DameAgnes Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 (edited) As a Benedictine Oblate, I am so happy to see a third novice begin her canonical year at St. Walburga's Abbey in CO. Prayers for Sr. Judith (in this community names-in-religion are given at First Vows) [url="http://www.walburga.org/Novitiate.html"]http://www.walburga.org/Novitiate.html[/url] Look at how happy they all look! What a glowing novitiate! Yay! Yay! More pray-ers in a world that needs prayers so desperately! Yay for the Bennies (well, I MUST put up some little resistance to all you Dominicans!) Edited July 28, 2009 by DameAgnes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeniteAdoremus Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 I love their veils. My, I AM shallow tonight Sr. Raisa looks like she just pulled a prank! I approve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stlmom Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 Thanks Dame Agnes, and I'm with you on the Bennies. I don't understand why people bother to go elsewhere! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kavalamyself Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 (edited) I believe all of us here on PM can appreciate a beautiful habit. I know one woman who longs for the days of the Daughters of Charity and their bountiful headpieces, but like those above me, I too love the look of the Benedictine habit in all of its glory. The wimple really completes the "look" (and yes, I too will accuse myself of being shallow)! These nuns truly look divine! Edited July 29, 2009 by kavalamyself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maria_Faustina Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 So pretty! In a shallow, physical way as well as a spiritual, eternally-directed way. (After all, habits are gorgeous because they represent something more). Always so wonderful to know habited, contemplative orders are getting new vocations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevotedtoHim Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 I think this a great community! Kavala, I also know someone who wants that cornette (coronette?) back! Funny how small the internet is! Anyway, these Benedictines really are beautiful women - inside and out! I think the outside just reflects completely what is inside! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the lords sheep Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 Yay for vocations! (Even if they are Benedictine... ) They all look absolutely radiant. For all you Bennies: who is Saint/Blessed Lioba? As far as the DoC Cornette goes: I've been told by Daughters that they were beautiful but horrible! In order to stay up like that, the cornettes were heavily starched, and all those harsh chemicals rubbing on the face cause the Sisters to get ulcers under their veils around their ears. While I love a beautiful habit as much as the next girl, there's something to be said for practicality. (Sorry for the !) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeniteAdoremus Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 St. Lioba was a sister of St. Boniface (Bonifatius) and a Benedictine abbess. They converted much of what is now Western Germany and the North-East of the Netherlands. And I fully agree on the practicality part I also heard that a DoC in the rain is a sad sight indeed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puellapaschalis Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 [quote name='VeniteAdoremus' post='1934916' date='Jul 29 2009, 10:21 PM']St. Lioba was a sister of St. Boniface (Bonifatius) and a Benedictine abbess. They converted much of what is now Western Germany and the North-East of the Netherlands. And I fully agree on the practicality part I also heard that a DoC in the rain is a sad sight indeed... [/quote] fsvo "sister" - I learnt that she was a cousin (the Bonifatial family came from more or less the same part of England as I do). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeniteAdoremus Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 [quote name='puellapaschalis' post='1935062' date='Jul 30 2009, 01:36 AM']fsvo "sister" - I learnt that she was a cousin (the Bonifatial family came from more or less the same part of England as I do).[/quote] See? This is why you should not run off to rub shoulders with priestly internet celebrities all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puellapaschalis Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 [quote name='VeniteAdoremus' post='1935098' date='Jul 30 2009, 01:13 AM']See? This is why you should not run off to rub shoulders with priestly internet celebrities all the time.[/quote] niet snap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeniteAdoremus Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 [quote name='puellapaschalis' post='1935455' date='Jul 30 2009, 12:28 PM']niet snap [/quote] I meant that you should stay around to correct my factual errors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puellapaschalis Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 [quote name='VeniteAdoremus' post='1935468' date='Jul 30 2009, 01:07 PM']I meant that you should stay around to correct my factual errors. [/quote] lolz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemma Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 [quote name='the lords sheep' post='1934911' date='Jul 29 2009, 05:16 PM']Yay for vocations! (Even if they are Benedictine... ) They all look absolutely radiant. For all you Bennies: who is Saint/Blessed Lioba? As far as the DoC Cornette goes: I've been told by Daughters that they were beautiful but horrible! In order to stay up like that, the cornettes were heavily starched, and all those harsh chemicals rubbing on the face cause the Sisters to get ulcers under their veils around their ears. While I love a beautiful habit as much as the next girl, there's something to be said for practicality. (Sorry for the !)[/quote] IMHO, they could have gone to a white veil with pointed coif, like what the Marian Missionary Sisters and Medical Mission Sisters had Pre-VatII. Blessings, Gemma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemma Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 [quote name='Maria_Faustina' post='1934440' date='Jul 29 2009, 12:20 AM']So pretty! In a shallow, physical way as well as a spiritual, eternally-directed way. (After all, habits are gorgeous because they represent something more). Always so wonderful to know habited, contemplative orders are getting new vocations![/quote] That's what Cloister Outreach is here for! [url="http://cloisters.tripod.com/"]http://cloisters.tripod.com/[/url] The site's in the process of being updated. Blessings, Gemma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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