The Tweeting Nun: Sister Catherine Ryan using social media to spread word among religious community
WHEN the Pope started chirruping on Twitter, he did not realise he had already been beaten by Hull's own tweeting nun.
Sister Catherine Ryan has been tweeting for the past six months from former convent the Endsleigh Centre (@EndsleighCentre) in Beverley Road.
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tweet all about it: Endsleigh centre manager Sister Catherine Ryan at the Endsleigh centre in Beverley Road, Hull. Picture: Peter Harbour
The nuns, who run the centre, also have their own Facebook and YouTube channel, called Penguin TV.
Sister Catherine said: "My niece and nephew helped me to work my way around it."
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She does not know how the Pope will manage to keep up with his Twitter account, especially over Christmas.
Sister Catherine said: "At least he's got a lot more people helping with his."
She said the centre had been so busy over the festive period, she has not had time to start following his Holiness.
The Endsleigh Centre is now a bed and breakfast but was founded as a convent by the sisters of Mercy.
Nuns still run the premises which include a working chapel and unusual grounds, with a meditation labyrinth and a prayer tree.
The silver surfers were given a helping hand with their TV channel and Twitter to keep up-to-date.
The YouTube broadcasts were recorded on a digital camera and uploaded online after Sister Ryan was helped by local public relations agency Eskimo Soup.
Sister Ryan said: "We like to keep it simple."
Even though she became a sister almost 50 years ago, Sister Catherine, originally from Ireland, has kept up with her own personal Facebook as well.
The Sisters are still spreading the Christmas message with chapel services. The former convent runs Christmas residentials from Christmas Eve to Boxing Day, with mass and an evening prayer plus a Christmas banquet.
Sister Ryan said: "It's for people who want to be in company at Christmas."
Comments
by cazmarelda
Saturday, December 29 2012, 12:31AM
“Back in 2004/05 I was having a really bad time and did, for a short while, stay at the Endsleigh Centre. It is a truly beautiful place and there is a lovely sense of peace there, but the most beautiful thing I found about the Endsleigh Centre was Sister Catherine and the other Sisters, they are true 'Sisters of mercy', and to them I will always remain grateful for letting me stay, for just a short while, and find the peace and the rest I needed to continue on with my own battle.
To Sister Catherine - you are truly a remarkable woman, thank you so much for your care and although the 'whisky toddy' did not really help me sleep, it was lovely nonetheless x
I did not know the Endsleigh Centre was now a B&B - and I can just know, from my own time there, that it will be a very exceptional B&B. It is wonderful that so many people will now be able to experience the beauty of the centre and the grounds and share the wonderful and caring company of the Sisters.”