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Sister Helena Burns

She calls herself a Media Nun and with 14,000 plus Twitter followers, Sister Helena Burns more than earns the title, sharing her faith-filled musings, charming selfies, and love of the Chicago Blackhawks across her multiple social media platforms.

Her digitally savvy outreach might seem like a nod to changing times, but in fact her tweets and instagrams honor the mission set for her order all the way back in 1915 when Father Alberione, the founder of the Daughters of St. Paul, determined that their purpose should be to harness the power of media to spread the word of the Lord.

I love to communicate. My talents lie in writing and communicating, says Burns of her affinity for the work. And I just believe we live in a media culture, so if we want to touch people on a deep level, what better way than through a book or a song or a film, something that people are used to turning to for inspiration, education, entertainment, relaxation.

Burns credits her first rate public school education in Massachusetts and the influence of her parents, in particular her father who she describes as a Renaissance man, with helping her cultivate her creative instincts. She later honed those instincts with her screenwriting studies at UCLA, something which has influenced her tweets in somewhat unusual ways.

At UCLA, they said for a love story, you shouldnt just have the characters say, I love you. You need to find a million ways to say I love you without saying it. And so Im always trying to find a million ways to tell people God loves them without just saying, God loves you, explains Burns.

Those storyteller instincts are now taking Burns beyond the world of social media and into the world of filmmaking. Shes currently finishing a documentary about the life of Father Alberione; shes a co-producer on a documentary about abortion; and she appears briefly in another about homosexuality.

When asked if she might be seen at the Oscars one day, Burns laughs, Wouldnt that be great! I wouldnt have to worry about what to wear!

Here, the social Sister talks Hollywood, the power of storytelling, and shares her thoughts on that show-stopping turn by Sister Cristina Scuccia on Italys The Voice.

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Sister Helena Is On A Media Mission