Sisters and Postulants and Nuns - O My!

click here for photo attribution

'The grating in a Carmelite monastery is not 

to keep the Sisters in, but to keep the world out.'

Fulton J Sheen

Did you ever wonder if there were differences between Sisters and Nuns, or between postulants and novices and aspirants? Wonder no more! Click here for a glossary of terms.  

Ever wonder about differences between monks and friars? Click here.

Photo: Turris Davidica, Discalced Carmelite at the Choir Grille. Click here for full attribution.