Apr 7, 2015 · Also, be sure to check out the "Prerequisites for Becoming a Catholic Sister or Nun" at the bottom of this post. NOTE: Here is a downloadable and printable version of this post: How to Become a Catholic Nun PDF. How to Become a Nun 1. Pray. The most important place to begin is to pray (or continue praying) about this call you sense.

The terms "nun" and "sister" are often used interchangeably. However within Roman Catholicism, there is a difference between the two. Here's a simple summary of the differences. A Catholic nun is a woman who lives as a contemplative life in a monastery which is usually cloistered (or enclosed) or semi-cloistered. Her ministry and prayer life is ...

• participate in a “nun run” (an event in which you travel from convent to convent with other discerning women in order to check out communities and get to know a variety of nuns) • take a course or workshop taught by a nun • pretend you have a problem with a paper you’re writing for your nun professor so you get

Jun 29, 2012 · Being a nun is more of a way of life than it is a career. I think of a career as something that at the end of the day or week, I can come home and do my ordinary stuff. I’m “off duty” so to speak. Just like being married is not a career, being a nun is not really a career because being a nun is part of who I am.

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May 28, 2007 · To add my twopennothworth from the other side of the Pond… A priest is still a priest when he or she takes off the collar. Therefore a nun is still a nun (and likewise a monk is still a monk) whether wearing a habit and veil or not. Some priests are never seen without collar and cassock; that suits their particular style of ministry best.

Mar 24, 2008 · For a nun, we vow to be celibate and so we choose to express union and love in other ways, such as through our community life, our relationships, and our ministry (Check out my post Do nuns know how to love? for other ways we express love). We have to acknowledge to ourselves a sexual urge we may have (not bury it as if it’s not there) and ...

Mar 24, 2008 · Nun’s habits were fashioned after mourning clothing, or so I have read. The headgear was also fashioned after the time in which the community came together. Besides the linen around the face and hair, the outer headpiece was frequently fashioned to block peripheral vision. Check out “The Nun’s Story” on DVD – very nice habits, indeed!