Becoming a Nun

[@maryw.5431]

I was a Postulant in 2005, Benedictine Community in Ann Arbor, MI. They're "Teaching" Sister's, But read the Divine Office 6 times daily. After Compline @ 7pm is "Grand Silence" till morning.
"A Habit Doesn't Make A Nun", as 1 person told me. But for me, it meant giving myself Totally & Completely to God. They Do Wear The Full Black/White Habit/Scapular/Belt/Rosary/Head-Neck Coverage/and "Yolk". The are Semi-Cloistered, meaning-No "Lay" person is allowed in the Monastery area. Guest Quarters, Yes!!

[@yanderegamer-chan6468]

I really want to become a nun since I'm young. but, I always think, will God receive me as the best nun? I am a Roman Catholic. reasons I want to be a nun: I really do want to assist God. I want to impress God in how much I can do for him, how much I can serve him. But, men sin too much. we couldn't control ourselves from sinning. I wish God choose me as his assistant.

[@christawicklulnd3018]

Praying is Good and god is Great I would be a Good Nun someday.

[@Disciple_of_God.]

Did you become one?

[@britanyjudkins6208]

i want to become a nun after i get out of college and out of my mission nuns have fascinated me since i was 7 years old they are so amazing

[@mgp3937]

britany judkins p

[@kessajun5687]

Wish to be a nun ....

[@maritzarodriguez5870]

God bless you

[@katerzynaroll5811]

I want to be A nun after collage and I know God is calling me I want to be a great Nun and good bride of God someday

[@ktuynh]

Katerzyna Janelle Roll I pray for you. Amen

[@ethiopienqueen]

Amen sister

[@shilpashilu890]

I am 26 yrs... I want to be nun. .. could you please say where and when and how to join

[@selvakumari1686]

Pretty much most respected most hon sisters bless me pray for me pls
Deus te abencoe

[@mikearena620]

Do you have to cut your hair to become a nun

[@freliebunalan]

Plz help me to become a nun

[@RIC2011Peru]

Please come back to your tradicional habits

[@rangoonbob]

A habit doesn't make a nun.
Habits are an outward sign of one's poverty and belonging to a particular community, Trappistine nuns have kept most of what is traditional except their coif has changed. The Coif is the garment's headpiece and includes the white cotton cap secured by a bandeau and a white wimple or guimpe of starched linen, cotton, or (today) polyester to cover the cheeks and neck. It is sometimes covered by a thin layer of black crêpe. The cornette was another type of coif.
Veil: This element is worn pinned over the coif head coverings. Some veils could be worn down to cover the face or up to expose it. The veil sometimes includes a white underveil as well. The color of the veil depends as well from the habit of the order and the status of the nun (novices or postulants wear differently colored veils than the professed nuns).
Trappistines are cloistered nuns to boot. So for them is more a reminder that they a part of a community.
My guess is you are a male. I suggest you wear the old-style habits you are familiar to you, with all the starch and laundering they require. These nuns are working nuns and wear work clothes while working at their various jobs around the monastery.
The more "modern" are more in line with what women like Mary would have worn in our Lord's time anyway.
"Since the habit is a sign of consecration, poverty and membership in a particular Religious family, I join the Fathers of the Synod in strongly recommending to men and women religious that they wear their proper habit, suitably adapted to the conditions of time and place." ~ Pope Saint John-Paul II in his post-apostolic Exhortation Vita consecrata (1996) says concerning the religious habit of consecrated persons:
§25 Constitutions do not have a specific habit should ensure that the dress of their members corresponds in dignity and simplicity to the nature of their vocation.
Prayer and working with God's will are the path, not what one wears.

[@jensmom604]

Why would anyone do such a thing? There are plenty of ways to serve God and still have a normal life.

[@hanzyo1916]

Even this is normal instead

[@Annakist76]

This IS normal life to them, they are following a call, it is what makes them happy and fulfilled.

[@ktuynh]

John Orr

[@kathyhanna9411]

It’s what we call a calling from God!!!

[@shanekasunich9756]

jensmom604 why do people become Drs. ? or teachers or anything? they want to or have a call on their life. I think its wonderful if that's what they want yo do. it wouldn't be good for everyone to want to be the same thing.