Spanish model Olalla Oliveros quits entertainment industry to become a nun: 'The Lord is never wrong'

Olalla Oliveros Olalla Oliveros blog

Model and actress Olalla Oliveros has left the entertainment industry and joined the semi-cloistered Order of Saint Michael in Spain, after testifying that she wanted to devote her life to Jesus.

Oliveros, who has appeared on Spanish television shows and commercials, told reporters that she felt called to the ministry after visiting Fatima, Portugal.

The Sanctuary of Fatima is one of the most famous Catholic shrines in the world, and many travel to the parish to pray in the monuments to Jesus and Mary. Oliveros described the experience as an "earthquake" in her life.

She said that she kept visualizing herself as a nun, and realized that God was speaking to her.

"He asked if I will follow Him, and I could not refuse," she told the National Catholic Register.

Her former agent, Mirella Melero, told Argentine blog El Diario de Carlos Paz that Oliveros had just recently been cast in a movie when she experienced her spiritual awakening.

Oliveros' story, although interesting, is not unique. In 2005, top Colombian model Amada Rosa Pérez also disappeared from the limelight and dedicated her life to Christ.

"I always sought answers and the world never gave them to me," she told Colombian newspaper El Tiempo in a 2010 interview.

"Being a model means being a benchmark, someone whose beliefs are worthy of being imitated, and I grew tired of being a model of superficiality.

"I grew tired of a world of lies, appearances, falsity, hypocrisy and deception, a society full of anti-values that exalts violence, adultery, drugs, alcohol, fighting, and a world that exalts riches, pleasure, sexual immorality and fraud."

She began working with the Roman Catholic Marian community, and says she now has a sense of peace.

"I want to be a model that promotes the true dignity of women and not their being used for commercial purposes," she said.

"Now I live in peace; the world doesn't appeal to me. I enjoy every moment the Lord gives me."

News
Nicaragua crackdown on Christianity deepens amid political power grab
Nicaragua crackdown on Christianity deepens amid political power grab

A new policy brief released by Open Doors has exposed as a systematic campaign of repression against Christian communities in Nicaragua.

Peace in turbulent times: 12 Bible verses to anchor your soul
Peace in turbulent times: 12 Bible verses to anchor your soul

It's easy to feel overwhelmed, helpless, or even afraid when the world seems to spin out of control. But as believers in Christ, we are not left to face these storms alone.

Pastor calls for night prayer vigils in face of darkening world
Pastor calls for night prayer vigils in face of darkening world

When the world darkens, it's time to shine the light of prayer

Assisted suicide fight not over as it goes to the Lords
Assisted suicide fight not over as it goes to the Lords

Care Not Killing, a group which campaigned strongly against Parliament’s decision to vote in favour of assisted suicide, has urged supporters not to give up hope that the bill can be defeated.