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The life of Jeanne-Paule Marie Deckers didn't proceed as anyone expected, even Deckers herself. This strong-willed Belgian nun certainly had a mind of her own; her songwriting, singing and guitar playing charmed everyone around her, including the head nuns at the Missionary Dominican Sisters of Our Lady of Fichermont, located in Waterloo, a short distance south of Brussels in Belgium's French-speaking Walloon region.

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Later, when she became a chart-topping recording artist throughout most of the world, things got really complicated.

An art student and music fan during her youth, she was raised Catholic and found a great deal of comfort in the church.

She joined the convent at age 26, in 1959, taking Sister Luc-Gabrielle as her name. Once word got out about her musical talent, she signed a contract with the Netherlands-based Philips Records, a huge company with affiliated labels in nearly every country.

Shortly after making her first recordings in 1962