The Wedding Dress Orders (For Us Romantics)

[Lilllabettt]

mmm. poof sleeves.

[MarysLittleFlower]

I think many of the dresses are pretty :) like these: http://icrsp.org/IMAGES-APOSTOLATS/IMAGES-2010/Gricigliano/Prise-Habit/Prise-Habit.htm

just the simple white dress with a veil. I like that they cover as much as they do, because they are religious and also so they're not too "worldly". They just look so innocent and pure :) if they were like typical wedding dresses today (strapless... etc) they'd look more "of the world". (to be honest I'm not a fan of those dresses at all, and if I got married, I wouldn't wear them anyways).

 

If I were entering I wouldn't reject an order on the basis of whether they have the dresses or not, of course, lol, - but if they happen to, I think it's nice symbolism :) same with rings. But the Carmelites don't wear the dresses (based on what I read on the previous page???) yet I love their ceremony so much too. Or how the Passionists wear the crown of thorns. It's all so symbolic and beautiful :) 

Edited June 9, 2013 by MarysLittleFlower

[MarysLittleFlower]

double post.....

Edited June 9, 2013 by MarysLittleFlower

[Chiquitunga]

But the Carmelites don't wear the dresses (based on what I read on the previous page???) yet I love their ceremony so much too. 

 

Oh, some still do and most did (since the mid-1800's at least) until more recent times. Here's my post a couple pages back - http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/topic/116361-the-wedding-dress-orders-for-us-romantics/?p=2574523

 

Also a couple pictures here - http://www.carmelsong.com/daughterCarmels.htm and my profile picture of "Chiqui" of course :like:

[Chiquitunga]

St. Thérèse on her clothing day (there are no actual photos from it) It was a custom in French Carmels at the time to leave and re-enter the enclosure that day.

 

 

 

 

 

[Chiquitunga]

St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, OCD (Edith Stein)

 

 

 

Venerable María Felicia of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, OCD   (not sure what the striped sash is)

 

 

 

Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity, OCD (from Light Love Life)

 

 

 

 

note: this was not a custom at the time of St. Teresa of Jesus (of Avila) however. I'm not sure exactly when it began, but this seems to indicate it was the mid-1800's, http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/topic/129234-wedding-dresses-when-did-communities-start-using-them/

[Chiquitunga]

this was a postcard I saved from eBay... intense...

 

[nikita92]

Thank you for those photos!!! I think it would be a great idea if someone submitted a request to the TV show "Say YES to the dress" and have RANDY help pick out a beautiful traditional wedding gown for a young lady who is entering a community! That would be so awesome! I bet Kleinfeld's would be hard pressed and challenged to find a real traditional wedding dress suitable for the occasion! Lol

[Chiquitunga]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/41529404@N03/sets/72157622513500710/

 

Clarisse dell’Immacolata, Pietravairano ~ http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=http://www.parrocchiasansilvestropapa.it/%3Fp%3D4128&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://www.parrocchiasansilvestropapa.it/%253Fp%253D4128%26client%3Dsafari%26rls%3Den   :heart:

 

http://clarisimmacolata.altervista.org/

 

 

 

[Chiquitunga]

I had never seen this one! St. Therese's sister Celine (Sr. Genevieve of the Holy Face) on her clothing day

 

 

http://www.thereseoflisieux.org/louis-and-zelie-martin-beatifi/photos-of-various-members-of-family-of-louis-and-zelie-marti/2819167

 

[Chiquitunga]

I have a question for Gracian (or anyone) if he happens to see this. Any idea when this custom began for Discalced Carmelites? I would guess it was around the time of the French Revolution, as Sr. Mary Catharine indicated it was for Dominicans here, http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/topic/129234-wedding-dresses-when-did-communities-start-using-them/

 

It was included at the beginning in this film on the Carmelites of Compiègne ~ http://www.gloria.tv/?media=88487  although they didn't research Carmel very well before making this. For one thing, they're wearing cord cintures like Franciscans :topsy:

[graciandelamadrededios]

 

I have a question for Gracian (or anyone) if he happens to see this. Any idea when this custom began for Discalced Carmelites? I would guess it was around the time of the French Revolution, as Sr. Mary Catharine indicated it was for Dominicans here, http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/topic/129234-wedding-dresses-when-did-communities-start-using-them/

 

It was included at the beginning in this film on the Carmelites of Compiègne ~ http://www.gloria.tv/?media=88487  although they didn't research Carmel very well before making this. For one thing, they're wearing cord cintures like Franciscans :topsy:

 

 

I am not sure when this started for the Discalced Carmelite Nuns.  What I know is that when the French Nuns founded the Carmels in the Philippines, they dressed their to be professed nun as brides.  Nevertheless, it may have begun as custom common to cloistered community at that time.

 

Gracian

[dymphnamaria]

 

 

 

 

 

 

[dymphnamaria]

 

 

[Chiquitunga]

Beautiful pictures!!! :love: Thank you so much for posting these dymphnamaria! I had seen a few of them but not all. Thank you! I think these are the Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm, though I'm not 100% sure. Any idea Gracian? Thanks again!

Edited July 12, 2013 by Chiquitunga

[AnneLine]

Yep, that is who it is.  

[Chiquitunga]

Thank you AnneLine! :like: Here is that Dialogues of the Carmelites movie dubbed in Spanish! :)

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EycwsDYQ6OU

 

Happy Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel!

[ACS67]

Is it just me or do those "brides to be" look absolutely miserable!  LOL!  They seriously do.  Dern. 

[Chiquitunga]

Is it just me or do those "brides to be" look absolutely miserable!  LOL!  They seriously do.  Dern. 

 

You mean in the movie? Yes, they do a bit :hehe:

 

edit: or wait, you probably mean the above photos, there are some serious expressions there

Edited July 16, 2013 by Chiquitunga

[Totally Franciscan]

Is it just me or do those "brides to be" look absolutely miserable!  LOL!  They seriously do.  Dern. 

 

I was thinking the same thing, ACS67.  I was in the convent when The Nun's Story came out, and I watched it with my mother.  She asked me if it was like that in my convent.  I remember answering her saying yes it was, EXCEPT our community was all about JOY!  No sour pusses in our convent!  Franciscan don't you know!