please tell me that Nuns like her aren’t funded by the church
Nuns like who Jeanne Gramick? Funded by the Church? Convents traditionally exist on money from their own order and donations. I have three friends who became nuns, all conservative. Each one of their orders either make their own money or get donations from friends and family members of the nuns in the convent. To support their convent they will ply a trade like making hosts or vestments. When nearly all Catholic schools had nuns teaching the children a church would provide a place for them to live, essentially room and board in exchange for teaching the children. Historically, monasteries were independent entities that were incorporated. The Church does not fund them.