What's The Most Beautiful Habit You've Ever Seen?

[PhuturePriest]

[quote name='FutureSister2009' timestamp='1302029309' post='2226167']
I'm taking this question from the Catholic Answers Forum even though I didn't start it. Does anyone have a favorite habit that they've seen? I've got several. First and foremost, the Franciscan Sisters Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus and of Mary (Of course) Next would be the Carmelites, Followed by the Holy Spirit Adoration Sisters. Pink is my favorite color and I never knew of an Order with a pink habit until I began discerning. If I felt like I was called to a cloistered Order, I'd join them or the Carmelites. And my other favorite is The Missionaries of Charity.

Adding another question. What Order did St. Bernadette join and does it still exist? I feel like I should know this but I don't.
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Well, this is a hard question. As a Franciscan at heart, I love simplicity. Thus, one of my favorite habits hands-down is the habit of the Franciscan Friars Minor:

http://www.google.com/imgres?q=Franciscan+Brothers+Minor&um=1&hl=en&client=firefox-a&sa=N&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&biw=1280&bih=581&tbm=isch&tbnid=fhZEmeeR7k8yUM:&imgrefurl=http://www.todayscatholicnews.org/2011/05/franciscan-brothers-minor-inaugural-novice-class-to-make-temporary-profession-of-vows-in-restored-church/&docid=1f5YHwC_ioQG2M&imgurl=http://www.todayscatholicnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/18friarvows0062.jpg&w=3888&h=2592&ei=-zCBT-b7B-rO2AXHp9HpBg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=462&vpy=144&dur=386&hovh=183&hovw=275&tx=132&ty=111&sig=110648212192169698244&page=1&tbnh=112&tbnw=150&start=0&ndsp=20&ved=1t:429,r:2,s:0,i:73

However, having the deep love of Saint Dominic that Saint Francis himself had, I also love the Dominican habit. Though more elaborate than the one to two-piece habit of the Franciscans it is still quite simple and its beauty shows through its simplicity. To be clear, I am speaking about the habit the Dominican Friars wear. I'm not sure about the Dominican Sisters yet. I haven't seen it too many times to have an opinion on it.

Others come to mind, of course, but these are the main ones. As for female habits, I have always loved Saint Therese of Lisieux, and I quite like the Carmelite Nun habit.

Edited April 8, 2012 by FuturePriest387

[the171]

YES!! YEA!! GO CARMEL GO!!

[Lil'Monster]

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I am shoeless right now. Shoes, BEGH. Who needs them
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I need them......seriously......I cannot go walking in the barn without wearing any shoes.......cuz I might step on something that is a lil juicy......or worse than that.....

[Carmelshrimp]

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YES!! YEA!! GO CARMEL GO!!
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Always Carmel - but then I'm (ever so slightly) biased

[Kayte Postle]

I really love the DSMME/ND and Sisters of Life habit. They are just so beautiful, feminine, and I would be twirling around in circles all day in those things.

[emmaberry]

The SofL habit is so beautiful. When the sisters came to my college, I got a picture with them 'for my dad' I said--lol, that was code for 'I am documenting myself with these gorgeous habits!!!....and sisters'

It's sad, because, though I am called to contemplative cloistered life, I LOVE the active order's habits so much! Dominicans (ND & MME), Sisters of Life, and the Missionaries of Charity sari habit is also a fave.

[Queen'sDaughter]

Let me think...Benedictine? Black and white, all the way! Especially my order. The novice's veils look just like dove wings.

[HopefulBride]

hmm let me think about that... I'd have to vote for

This!
[img]http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/250643_2066046896760_5097270_n.jpg[/img]

This
[img]http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/10416_156995451862_4690663_n.jpg[/img]

and This!!!! (which I hope one day soon I will wear)
[img]http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/8517_127074656862_911192_n.jpg[/img]



There is a slight possibility that I"m biased though but who could resist the blue?? Such a beautiful reminder of our Lady

[EmilyAnn]

[quote name='Queen'sDaughter' timestamp='1339184372' post='2442646']
Let me think...Benedictine? Black and white, all the way! Especially my order. The novice's veils look just like dove wings.
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I'm with you on that one! Benedictines all the way.

[TheresaThoma]

[quote name='HopefulBride' timestamp='1339186812' post='2442666']

There is a slight possibility that I"m biased though but who could resist the blue?? Such a beautiful reminder of our Lady
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Nah you're not biased at all. I'd voting for those too. (Ok so maybe that means we are both biased )

[Safia]

I'm biased, but I love the Dominicans' simplicity, in all its forms.

This is the project that started me down my path of discernment, which gives great imagery:
http://www.tonigreaves.com/gallery.html?folio=projects&gallery=Radical%20Love

And the multimedia:
http://www.tonigreaves.com/pages/3/multimedia/multimedia/

[AveMariaPurissima]

Lots of orders have beautiful habits, but (in my ultra-unbiased opinion ) my hands-down favorite is the Trinitarians of Mary:
[img]http://www.trinitariansofmary.org/images/About%20Us/Sisters-fountian-edited-2.jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.trinitariansofmary.org/images/Vocations/Hna_Bernadette.jpg[/img]

[InPersonaChriste]

[img]http://sytereitz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/10_05_15_Benedictines_03.jpg[/img]
Benedictines of Mary

[img]http://ww3.hdnux.com/photos/02/42/33/665306/3/628x471.jpg[/img]
Missionaries of Charity

Close favorites:
Poor Clare Colettines,
Adorers of the Royal Heart of Jesus Sovreign Priest.

[ToJesusMyHeart]

[img]http://mariansisters.com/mediac/450_0/media/bc7a22d5668d326fffff803fffffffdc.jpg[/img]

[img]http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/304781_222353324480071_6924255_n.jpg[/img]

Marian Sisters of Santa Rosa The miraculous medal is worn around the neck.

Veils from behind:
[img]http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/292611_365522693496466_1314945143_n.jpg[/img]

[Little Flower]

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[img]http://cloisters.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/6912visitation_l.jpg.w300h207.jpg[/img]

This one is my favorite!
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[quote name='Margaret Mary' timestamp='1302115212' post='2226437']
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This one is my favorite!
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I just spent a week there!!!! They are so amazingly amesome!!!

[Pax_et bonum]

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I just spent a week there!!!! They are so amazingly amesome!!!
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What community is that?

[Little Flower]

[quote name='Pax_et bonum' timestamp='1344108046' post='2462720']
What community is that?
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[quote name='Pax_et bonum' timestamp='1344108046' post='2462720']
What community is that?
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Visitation Nuns in Toledo, Ohio. their website is toledovisitation.org
They're really razzle dazzle, you can visit them and you can stay inside the cloister, so you really see what their life is like. I'm hoping to visit them again sometime soon. They let girls over 14 make a vocation retreat inside, you just have to have a priest send them a letter of reccomendation.

[MessorCarus]

there are so many wonderful ones.

[Alberto Guimaraes]

:heart:

Very true. And remember that clothes of this type are only for this world. Won't we wear white robes in Heaven? I also remember reading how St. Francis received incredibly beautiful clothing in Heaven because he chose the least and poorest of all clothing for this world.

But to answer the question in a down-to-earth way, I love the contrasting colors of the Redemptoristine Nuns. Also the Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of Matara. And others that have been mentioned.

But my all-time favorite is probably this:

 

[Alberto Guimaraes]

:heart:

Very true. And remember that clothes of this type are only for this world. Won't we wear white robes in Heaven? I also remember reading how St. Francis received incredibly beautiful clothing in Heaven because he chose the least and poorest of all clothing for this world.

But to answer the question in a down-to-earth way, I love the contrasting colors of the Redemptoristine Nuns. Also the Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of Matara. And others that have been mentioned.

But my all-time favorite is probably this: