At one time all Catholic nuns adopted a new name, perhaps patterned after a saint they wished to emulate and they usually took "Mary" as their second name. The practice of taking a new name is now optional, some orders continue it, but many do not, so its common now to see a name like "Sister Barbara Jones".
There is no one answer to your question. Here are a few of the reasons:
The easy answer is tradition!- a Long-standing custom. It is true many religious orders, to which the Nuns belong ( there being no lay or unattached sisters) were founded by Men such as Saint Francis and St. Dominic- hence Franciscans, Dominicans. oddly there are more female than male saints- so there is no shortage of religious names without any Gender- hopping. Sometimes they will combine male and female names- such as a Sister Martin Mary of the IHM. ( no, she did not invert the name of the actress Mary Martin. Mary is of course the Blessed Virgin- but Martin is a male saint. You will also find such combinations as Mary Luke, and more normal-like male names adapted to a female role- I knew of a Sister Roberta. I suggest you ask about at a local convent or religious book store , they could shed some light on this veiled tradition, no pun intended. By the way both Sister Martin Mary and Sr. Roberta were both in the same order, the IHM ( Immaculate Heart of Mary).
Nun is a contraction of the word renunciant. However, they are more commonly referred to as sisters in the church.
Nuns change their names because for them, it indicates their new life in Christ. Priests rarely change their names.
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Nuns do not go through Holy Orders. They take certain vows to become nuns.
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No. Widows are women whose husbands have died. Nuns are "brides of Christ" who take vows and practice "poverty, chastity, and obedience".
Like priests, nuns take a vow of chastity
members of orders proper (such as the Society of Jesus) take solemn vows. "OP" stands for "Order of Preachers" and is specific to Dominicans. Thus the sisters you are referring to are probably Dominican nuns.
Religious women who take vows to live a life of chastity, obedience, and poverty.
Nuns are solemnly professed religious sisters who live in a monastery, usually called an Abbey. Please note that Nuns are NOT Sisters. Sisters in the Catholic Church are religious women who take perpetual or simple promises, and usually live in a convent, teaching or nursing.
compare with mens was not compared with men ~they did many things -work - take care of the kids and family they did everything their families depend on them
compare with mens was not compared with men ~they did many things -work - take care of the kids and family they did everything their families depend on them
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No one. They had to take care of themselves. Not only were they women without rights or privileges, but they were nuns. Often women were sent to a nunnery as a punishment by their husbands or if a husband just wanted to be rid of his wife he sent her there.