Former Hollywood Actress Tells Story of Becoming a Cloistered Nun

Dolores
Hart was a bright and beautiful college student when she made her film debut with Elvis Presley in Paramount’s 1957 Loving

You. She acted in nine more movies with other big stars such as Montgomery Clift, Anthony Quinn, Warren Beatty, and Myrna Loy. She also gave a
Tony-nominated performance in the Broadway play The Pleasure of His Company and appeared in television shows,
including The Virginian and Playhouse 90. An important chapter in
her life occurred while playing Saint Clare in the movie Francis of Assisi, which was filmed on location in Italy.

In
1963, she stunned Hollywood, when after ten highly successful feature films,
and at the peak of her career, she entered the Abbey of Regina Laudis in
Bethlehem, Connecticut, not in order to leave the glamorous world of acting she
had dreamed of since childhood, but in order to answer a mysterious call she
heard with the “ear of the heart.” While contracted for another film and
engaged to be married, she abandoned everything to enter a contemplative
monastery.  

Come
hear her remarkable story and have her sign a copy of her Memoir The
Ear of the Heart which will be available for purchase. The book can

also be purchased ahead of time through Ignatius Press.

For further
information, please contact Ann Marie Gervino, Director of Adult Faith
Formation, Nativity of Our Lord parish 215-675-1925         or e-mail agervino@noolp.org