I went from Hollywood to New Jersey - the things I miss now I'm a nun

After dabbling in comedy, performing alongside , and a fast-paced career in advertising, Claudette Monica Powell, 59, decided to leave it all behind for a life of celibacy as a nun in a convent.

Sister Monica Clare's life was anything but ordinary, growing up in rural Georgia, trying her hand in theater as a student at New York University, grinding in the high-stress advertising world, and finally recognizing her true calling - to become a nun.

'I really thought, when I left Hollywood and came to New Jersey, that I would live this very quiet, obscure life, and just sort of disappear,' Sister Monica Clare told DailyMail.com.

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