While Mother Ambrose is in Rome, Agnes is in charge. She asks Catherine to teach the official line against contraception and Catherine begins to find the compromises she is forced to make as a nun almost overwhelming. With Brenda Fricker as Sister Agnes, Sandy Gore as Mother Ambrose, Josephine Byrnes as Sister Catherine, Lisa Hensley as Sister Paul, Stuart Finch as Father Riordan, Russell Newman as Brother Louis, Keith Holloway as Lawrie Tierney, Hayden Samuels as Andrew Tierney, Michael Winchester as Martin Tierney, Craig Black as James Tierney, Nic Gazzana as Frank, Rose Frasca as Sylvana, Salvatore Coco as Joe, Barbara Corapi as Gina, Tracey Tainsh as Helen, Ned Manning as Sean, Peter Loncar as Teseriero, Timothy Dufore as Baritone Singer, David Hoey as Ross, Antonio Mirabito as Rocco, Andrew Farrugia as Luccino, Petrina Warlow as Teacher, Penny Stehli as Sister Patrick, Beth Champion as Sister Clare, Joy Hruby as Sister Polycarp, Connie Hobbs as Sister Pierre, Irene Rowland as Sister Perpetua, Ann Fay as Sister Innocent, Michelle Pettrigrove as Sister Francine, Mary-Ann Henshaw as Novice Denise, Naomi Watts as Frances Heffernan, Kym Wilson as Rosemary Fitzgerald, Melissa Thomas as Brigid Maloney, Kirsty McGregor as Caroline, Vanessa Collier as Jacinta.