The Reverend Mother Abbess said: "We never sought this, it came looking for us.
“At first we were worried it would affect our cloistered life, so we asked St Joseph in prayer. Our prayers were answered, and we thought that this album would be a good thing if it touches people’s lives and helps them find peace.”
The nuns are self-sufficient and include a plumber, an engineer, an electrician, a silk-weaver !] and a dental assistant.
But their strict rules meant that even Decca Records managing director Dickon Stainer was unable to enter their home to congratulate them.
“I passed the contract through the grille, they signed it and passed it back,” he said.
