A most unusual protest took place this past fall in a convent in New Jersey. Four nuns locked themselves in a tiny second floor infirmary and have taken a vow of "near silence." They are protesting new rules established by their new prioress, Mother Theresa Hewitt. It seems that Mother Theresa has introduced television, secular videos, recorded music, bright lights, and (horror of horrors) daily "sweets" into the convent. The sweets consist of a tin of candy which is passed around each day and each nun is supposed to indulge. In the words of one of the protesting nuns (who are among the younger nuns in the order, by the way) the new prioress is turning monastic life into "one big party." In order to express their revulsion of these ungodly changes the four sisters have locked themselves aw…