Devoted: Actress turned Benedictine cloistered nun Mother Dolores in the Abbey of Regina Laudis (Photo AP)
They are hoping the continued publicity will now help them complete a $9 million project to renovate their abbey for future generations.
Mother Dolores Hart gave the King his first onscreen kiss in the 1957 film ?Loving You.? She has become a popular speaker since going public with her story in 2011, when the monastery was faced with the possibility of closing because of fire and safey code violations.
The nuns raised enough money to fix those problems and are now $3 million into a fundraising campaign to renovate the abbey for future generations.
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