ELLISVILLE • “Praised be Jesus Christ,” comes a voice from behind the heavy wooden door of the cloister for the Passionist Nuns of St. Louis.
A moment later a revolving metal compartment built into the wall spins and a key appears — passed through the wall by an unseen nun.
The key unlocks a visiting room decorated with images from the Bible and an old photo of this monastery as it used to be, surrounded by farmland and a dairy barn. Today its neighbors are a suburban shopping center, a gym, a Smoothie King and a Chick-fil-A.
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