Why did Martina Purdy leave convent?

FORMER BBC NI political correspondent Martina Purdy, who was forced to leave the Adoration Sisters convent last year before taking final vows, is to take up a new marketing post with the Saint Patrick Centre in Downpatrick.

Why did Martina Purdy not become a nun?

Former high-profile BBC journalist turned trainee nun Martina Purdy has left her Belfast convent after she was told she cannot complete her vocation because the congregation has become too small. “Consequently my religious vows expired this afternoon and I am no longer a Sister of Adoration.

What age is Martina Purdy?

Martina Purdy (55) quit her high-profile BBC job to become a nun but rules meant she had to leave the convent five years later.

Why did Martina Purdy leave the BBC to become a nun?

“To be honest with you, there’s no way that I conceived of a Sister Martina of the Blessed Sacrament.” Martina Purdy’s decision to quit her job as one of BBC Northern Ireland’s best known journalists and become a nun was a shock to many people last year.

When did Martina Purdy and Elaine Kelly leave the BBC?

The former political correspondent left the BBC in October 2014 to join the Sisters of the Adoration on the Falls Road in West Belfast. The two women were the last of four – who had joined the convent since 2014 – to leave in recent weeks.

Why did Martina Purdy give up her career?

Now sharing a house in Downpatrick with fellow former nun Elaine Kelly, she tells Editor-at-Large Gail Walker what prompted her to give up her career and her devastation at not taking final vows Q. As political correspondent for BBC NI, your Canadian accent was familiar to audiences here, but you were born Belfast.

When did Martina Purdy leave the Adoration Sisters?

FORMER BBC NI political correspondent Martina Purdy, who was forced to leave the Adoration Sisters convent last year before taking final vows, is to take up a new marketing post with the Saint Patrick Centre in Downpatrick.