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    Nuns make soap to help cover their expenses

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Sisters of hardly.

The rosary they make special gifts for the public but today they're also showing people give they receive that has a very special connection to -- Sunday -- this leg right here in Lawrence of Fox News derivatives you've correspondent.

-- -- -- -- -- -- al-Qaeda playing a little something that I actually how little Jeremy -- problem -- have little the issue too so I wore the new balance down to the studio.

That's an order for me I walked into the studio I wouldn't trip in a -- they might not ever Steve Jobs.

With a look at what that billion in the bank anytime I I got -- Obviously this morning -- -- April Fool's Day but it's also Palm Sunday today tell us about this this unique program.

Well it's it's not actually program these are sisters is an onset of action been double we brat but last.

With the with the with the practical as well as the prophetic.

At what the prophetic -- includes a rare relic that has this really incredible mystery.

-- -- But don't -- tones of the Dominican sisters of our lady of the rosary in summit New Jersey displayed a higher calling.

While the home of their soap making operation and perfectly vocation.

It's become a business -- -- it doesn't totally support us.

But it does help torrents on supporting us in her and I night.

And it's also compatible with our content -- -- life.

What began as gifts of soap for church volunteers became so popular the product line expanded to with ball hand lotion room sprays and more all available online and at the monasteries modest gift shop.

The business helps cover health insurance utilities and other basic necessities.

On you.

It would truly that -- oyster walls is how is not only the sisters so making business but a mysterious object that's part of their greater mission.

An object that one researcher called the common denominator between science and religion.

And nearly 400 year old replica of the shroud of Turin jesus' burial cloth -- stowed away is now displayed.

A gift to the sisters from a church in Rome as gratitude for their support during World War I.

In 1987 scientists use this historic replica -- preparation to study the original shrouded in Italy what they discovered could be a miracle.

When it was -- on the actual shroud.

And they lifted it wearing the -- The side wound is on the actual -- Showed up on the -- account how could compete.

-- god provides.

While the sisters and pray it was sold the war.

Selfishness and the shroud combines a practical with emphatic message as holy week -- -- to think of what I suffered for us in -- people in their life prayer that's.

Now the sisters said they could actually easily expand their business but they don't want to right now because it would involve trying to take on -- -- outside help they would rather.

Keep the focus on their contemplation and their prayer line.

So desperate the -- -- even at -- he's just going want to -- hit it fits into our economy get yank out that's great Lauren thanks so much for coming in their.

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