How to Become a Nun
- Get an education. Most religious communities require their applicants to have at least a bachelor's degree, preferably from a religious college.
- Join an order that suits you. Nuns have groups or communities called orders. ...
- Complete your training. ...
- Take your temporary vows. ...
- Take your final vows.
Do you have to be a virgin to be a nun?
Nuns do not need to be virgins Vatican announces as Pope agrees holy 'brides of Christ' CAN have sex and still be 'married to God'
Do nuns get paid?
Nuns do not get paid the same way other people do for working. They turn any earnings over to their congregation, which they trust to provide a stipend that will cover minimum living expenses. Their pay thus depends on their community, not on how much or where they work.
