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1. Oct 07,  · Photographer Valeria Luongo’s long-term project explores the daily life of nuns at the Holy Hearts of Jesus and Mary convent in Rome. It was born out of a fascination with the women who choose Author: Valeria Luongo.

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2. Nov 19,  · Nuns.I. ORIGIN AND HISTORY.—The institution of nuns and sisters, who devote themselves in various religious orders to the practice of a life of perfection, dates from the first ages of the Church, and women may claim with a certain pride that they were the first to embrace the religious state for its own sake, without regard to missionary work and ecclesiastical .

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3. Nun definition is - a woman belonging to a religious order; especially: one under solemn vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.

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4. Jul 22,  · The nuns, ages 69 to 99, lived together across three floors at the Felician Sisters' convent in Livonia. They included teachers, an author and a secretary in the Vatican Secretariat of State, Author: Caleb Parke.

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5. By definition, a nun has set herself apart from the world in order to lead a more spiritual life, one with vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. Such a remarkable stand can seem intimidating to people both religious and ersanbadinonsmul.evrycontsongvagapawelvenewsmactio.co: Molly Edmonds.

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6. Feb 16,  · There are 55, nuns in the US and 41, priests, according to statistics compiled by SNAP.

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7. May 15,  · The nuns were from the same religious order near Turin in northern Italy, and they had never been alone outside the semi-cloistered life until they found themselves in missionary work in ersanbadinonsmul.evrycontsongvagapawelvenewsmactio.co: Barbie Latza Nadeau.

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8. A Catholic nun is a woman who lives as a contemplative life in a monastery which is usually cloistered (or enclosed) or semi-cloistered. Her ministry and prayer life is centered within and around the monastery for the good of the world.

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