Sept. 22 (UPI) -- A Catholic nun in Ohio celebrated her 105th birthday by hitting the links for a round of golf with the sisters from her convent.
Sister René Parman and her cohorts from Humility of Mary visited the Knoll Run Golf Course in Lowellville on Friday, two days before her 105th birthday, to engage in one of her favorite activities: golf.
"I think it helps you to know yourself. I do, really, anyway. And competing with yourself, mostly. I think that's a fact. They're very helpful. It's a wonderful place to be -- very meditative. It's a beautiful place -- grass, flowers and it's quiet," Sister Parman told WKBN-TV.
She began working to become a nun at the age of 18, but it wasn't until her 40s that some of her fellow sisters introduced her to golf.
"They said, 'Hit the ball.' That was my only instruction that I ever received," Sister Parman said.
