Really, This One <i> Was</i> Driven Just to Church

The Sisters of St. Joseph have applied for a used-car dealer’s license.

The license will allow the sisters, who maintain a fleet of 100 cars at their Mont Marie Motherhouse, to bid on vehicles at car auctions.

The reason the former teaching order needs so many autos is that the sisters’ work is far-flung these days, said Sister Clare Lorenzatti, treasurer of the 500-member order.

“There are not too many large convents left, so we no longer live next to where we work,” she said.

The motherhouse, with its own garage, also serves as the central auto purchasing agent for nuns in the Worcester area, Rhode Island and parts of Connecticut.