The true story of Edith Stein, a German Jewish philosopher and feminist who converted to Christianity and became a nun, and died in Auschwitz to became Saint and Martyr, the Patron of Europe with the name Saint Theresa Benedicta of the Cross.
Gifted Carmelite novice Constance must make a choice: to pursue her vocation and obey, or to defy the lost hopes of all the other Sisters regarding her dying Superior.
Life inside an enclosed Carmelite community, including short excerpts of interviews with some of the Sisters of The Discalced Carmelites of Wolverhampton, UK.