An unmarried Catholic woman becomes a nun slowly, and freely. She joins a religious community and passes through postulancy, a novitiate of at least a year and three to nine years of temporary vows before she makes final vows. Enclosed nuns need nine to twelve years; two active communities, Holy Cross and St. Joseph of Peace, describe six to ten. The call she is answering is the one Jesus gave the rich young man: “come and follow me” (Matthew 19:21).…

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