stlmom Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 [quote name='MargaretTeresa' timestamp='1302234317' post='2226824'] Holy Spirit Adoration Sisters, St. Louis MO. Not a big fan of the pink, but something about these... [img]http://mountgraceconvent.org/Pictures/pictures/renewal/renew0.jpg[/img] [img]http://mountgraceconvent.org/Pictures/pictures/advent/adv9.jpg[/img] [img]http://mountgraceconvent.org/Pictures/pictures/renewal/renew4.jpg[/img] [/quote] Agreed--I don't normally weigh in on "pretty habits" threads, but I have visited the St. Louis adoration chapel during midday prayer, and have to admit they are very becoming habits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MargaretTeresa Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 I am in STL at least twice a year, but always with my family. Therefore, I never get to stop anywhere I would like to. (I am a history nerd...lots of places in STL I'd love to stop!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnlySunshine Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 [quote name='MargaretTeresa' timestamp='1302234317' post='2226824'] Holy Spirit Adoration Sisters, St. Louis MO. Not a big fan of the pink, but something about these... [img]http://mountgraceconvent.org/Pictures/pictures/renewal/renew0.jpg[/img] [img]http://mountgraceconvent.org/Pictures/pictures/advent/adv9.jpg[/img] [img]http://mountgraceconvent.org/Pictures/pictures/renewal/renew4.jpg[/img] [/quote] Did you know that when the Sisters have to go out of the cloister for doctor's appointments and such, they wear a grey tunic instead of the pink one? I always thought that was neat. I read somewhere that they don't want to stick out by wearing pink in public. Such humility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soon2becatholic Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 [url="http://www.heartsofjesusandmary.org/gallery1.htm"]http://www.heartsofjesusandmary.org/gallery1.htm[/url] I really like them. Male and female order dedicated to the sacred and immaculate heart. Beautiful habits. Postulant, novice, and professed habits are beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kavalamyself Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 (edited) This is a very cool thread. I really like wimples, though, so I hope more orders go back to wearing wimples. Whenever I look at the PCC habit, I think it must be very comfortable, and I think the wimples really complete the habit. [img]http://catholic-magazine.excerptsofinri.com/images/nuns.jpg[/img] versus [img]http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/920041/Poor_Clares_03_large.JPG[/img] Edited April 8, 2011 by kavalamyself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kavalamyself Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 I might have changed my mind. Check out the lining underneath the veil! (And the crosses on the outer veil!) [img]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OHdzk3JlsgY/S_XIbgvSwyI/AAAAAAAAGLc/oBy1rxDAKr4/s1600/Benedictine+Nuns_perpetual+profession+of+vows.JPG[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pax_et bonum Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 (edited) [quote name='soon2becatholic' timestamp='1302288965' post='2226934'] [url="http://www.heartsofjesusandmary.org/gallery1.htm"]http://www.heartsofj. ..rg/gallery1.htm[/url] I really like them. Male and female order dedicated to the sacred and immaculate heart. Beautiful habits. Postulant, novice, and professed habits are beautiful. [/quote] I emailed with Sr. Teresa back in December. After a couple of times, I didn't hear back from her again but they look really cool. I love long veils They have quite a few videos on youtube about them too. I asked about their medal and this is what she said, "The necklace is a medal that reads, on the front: All Glory, Praise and Honor are Yours, Now and Forever. This surrounds an image of a host above a chalice. On the Host is an image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, with drops of blood falling from the wound into the chalice. On the other side is an image of the Two Hearts surrounded by a circle with fire. Around this image are the words: In Eternal Dedication to the Two Hearts. All of the member of the Order, both internal and external wear this medal. It symbolizes what we are about." Edited to add that I'm pretty sure the sisters in kavalamyself's 1st post are PCPA (Mother Angelica's order) not PCC (see avatar) but both are Poor Clare Edited April 9, 2011 by Pax_et bonum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FutureSister2009 Posted April 12, 2011 Author Share Posted April 12, 2011 I'd like to add another question to this: How does everyone feel about Orders that do not wear habits? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piccoli Fiori JMJ Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 [quote name='FutureSister2009' timestamp='1302623317' post='2227787'] I'd like to add another question to this: How does everyone feel about Orders that do not wear habits? [/quote] There are some good orders and there are some 'interesting' ones. I've been able to speak with some wonderful Sisters from non-habited orders. Sometimes the abandonment of the habit is nothing they have control over. As long as they live for Jesus and His Church and live a life of service to both, they are doing good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeresaBenedicta Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 Well, of course I'm biased, but I really love these habits: [img]http://www.ssvmusa.org/Images/Vocations/vocationResources/bronxZoo.JPG[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnlySunshine Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 [quote name='FutureSister2009' timestamp='1302623317' post='2227787'] I'd like to add another question to this: How does everyone feel about Orders that do not wear habits? [/quote] I used to be such a stickler for questions like this earlier in my discernment. I was convinced that religious who did not wear habits were not truly religious. I don't think that way anymore, but I know that those communities are not for me. I really look forward to wearing the habit if (God-willing) I become a religious. I want to be an outward sign of Christ's love in this progressively secular world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FutureSister2009 Posted April 12, 2011 Author Share Posted April 12, 2011 Yes I want to wear a habit to remind me that I am a part of a community and as a part of my vow of poverty. The habit makes you even more simple. Sometimes I don't take Sisters who don't wear habits as seriously. I'm thrown off guard when I meet a Sister who's not wearing a habit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krissylou Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 Some orders were founded without habits (notably Daughters of Charity/Sisters of Charity, but they aren't the only ones) and subsequently the community (not the founders) deemed it wise to add on a "uniform." So they did. The same community that decided that for their particular time and place it made sense to add it on, could also decide in another time and place not to use it. Also, I would point out that "return to the intentions of your founders" is not a simple process, especially for very old orders. So, these are the sorts of things that Francis did about the year 1200. What do we understand about the cultural context of 13th century Italy? What did those things mean in that context? We now live in a very different time and place. Given what we know about how Francis interacted with his culture, what would it look like to be truly Franciscan in our culture? That is NOT an easy and obvious analysis! And so it makes total sense to me that different communities would honestly and faithfully and prayerfully wrestle with that -- and come up with different answers. And different communities that come up with different answers end up emphasizing different elements and we as a wider Church need all these different emphases. What is really sad (I figure it's the religious life's version of the "Mommy Wars" as human nature is pretty consistent) is when this becomes such a bone of contention. I keep remembering hearing our own dear Sister Marie (whose community wears a modified habit) talking about going to some larger gathering of Sisters and finding that NOBODY else wanted to talk to her. The people in full, traditional habits thought her modified habit wasn't nunly enough, or something, and the people without habits thought, oh something else bad. (And I could easily imagine people in modified habits thinking that they had found the "right balance" between being locked in traditionalism and discarding all tradition. Human nature is consistent.) THAT, I feel very confident in saying, should not be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MargaretTeresa Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 I agree with MM on the new question. I got my packet from DSMME today! Lots of interesting info! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franciscanheart Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 [quote name='kavalamyself' timestamp='1302290442' post='2226938'] I might have changed my mind. Check out the lining underneath the veil! (And the crosses on the outer veil!) [img]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OHdzk3JlsgY/S_XIbgvSwyI/AAAAAAAAGLc/oBy1rxDAKr4/s1600/Benedictine+Nuns_perpetual+profession+of+vows.JPG[/img] [/quote] beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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