The two nuns then talk about a new student, Donald Muller (the school’s first and only African-American student) and how he is fitting in. She also accuses Monsignor Benedict, the leader of the school, of being oblivious to the goings-on there. Sister Aloysius and Sister James meet in the garden, where Sister Aloysius reveals that she was married before taking her vows, and is a widow whose husband died in World War II. The meeting concludes with Sister Aloysius saying that she is concerned about matters at the school, and asking Sister James to stay alert. Sister Aloysius also asks Sister James what she thinks of Father Flynn, whom Sister James describes as brilliant.
Sister Aloysius cautions Sister James to distrust her students, and to be more distant with them. The next act shows the principal, an older woman, Sister Aloysius, meeting with a young nun, Sister James. When you are lost, you are not alone” (6). Father Flynn explains that the congregation is full of members experiencing similar spiritual doubts, but says, “Doubt can be a bond as powerful and sustaining as certainty. After he fashions a boat and sets a course by the stars, a storm rolls in and the sailor is unable to see the stars for the next twenty days and begins to doubt his navigation. The play opens with Father Flynn giving a sermon, utilizing a parable about a young sailor whose ship sinks and crew dies, leaving him alone on the sea.
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