Order Guessing Game

[OnlySunshine]

[quote name='she_who_is_not' timestamp='1321994733' post='2339544']
Sisters of Our Lady Immaculate
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Sorry, no go!

[quote name='Mary's Margaret' timestamp='1321997822' post='2339557']
MM They are the Servants of the Cross and are associated with the Companions of the Cross, a community of priests founded by Fr. Bob Bedard. Their website: [url="http://www.servantsofthecross.ca/"]http://www.servantsofthecross.ca/[/url] Companions website: [url="http://www.companionscross.org/"]http://www.companionscross.org/[/url]

I cheated as I know them...a beautiful, faithful community.
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You got it, MM! Your turn!

[PhuturePriest]

Would it be cheating if I cut in?

If it's allowed, this Order was founded in the United States in 1982, and this Order of men wear black Habits with a white cord and sandals. As for other clues, for once these are men and not women (Which hasn't been a feature on this thread or any other thread, really), and they have been in the news a lot.

[i<3franciscans]

Franciscan Brothers of Peace?

[PhuturePriest]

[quote name='i<3franciscans' timestamp='1322071498' post='2339832']
Franciscan Brothers of Peace?
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How does one in then upper northeast area know about the Franciscan Brothers of Peace?

[i<3franciscans]

Because I am smart beyond all belief. lol. JK I just guessed they have not been around for a while...

[OnlySunshine]

[quote name='i<3franciscans' timestamp='1322071498' post='2339832']
Franciscan Brothers of Peace?
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I was going to post that, but on the front part of the website, the habits looked brown, not black. It threw me off.

[PhuturePriest]

Well, you're amazingly right. I didn't expect that anyone would know them. I've actually been friends with Brother Conrad for a few years, and he's told me to stay in touch with him online and to visit their Friary one day once he realized how interested I was in the Order.

[PhuturePriest]

[quote name='MaterMisericordiae' timestamp='1322073711' post='2339851']

I was going to post that, but on the front part of the website, the habits looked brown, not black. It threw me off.
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I think you may be color blind, as it is clearly black on that picture.

[i<3franciscans]

Ah... very nice. I would hijack this thread but we could just move to the Franciscan thread and chattle about them.

[OnlySunshine]

[quote name='FuturePriest387' timestamp='1322073807' post='2339855']

I think you may be color blind, as it is clearly black on that picture.
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LOL, look at the main page and the friar on the left. With the light shining on his habit, it looks brown.

Here is the picture:

[img]http://www.brothersofpeace.org/images/stories/FBPs-Chapel-Portrait.JPG[/img]

Edited November 23, 2011 by MaterMisericordiae

[i<3franciscans]

I honestly can't tell whether it is black or brown.

[OnlySunshine]

[quote name='i<3franciscans' timestamp='1322074023' post='2339859']
I honestly can't tell whether it is black or brown.
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[i<3franciscans]

[quote name='MaterMisericordiae' timestamp='1322075255' post='2339871']


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Well if you say that the one has a brown beard then the habit looks black...

[das8949]

So who posts next order?

[PhuturePriest]

Well, rest assured, I've met them and I'm friends with them, and they wear black. The one that you say has the brown looking Habit is Brother Conrad, which is the one I'm friends with, by the way.

[i<3franciscans]

I believe you. I don't want to go next....

[Maximilianus]

They look like Benedictine style habits with a cincture outside the scapular.

[PhuturePriest]

[quote name='Maximilianus' timestamp='1322082445' post='2339924']
They look like Benedictine style habits with a cincture outside the scapular.
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Actually, there are vast differences between their Habits and Benedictine Habits. Franciscans were never given a specific guideline for their Habit. Francis simply said a robe, with a hood and a cord. That's it. So because of that, there are Franciscans with gray (The original Franciscan color that Francis wore, contrary to popular belief), brown, tan, and even black. The O.F.M. Conventuals wear black as well. But even with the color similarities, there are vast differences between the Habits of the Franciscans and the Benedictines. The Benedictines have much more complicated Habits, as they are Monastic and were given specific guidelines, as opposed to Francis' brief explanation of what he wanted.

Edited November 23, 2011 by FuturePriest387

[Maximilianus]

I said look like. Don't over analyze.

[PhuturePriest]

[quote name='Maximilianus' timestamp='1322084833' post='2339934']
I said look like. Don't over analyze.
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I'm not over-analyzing. I'm simply saying there are vast differences, and that they don't look like each other. Just because they're both black does not mean they look the same. Far from it, in fact. If you put on a Benedictine Habit and then put on a Franciscan Habit you'd be amazed at just how different they really are, and how different they truly look.

Here's a picture of Benedictines:

http://www.google.com/imgres?q=Benedictine+Monk&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=nJM&sa=X&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&biw=1680&bih=861&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=iYitkxgsWbBkhM:&imgrefurl=http://www.abbey.ampleforth.org.uk/our-news/article/date/2009/07/benedictine-juniors-conference-at-ampleforth/%3Ftx_ttnews%255Bday%255D%3D07%26cHash%3D70e316c568&docid=ty-f7xfsUZVvuM&imgurl=http://www.abbey.ampleforth.org.uk/typo3temp/pics/26a8885e4e.jpg&w=800&h=519&ei=JHPNTqHuKOGJsgL89vm1Dg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=1031&vpy=510&dur=282&hovh=181&hovw=279&tx=127&ty=108&sig=115736263268134616790&page=3&tbnh=154&tbnw=205&start=79&ndsp=37&ved=1t:429,r:25,s:79