw their fans to Christ.

After she felt Jesus “stir up the story idea,” Sister Allison Regina Gliot, a Daughter of St. Paul , got to writing.

“The nuns are going to think I’m crazy that I wrote a vampire book,” Gliot remembered telling Jesus in prayer.

But after the leap of faith, Gliot’s story has made it into print.

The “In Aeternum” trilogy begins with “ Th

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