Favorite Religious Habit

[EmilyAnn]

[quote name='Pax_et bonum' timestamp='1350956094' post='2496137']
I call your Benedict and Scholastica and raise you one Francis!

[img]http://www.stigmataofstfrancis.org/portals/3/images/Saints/st-francis-of-assisi.jpg[/img]


My sisters actually wear a dark grey, though the friars wear brown.
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[img]http://saints.sqpn.com/sth05001.jpg[/img]

I raise you a Saint Hildegard.

[DameAgnes]

[quote name='Blessed&Grateful' timestamp='1347032932' post='2479838']
Maryknoll was the first habit I fell in love with:

[img]http://www.nunsandsisters.com/images/g9.jpg[/img]
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These sisters were founded by a former Maryknoll nun. Notice the similarities in the old habit and their new one, particularly in headdress. Although the new ones are the color of wine.

http://www.cjd.cc/aboutus.htm

[OnlySunshine]

[quote name='DameAgnes' timestamp='1351012951' post='2496346']
These sisters were founded by a former Maryknoll nun. Notice the similarities in the old habit and their new one, particularly in headdress. Although the new ones are the color of wine.

[url="http://www.cjd.cc/aboutus.htm"]http://www.cjd.cc/aboutus.htm[/url]
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You know, I remember thinking once how strange it was that their habits looked so similar in shape. Now I know why!

[petitpèlerin]

[quote name='Strictlyinkblot' timestamp='1350992566' post='2496265']

The Congregation of Our Lady of Walsingham have a light blue denim sleeveless dress (jumper I believe Americans call it) with a white long sleeved top underneath and a scapular and hood of the same colour. Although you'd have to move to England. [url="http://www.walsinghamcommunity.org/"]http://www.walsinghamcommunity.org/[/url]
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At least they speak English, even if they speak it funny. Right now I'm living in France. (Okay, I'm not really complaining: I love French, even though I still have a long way to go.) Anyway, great habits! I love the philosophy behind it, and I love the colors! And I'm enjoying reading their website. Thanks.

[nikita92]

SMMC (Sisters of Mary Mother of the church..Spokane, Washington) The most attractive Marian Blue habits w/ long white veil with a Blue stripe along the edge. Long corded Silver(?) cross

[TheresaThoma]

[quote name='nikita92' timestamp='1351042263' post='2496651']
SMMC (Sisters of Mary Mother of the church..Spokane, Washington) The most attractive Marian Blue habits w/ long white veil with a Blue stripe along the edge. Long corded Silver(?) cross
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I agree with this one. Though I may be biased! LOL! Their postulant outfit is pretty nifty too.

[HopefulBride]

[quote name='nikita92' timestamp='1351042263' post='2496651']
SMMC (Sisters of Mary Mother of the church..Spokane, Washington) The most attractive Marian Blue habits w/ long white veil with a Blue stripe along the edge. Long corded Silver(?) cross
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[quote name='TheresaThoma' timestamp='1351042859' post='2496663']
I agree with this one. Though I may be biased! LOL! Their postulant outfit is pretty nifty too.
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Yep. I definitely agree with both of y'all

I too might be a wee bit biased.

[ToJesusMyHeart]

Hey HB and TT, I think I've asked this before, but if you could remind me...do the SMMC celebrate the EF often? Thanks!

[i<3franciscans]

[quote name='petitpèlerin' timestamp='1350991618' post='2496263']
I've never wanted to be a nun. I told my spiritual father that I would be a nun if I could wear a hood. (I've been wearing hoodies half my life and feel naked without a hood.) Then I discovered the Sisters of Bethlehem. Now it's our joke that they're the "nuns with hoods". Wish I could figure out how to post a photo but I do love their habits: simple and monastic.
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[img]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ww0jX_m9fSs/TKpeu77IovI/AAAAAAAAAEk/ErClU4Y1dKg/s400/ScannedImage.jpg[/img]
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done.

[i<3franciscans]

[img]http://images.onesite.com/mycatholicvillage.com/user/catholique_apostolique/blog_photos/beth3.jpg[/img]

[Carmelshrimp]

Oh dear! I turn my back for a couple of days and every colour under the sun turns up claiming to be better than brown! What's the Church coming to? I have a running discussion with a Benedictine friend about how flattering black is, but he's missing the point - as I keep telling him. The Carmelite habit isn't wonderful because it's beautiful, it's beautiful because it's Carmelite, and as far as I'm concerned that says it all. (In terms of sartorial elegance I admit it may bear some resemblance to a potato sack, but it's still Carmelite and therefore still beautiful). I have a feeling that if I keep going round in these circles I may become somewhat dizzy, so I shall withdraw before vertigo sets in!

[i<3franciscans]

I still love grey...

[img]http://franciscansisterscfr.com/photos/final_vows/2a.jpg[/img]

[ChristinaTherese]

[quote name='EmilyAnn' timestamp='1350993035' post='2496268']
[img]http://saints.sqpn.com/sth05001.jpg[/img]

I raise you a Saint Hildegard.
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[OnlySunshine]

[quote name='i<3franciscans' timestamp='1351099791' post='2497004']
I still love grey...

[img]http://franciscansisterscfr.com/photos/final_vows/2a.jpg[/img]
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I wish I could prop this! I can't wait to see these beautiful Sisters and the Friars again soon!

[nikita92]

Just my own idea..their Grey habit seems to me a tad bit informal. I also think the Poor Clares of Our Lady Of the Angels monastery are very commanding. I guess I lean more towards the Traditional look..and I seem to like that the face and all of one's hair is covered.

[nikita92]

Thanks for submitting the Hoodie nuns! I have never heard of them before!! ;-) The Carmelite habit is very commanding as well! Love their mantels!

[emmaberry101]

[quote name='nikita92' timestamp='1351129713' post='2497295']
Just my own idea..their Grey habit seems to me a tad bit informal. I also think the Poor Clares of Our Lady Of the Angels monastery are very commanding. I guess I lean more towards the Traditional look..and I seem to like that the face and all of one's hair is covered.
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[quote name='nikita92' timestamp='1351129938' post='2497297']
Thanks for submitting the Hoodie nuns! I have never heard of them before!! ;-) The Carmelite habit is very commanding as well! Love their mantels!
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Nikita, if you don't mind me asking, what do you mean by commanding? Do you mean that in a good way or a bad way? Sorry, I am pretty clueless.

[Kayte Postle]

[quote name='i<3franciscans' timestamp='1351099791' post='2497004']
I still love grey...

[img]http://franciscansisterscfr.com/photos/final_vows/2a.jpg[/img]
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[img]http://www.newmanconnection.com/images/TOR.jpg[/img]

You can never go wrong with grey!

[i<3franciscans]

[quote name='MaterMisericordiae' timestamp='1351127122' post='2497245']
I wish I could prop this! I can't wait to see these beautiful Sisters and the Friars again soon!
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When Cardinal Dolan came to Camp V. this year Sr. Kelly Francis was there (she professed first vows last year) and he made a point to talk to her and see "how she was doing" since her profession. It made my heart melt!

Edited October 25, 2012 by i<3franciscans

[OnlySunshine]

[quote name='nikita92' timestamp='1351129713' post='2497295']
Just my own idea..their Grey habit seems to me a tad bit informal. I also think the Poor Clares of Our Lady Of the Angels monastery are very commanding. I guess I lean more towards the Traditional look..and I seem to like that the face and all of one's hair is covered.
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There is a very good reason as to why their habit is grey. The Friars adopted the grey habit because that is the color of the tunic St. Francis wore. The Sisters adopted the same color.