Dear Sister Teresa

Spain, 1561. Sister Teresa, a beautiful nun in midlife, isteaching in her community as well as participating in lifeat her convent. This fi ctional story is inspired in part bythe writings of Saint Teresa of Avila, the famous Spanishnun, mystic, author, teacher and administrator.In Sister Teresa's gatherings with the community, villagersspeak out on marital discord, recovery from the Crusades andwomen's rights. Teresa is summoned to Madrid by the Inquisitionto account for her unorthodox community activities.Her Inquisitor confronts her with the charge that she isteaching "sex education" without the sanction of the Church.Teresa produces letters from the villagers praising herwork among them. The Inquisitor gives Teresa permission tocontinue her work among the troubled villagers.Sister Teresa returns to the convent with a lighter heart.Then she receives a letter from her widowed father askingher to visit him. Thus, Teresa embarks on another journeyaway from the convent. Along the way she encounters a manwho is to change her life.