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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – A handful of Roman Catholic convents are contradicting the decades-long slide in the number of women choosing to devote their lives to the sisterhood. And at least two of them are doing it by sticking to tradition, including the wearing of habits.
Nashville nuns lead nation in number of newcomers - Yahoo! News (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100915/ap_on_re/us_rel_religion_today - broken link)