Dominican who is sister of comedian Bill Murray is performer, too

Published: 2004-04-22

TOLEDO, Ohio (CNS) -- There's one more actor in the famed Murray clan that begat Oscar-nominated Bill Murray and Brian Doyle-Murray: their sister, Dominican Sister Nancy Murray, who does a one-woman show on St. Catherine of Siena. St. Catherine was a woman of her time but also a woman who transcended her time, according to Sister Nancy. "In reading her letters, I found this feisty, spirited woman who was both affectionate and straightforward," she told the Catholic Chronicle, Toledo's diocesan newspaper. "She would start a letter to a prostitute, for example, very formally, like, 'I implore you in the name of Jesus Christ and his holy mother to act your age, take to heart what it means to be an example to young people.' Then she'd write 'You must not forget that you have a good heart,' ending with a loving, warm affirmation," Sister Nancy said. To date she has done more than 200 performances of the one-woman show. Her schedule this spring included stops in Ohio, Wisconsin, New York, New Jersey and Georgia.

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