Four nuns have formed a band at Catholic U. Its called Force of Habit.

Sisters Miriam Holzman, piano, Louis Marie Zogg, right, saxophone, and Mary Andre Thelen, second from right, trumpet, and Brother Brad Elliott, left, drums, practice with their band Force of Habit for an upcoming concert at Catholic University in Washington. (Astrid Riecken/For The Washington Post)

By Sarah Larimer
April 23 at 8:00 AM

One Saturday afternoon this month a band gathered to jam at the Dominican House of Studies, not far from the Catholic University of America.

The drummer, a Dominican friar, counted them down.

Brother Brad Elliott, dressed in a habit behind his drum kit, was joined by Sister Miriam Holzman on the piano. Sister Peter Grace Weber was off to the side, with a bass guitar. Sister Louis Marie Zogg, on the saxophone, stood next to Sister Mary André Thelen, on the trumpet.

As the session continued, Brother Brad bopped his head, grinning. The sisters kept giggling as they worked out timing and tempo and little blips. There was joy in the room, and what they played.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/four-nuns-have-formed-a-band-yes-its-called-force-of-habit/2017/04/21/06d5198c-1f8a-11e7-be2a-3a1fb24d4671_story.html?utm_term=.0fecb641bb0e

1:46 video at link.