28-05-2025
Nun goes viral for shocking performance on Catholic TV channel
A pair of music-loving nuns have found a way to attract the youth to the church while helping those who are bouncing back from drug addiction.
Sisters Marizele Rego, 44, and Marisa de Neves, 41, went viral after they performed their beatboxing routine during an interview on TV Pai Eterno last Tuesday.
The holy servants were promoting a weekend retreat and took center stage at the Catholic television network's studio as Rego sang her song, 'Vocação de Amar e Servir' [Vocation to Love and Serve] and began to beatbox.
De Neves fulfilled her backup dancer duties by 'two-stepping' before Deacon Giovane Basto joined in the fun.
The clip of the impromptu performance has drawn more than 4 million views on Instagram.
'We went to promote the vocational retreat and since the presenter already knew the talent, she asked us to give a 'hint,' Rego told Brazilian news outlet G1.
'We know it's something of the moment, our real and daily life continues!'
The sisters belong to the Copius Redemption Congregation in Ponta Grossa, a city in the southern state of Paraná, and dedicate their time to helping drug addicts, especially young people.
Somewhere along the way they discovered that music was the pathway to assisting people recover from their addictions.
'For this audience, our more relaxed, more joyful way of being, beatboxing, dancing, music, are essential for us to create bonds and bonds in a process like this are extremely important,' Rego said.
The melodies run through the nun's veins.
'Music has always been a part of my life, through my grandfather, who was a guitarist, especially traditional music,' said Rego, who graduated from college with a degree in veterinary medicine.
She fell in love with singing after deciding to test her voice during a mass at her local church over two decades ago.
'At the age of 19, I was invited to sing the psalm at a mass, which said 'Oh Lord, I will sing your love forever'. I never stopped!' said Rego, who has more than 109,000 followers on Instagram.
Sister de Neves' love for the arts date back to her days as a young girl when she took dancing classes and then joined youth group at her church.
'I have always loved dancing and in the convent I can live this gift that God gave me,' she said.
The Copius Redemption Congregation was certainly impressed.
'The message was clear: consecrated life is joyful, lively and profoundly human,' the church said in a statement. 'Two missionaries who bear witness to a faith that sings, dances and evangelizes with the heart.'
