The Singing Nun, Belgian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and nun (died 1985)

The Singing Nun

Belgian Dominican nun and singer

Jeanne-Paule Marie "Jeannine" Deckers, better known as Sœur Sourire and often called The Singing Nun in English-speaking countries, was a Belgian Catholic singer-songwriter and former member of the Dominican Order as Sister Luc Gabriel. In 1963, she acquired widespread fame with…