Wearing A Miraculous Medal/scapular/saint Medal Etc

[nleyetn]

The scapular I bought came with a St. Benedict medal and a small Crucifix, so I where all three.

[IgnatiusofLoyola]

This is one of my usual dumb questions......How do you keep a scapular from showing through your clothes? [img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/think_head.gif[/img]

[Tridenteen]

[quote name='IgnatiusofLoyola' date='09 June 2010 - 11:12 PM' timestamp='1276143147' post='2126634']
This is one of my usual dumb questions......How do you keep a scapular from showing through your clothes? [img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/think_head.gif[/img]
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JMJ
Camisol for gals, undershirt for guys. Modesty, and hides the scapular [img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif[/img]

[Christie_M]

It's not a dumb question

You can play with the size of the Scapular to see what works/doesn't work. I like to get longer ones so they don't pop out so much from my shirts. Smaller ones (mostly talking about the square part) aren't as obvious through the clothes.
And, of course, wearing nice thick shirts, or sweaters makes things easier

Edited June 10, 2010 by Christie_M

[TeresaBenedicta]

[quote name='Tridenteen' date='10 June 2010 - 01:21 AM' timestamp='1276143709' post='2126638']
JMJ
Camisol for gals, undershirt for guys. Modesty, and hides the scapular [img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif[/img]
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I could never manage to keep the string from showing, even with the camisol.

[CatherineM]

[quote name='TeresaBenedicta' date='09 June 2010 - 11:29 PM' timestamp='1276144178' post='2126647']
I could never manage to keep the string from showing, even with the camisol.
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Athletic tape. The kind that they use on ankles and stuff. You can get it at high end sports equipment places. Little bit of tape on the shoulder. It's designed for sweaty skin, and will stay.

[laetitia crucis]

[quote name='IgnatiusofLoyola' date='09 June 2010 - 11:58 PM' timestamp='1276142280' post='2126624']
Would they allow you to wear an ankle bracelet in the Monastery, or would you have to take it off? (I'm going to have to learn to call it the "Priory" because that's what your Order calls it, but it's going to take some practice!) [/quote]

I'm not sure what the protocol is on various devotional "jewelry"/items. I would think we'd probably be able to wear necklaces under our shirts (and eventually -- God willing -- under the habit); however, I'm not too sure about bracelets/anklets. Or even a rosary ring. That's something I must remember to ask about! *makes note to self* I think I'd feel somewhat weird without my rosary ring on. ("Offer it up!")

Oh, and as random as it may seem, while visiting I asked the different between a "convent" and "priory". I was told that these distinctions are based on the number of Professed Sisters living there. I can't remember what number that was, but if it was less than that number, then the religious house would be called a "convent", and if over, it is a "priory". I'd never heard of that before. New brain wrinkle that day.

[quote name='IgnatiusofLoyola']
P.S. I hope you wear a veil as a postulant, to cover up your Vulcan ears! [img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/shock.gif[/img] [img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/cool.gif[/img]
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Actually, we don't get to wear veils as postulants... I'd LOVE if we did (like PMer Saint Therese's community does), but alas, we do not.

My postulant habit will look pretty much identical to the Nashville Dominican postulant habit:

[IMG]http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/yy305/laetitia_crucis/Random/nashvillepostulants-1.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/yy305/laetitia_crucis/Random/NPwalking.jpg[/IMG]

Except I'll be wearing "sensible black shoes" or "dark sandals" -- both options WITH (black) socks.

[IgnatiusofLoyola]

[quote name='laetitia crucis' date='09 June 2010 - 11:43 PM' timestamp='1276145020' post='2126651']

My postulant habit will look pretty much identical to the Nashville Dominican postulant habit:

[img]http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/yy305/laetitia_crucis/Random/nashvillepostulants-1.jpg[/img]

Except I'll be wearing "sensible black shoes" or "dark sandals" -- both options WITH (black) socks. [img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/sweat.gif[/img]
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There's that old saying, "If nuns are the brides of Christ, why does he only get the ugly ones?" If someone ever says that, all you have to do is pull out this picture. This is a very attractive group of young ladies!

[jeffpugh]

Did wear a cross, Miraculous Medal and St. Cecilia medal....


but they fled from me

[Piccoli Fiori JMJ]

I have a scapular that has a Miraculous Medal & St. Benedict Medal built into the scapular. It's quite nice and saves me from a constant jingling noise... My old scapular also had a little Crucifix, a Holy Face medal, and an Agnus Dei, but I have yet to transfer them to the new scapular. At one time, I had a few other medals, but they fell off at certain points.

laetitia crucis-I know that the Poor Clares said they pin medals to the straps of their undergarments.

[laetitia crucis]

[quote name='Sacred Music Man' date='10 June 2010 - 01:59 AM' timestamp='1276149596' post='2126667']
Did wear a cross, Miraculous Medal and St. Cecilia medal....


but they fled from me
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A few weeks after I bought my first crucifix necklace (about a year before Catholicism entered my life), I woke up one morning and discovered that the corpus was missing. (It was one of those hematite beaded necklaces with a hematite cross and silver corpus.)

The first words out of my mouth that morning were a very panicked, "I'VE LOST JESUS!!!"

Then an exasperated, "Hey roomie, can you help me find Jesus? Please?"

Her response: Uh... suuure.

[Cherie]

[quote name='IgnatiusofLoyola' date='10 June 2010 - 12:12 AM' timestamp='1276143147' post='2126634']
This is one of my usual dumb questions......How do you keep a scapular from showing through your clothes? [img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/think_head.gif[/img]
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Most of the time, you can't actually see the square fabric through your clothing...the problem is usually with the string peeking out on the sides. Mine has a long string, but it still sometimes peeks out around the neckline of whatever I happen to be wearing. Honestly, I don't mind it - and if anyone asks, "What's that?" (Which is a question I got a lot when I was in High School) it was a great opportunity to evangelize about the brown scapular.

To me, I think it's a beautiful thing to see someone's scapular string (of course, these are people wearing modest clothing, where the string sometimes shows by the collar or something) -- my old one that I wore in the convent broke a while ago, and there weren't any Catholic bookstores nearby, so I didn't get a replacement for a while. Then I saw a picture of one of my friends on Facebook, and you could see her scapular string -- and it really inspired me to travel the hour to the nearest Catholic bookstore and buy another one!

[aalpha1989]

[quote name='Tridenteen' date='09 June 2010 - 08:50 PM' timestamp='1276131009' post='2126531']
JMJ
Scapular, benedict medal, crucific, and guardian angel necklace. The scapular has a tiny iny benny medal and crucifix, so they don't make bumps under my shirt.
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Hey, my scapular has the same thing! I bet we have the same one...

[fides quarens intellectum]

[quote name='Ash Wednesday' date='09 June 2010 - 08:05 PM' timestamp='1276131900' post='2126538']
I used to wear blessed objects but my eczema worsened after I hit 30 and my skin decided to get overly-sensitive. I hate my allergies and skin so much.
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i don't know if it's eczema, but my left hand is allergic to my wedding ring. i never knew I had a skin allergy, and, i'm also over 30.


[quote name='CherieMadame' date='10 June 2010 - 09:02 AM' timestamp='1276178546' post='2126744']
Most of the time, you can't actually see the square fabric through your clothing...the problem is usually with the string peeking out on the sides. Mine has a long string, but it still sometimes peeks out around the neckline of whatever I happen to be wearing. Honestly, I don't mind it - and if anyone asks, "What's that?" (Which is a question I got a lot when I was in High School) it was a great opportunity to evangelize about the brown scapular.

To me, I think it's a beautiful thing to see someone's scapular string (of course, these are people wearing modest clothing, where the string sometimes shows by the collar or something) -- my old one that I wore in the convent broke a while ago, and there weren't any Catholic bookstores nearby, so I didn't get a replacement for a while. Then I saw a picture of one of my friends on Facebook, and you could see her scapular string -- and it really inspired me to travel the hour to the nearest Catholic bookstore and buy another one!
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I was thinking the same thing - a good opportunity to evangelize!

[CatherineM]

You can get plastic liners for wedding rings when that happens.