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People in Port-au-Prince call Junon Brutus "Soeur Junon" (Sister Junon), describing her as a prophet and a messenger from God. Her crowning moment thus far came on Feb. 12, when Brutus, 42, stepped center stage to face thousands of arms waving in unison, reminiscent of the pulsating energy during Carnival performances. The gathering was not a celebration but a lamentation marking the one-month anniversary of Haiti's earthquake - a disaster that many in Haiti believe Brutus predicted. But she thinks her country can rise from its travails. "God always has a plan for his children...
...fraud. But she denies any worldly ambitions, insisting she is not associated with any specific organization or political party but is merely a servant of God. Judging by her growing name recognition on the streets of Port-au-Prince, the Haitian masses are being drawn to her message. "Soeur Junon is a prophet. When she says something, you feel it," says Damis Yves, 28. Since the one-month anniversary, Brutus has been making daily rounds of comforting the living. Haitian Evangelical pastor Enesse Joseph, host of a religious program on Radio Lumière, says Brutus continues to offer hope...
...wears nylons and smokes an occasional cigarette, but Soeur Sourire still feels the effects of the cloister even though she has left the Dominican convent outside Brussels to pursue a secular career as a pop singer. "I am not yet ready to face audiences," smiled Janine Deckers, 38, the singing nun who now goes by the name of Luc-Dominique. So when she embarks early next year on a tour of the U.S., Sister Smile will probably do most of her singing on taped TV shows...
...LODIE DU BONHEUR (RCA Victor). Tourists who happened to catch the movie version of Sound of Music in France heard this soundtrack and thought they'd tumbled onto Soeur Sourire. Not so. It is Mathé Altéry being the voice of Julie Andrews-and she isn't very far removed...
...Singing Nun. Soeur Sourire-Sister Smile-was what she called her self, that serene Belgian nun who two years ago sang the affectedly unaffected song, Dominique, that made her an Ed Sullivan celebrity and brought windfall wealth to her Dominican community...