2006-10-24 18:35:10 · 12 answers · asked by LadyRebecca 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
some orders still live in convents, they are cliostered (don't come out in public)
other orders do live in houses or what they call "communities, usually 3-4 rent a house and live together (of course the house is paid for by the catholic church)
Others who are old live in a retirment home just for nuns
I know because I used to work with retired nuns
2006-10-24 18:38:16 · answer #1 · answered by JoAnne H 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Convents, monestaries and homes. It depends on a number of different things:
If a single nun is working in an area, perhaps doing hospital ministry, it would be inconvenient and expensive to maintan a convent, so this woman would live perhaps in an apartment.
A group of nuns running a school would likely have a convent.
Some nuns, such as the Sisters Contemplative of the Precious Blood have monestaries around the world.
In my town, we have two nuns who had separate appartments. When a local church started sharing a pastor with another church, this left one rectory free and they now share that building. Mostly it depends on the mission and the resources.
2006-10-24 18:48:07 · answer #2 · answered by Deirdre H 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've stayed in one for two summers working at a historical site. The retired nun 'sisters' were still in residence. They were way cool and the sweetest ladies I've ever met. It wasn't actually a convent but an old catholic boarding school. It was huge with many floors and the rooms were way tiny. Kind of hard to live in while staying there for 4-5 months with most of your belongings. They had a huge kitchen downstairs in the basement, with a dining room for the sisters. Is there any reason why your parents want to send you to a convent? There should be a reason that you are not telling us. There are not many convents left in America today, that I know of. A few in Louisiana I believe, I could be wrong.
2016-05-22 12:13:54 · answer #3 · answered by MarilynAnn 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Convent
2006-10-24 18:39:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Convent or Parish aparments.
We have a big building full of them out back behind the local Catholic Church.
A Priest might get a house.
Ministers usually do (Protestants).
2006-10-24 18:38:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sisters I worked with mostly lived in houses with about 5 sisters to a home.
2006-10-24 18:38:28 · answer #6 · answered by Kuji 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mary Tyler Moore lived in a apartment complex in Change of Habit.
2006-10-24 18:37:34 · answer #7 · answered by Marisa & Laurence D 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
some do indeed not live in convents.
2006-10-24 18:44:51 · answer #8 · answered by judy_r8 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
own homes
2006-10-24 18:36:43 · answer #9 · answered by nicole 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
david l , do you know the order she belonged that allowed her to live on her own?
2015-12-20 23:29:57 · answer #10 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋