Catholic nuns

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Catholic nuns are women who take religious vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience within the Catholic Church and dedicate their lives to prayer, community life, and service.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf member of religious order
religious person
canBeMemberOf Benedictine order NERFINISHED
Carmelite order NERFINISHED
Dominican order NERFINISHED
Missionaries of Charity NERFINISHED
Poor Clares NERFINISHED
Sisters of Mercy NERFINISHED
contributesTo spiritual life of the Church
dedicatedTo community life
prayer
service
follows Rule of their religious order
formationIncludes novitiate
postulancy
temporary vows
formationLeadsTo perpetual vows
gender female
goal union with God
historicallyAssociatedWith convents
monasteries
lifestyle celibate
communal
livesAccordingTo evangelical counsels
livesIn religious community
livesUnder superior (abbess or prioress)
mayBelongTo active apostolic order
contemplative order
mayEngageIn intellectual work
manual labor
mayTake simple vows
solemn vows
mayWear veil
mayWorkIn education
health care
missionary work
parish ministry
social services
observes community rule
partOf Catholic religious life
practices Liturgy of the Hours NERFINISHED
communal prayer
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church
takesVowOf chastity
obedience
poverty
underAuthorityOf Holy See NERFINISHED
local bishop
vowsAre public vows
wears religious habit

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Homer Smith religiousContext Catholic nuns