Big Sister at The Abbey
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is calling for volunteers to live in a house somewhat different to Channel Ten’s Big Brother House. ABC Television’s answer to Big Brother is The Abbey, 33 days and nights for five women, produced as a three part series. Applications close on Friday July 7.
This is no invitation to live in a glasshouse. Residents will be invited to explore spirituality, search for truth, and put into practice disciplines of life with the support of personal ’sister’, rather than under the oversight of an unseen ‘big brother’.
Here’s the blurb from The Abbey’s web site.
Imagine a world offering peace and tranquillity, and you’re there to contemplate the deeper side of life….no blaring phones, no family dramas, no frustrating work… just you and your desire to discover life’s meaning.
Sounds too good to be true? Welcome to The Abbey.
ABC TV is looking for five women for a new 3 part series. Take up the challenge to live the life of a contemplative nun for 33 days and nights - one day for every year of Christ’s life.
You will leave behind the hurly-burly of modern life to embark upon a search for meaning, spirituality and self behind the walls of an enclosed order.
Immerse yourself in the world of The Abbey and live by The Rule of Silence and Obedience. Take a leap of faith and discover things about yourself and life that you never knew. Learn what the spirit of community living is all about as you share the nuns daily routine of prayer, farm work, craft and domestic tasks. Throughout the challenge of living in this other world, you will have a Sister-mentor to listen, support and guide you.
Will this life hold any relevance to you as a contemporary Australian woman? Will spiritual contemplation and prayer have the power to transform your life or will you find it too hard a cross to bear?
