Old Habits Die Hard

[emma8201986 79]

Can we please not fight about this - the subject has been discussed ad nauseum in other posts.  I think we all agree - the people are more important than the externals but for some people - clearly not all - the witness and tradition of the habit are important.  Let it go.

[Ancilla Domini 961]

I love this habit! This wass the habit of the Sisters of Loreto:

 

Some of the other old habits look SO uncomfortable, though! =P

Edited March 7, 2014 by Ancilla Domini

[OnlySunshine 4,570]

I love this habit! This wass the habit of the Sisters of Loreto:

 

Some of the other old habits look SO uncomfortable, though! =P

 

That habit looks rather comfortable compared to others.  It lacks a stiff headdress and doesn't look too bulky.  It's also very becoming.  :)
 

[Nunsuch 570]

The Lorettos revised their habit when they needed to drive. It also was dangerous when they were walking and trying to cross the street--no peripheral vision!  And keep in mind that they worked mostly in the American South and Southwest--hot. [Learned all this both from research and from several friends in the community. But it is becoming as portrayed in the photo....

[AnneLine 5,194]

This was actually their original habit - the sister here died in 1915.

 

 

After they modified the one with the white inside veil, they went to this modified habit:

 

 

A lot of communities had several versions of their habit; as Nunsuch pointed out, many times they had to modify them when the sisters started driving, etc.

[Nunsuch 570]

Yes, Anneline. apparently a bishop decided that all the unrelieved black might discourage vocations, so he urged them to adopt a veil with white trim and a white collar....