How can I become a nun

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I’m 18 and I’m seriously considering becoming a nun I think about it every day does that mean god is calling you if you can’t stop thinking about it? I don’t know what steps to take or who to contact I don’t have an education I only know how to read and write but I know a lot about the bible, history of the Catholic Church, and the early church fathers will I even be accepted as a nun without an education I can never get an education it isn’t part of my culture I’ve been catholic since I was a baby my parents are catholic and most Of my family
 
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There’s a vocations forum here on CAF, you might be able to find infomration there.

Good luck to you as you discern your calling!
 
Go to the top of this page. Click on Catholic Living. The drop down menu will list Vocations. Click on Vocations and you are there.
 
An attraction towards the life may be a sign that you are called to be a nun or sister. Since you mention that an education is not part of your culture, I am going to guess that there communities in your homeland that can accommodate you. Even here in the United States, great love can overcome a dismal education. Because of the circumstances of his time, St. John Vianney received little education in his childhood which made higher studies in his adulthood nearly impossible. His letter of recommendation to the priesthood stated, “The Church is in need not only of learned priests, she wants, above all, holy priests.” St. Bernadette, too, explained, “The Blessed Virgin chose me only because I was the most ignorant.”

That being said, not every community is going to be welcoming. You may have to contact several monasteries and convents. Your parish priest may be able to guide you to communities that would be suitable. Trust everything to Our Lady, and she will guide you to your home. I have an 18 year old in my own home currently applying to be a nun, so I have a special place in my heart for young discerners.
 
@Cloisters might know more about communities outside of the US. Otherwise, seek a spiritual director, contact the Vocations Director of your diocese, and pray.
 
First research different orders and decide what kind of religious life you might want to lead. There are some orders where the women religious are out in the world, wearing secular clothes and helping the poor etc, while there are other nuns who are cloistered, wearing traditional habits and living lives really not that much different to St Faustina Kowalska’s in the 1930’s. Then of course there is everything in between.
 
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