Novice

A trainee in a religious order or community who typically has already trained as a postulant.


Novitiate

Period of training of novices in a monastery or religious community.


numbers

Spell out numbers less than 10 in most references. Exceptions include ages, speeds, temperatures, rank, ratios, distances, dimensions. If a number starts a sentence, it must be spelled out: Twenty years ago, he could ride a skateboard without breaking any bones. He hasn’t been on a skateboard in 25 years. Exception: years and headlines. 2020...


Nun

A female member of a religious order typically living a vowed life of poverty, chastity, and obedience in community.


Oakerhater, David Pendleton

A Cheyenne warrior and spiritual leader also known as O-kuh-ha-tuh and Making Medicine, Oakerhater was ordained deacon in 1881 and was a missionary to the Cheyenne Nation of Oklahoma in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Feast day: Sept. 1.


Oblate

A lay person who maintains a close committed relationship with a religious community, without taking full religious vows.


Oblation

An offering, generally of money, symbolizing the offering of ourselves, our lives, and our labor to Christ.


Offertory

The portion of the Eucharist when the bread and wine is ceremonially placed on the altar. A collection of money customarily is presented at the same time.