Hi all

I just got back from our amazing pilgrimage to Israel and Italy. All of your prayer requests were carried with us and prayed at each and every mass.

During our journey, I saw hundreds of priests and sisters in all sorts of habits. But two were so very unusual. I'd really like to know more about them. In Rome I saw three sisters. One was in purple and with her was a younger sister in lavender. The next day, I saw a sister in a light yellow habit. These were all full habits, with veils.

any ideas who they were? I was unable to get pictures of them from the bus, darn it!

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The Assumptionists wear purple. The habit varies in coverage and style and shade of purple from place to place:







On this page, the sister is wearing a more traditiona habit entirely in the lilac:
http://www.assumptionsisters.org/news.html

The traditional pre-modified habit:

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bump. Anyone on the yellow habit?

Nope, not quite. the sisters were in full length, traditional style habits, but they were solid-colored lavender. same with the yellow habit.....very traditional looking, long veil etc.

I talked with our local sisters and they thought they might be newer, cloistered orders who were outside for some reason.