Nuns Picture Thread 2

[PhuturePriest]

[quote name='MaterMisericordiae' timestamp='1352843671' post='2509394']

LOL, I honestly thought the PCCs wimple was loose. I'm pretty sure the Discalced Carmelites have a loose one.

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Those are pretty cool habits, though!

[nikita92]

Thank you TheresaThoma! Never heard of the snap closure type before.

[Nunsense]

[quote name='MaterMisericordiae' timestamp='1352843671' post='2509394']

LOL, I honestly thought the PCCs wimple was loose. I'm pretty sure the Discalced Carmelites have a loose one.

[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Nun_and_novice_discalced_carmelites_in_Porto_Alegre_Brazil_20101129.jpeg/220px-Nun_and_novice_discalced_carmelites_in_Porto_Alegre_Brazil_20101129.jpeg[/img]
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Not quite sure what you mean about loose. The toque is one piece that goes over the head and under the chin and has an opening at the back of the head that is either fastened with tapes (as in the days of Teresa of the Andes) or straight pins or even nowadays with velcro. Under the chin there is also sometimes an opening that is held together using a straight pin, but some nuns choose to have this sewed up. Mine had a pin but it drove me nuts when it would go loose (and sometimes stab me) so next time I am going to have it sewed up. Some nuns prefer it with the pin so they can adjust the tightness under the chin though.

I don't like turtlenecks either but that is because they are usually too tight for me. The toque was a little bit strange to wear at first, but it does become something that embraces one, like the whole habit does. And taking it off, the head feels naked.

[BarbTherese]

[quote name='InPersonaChriste' timestamp='1351351976' post='2498551']
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Community of St. John
As I know go to a church of St. John I feel particularily blessed to have religious with the same devotion to him. I don't really know why that is though
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Lovely habit

[the171]

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[To Jesus Through Mary]

[quote name='the171' timestamp='1353039855' post='2511098']
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I have never seen this community before. Who are they?

[the171]

The Poor Friars and Nuns of Jesus and Mary. They are in Houma-Thibodeaux, LA, Mexico, Rome, and Northern Italy. They hitchhike everywhere! Check out their suitcases! Cardboard and packing tape.

[Julie de Sales]

Where did you have seen so many novices?
[img]http://diocesisdelcallao.org/portal/images/carmelitas%201.jpg[/img]

[img]http://diocesisdelcallao.org/portal/images/carmelitas%202.jpg[/img]

[url="http://www.diocesisdelcallao.org/portal/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=79&Itemid=70"]http://www.diocesisd...id=79&Itemid=70[/url]

[i<3franciscans]

[quote name='the171' timestamp='1353039855' post='2511098']
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I love these.

[NonNovi]

[quote name='Julie de Sales' timestamp='1353075771' post='2511243']
Where did you have seen so many novices? [/quote]
In "The Nun's Story"

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Do they have to make new suitcases every time they travel? Because they don't look very reusable.

[the171]

[quote name='NonNovi' timestamp='1353100181' post='2511430']

In "The Nun's Story"



Do they have to make new suitcases every time they travel? Because they don't look very reusable.
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Good question.

[EmilyAnn]

[img]http://www.saintececiledesolesmes.org/images/stories/mercececile2.jpg[/img]

Mère Cécile Bruyère, Solesmes foundress.

[img]http://www.saintececiledesolesmes.org/images/stories/choeur4.jpg[/img]

The choir at Saint-Cécile de Solesmes. It's weird how similar it looks to the choir at St. Cecilia's in Ryde.

[PhuturePriest]

[quote name='EmilyAnn' timestamp='1353101298' post='2511438']
[img]http://www.saintececiledesolesmes.org/images/stories/mercececile2.jpg[/img]

Mère Cécile Bruyère, Solesmes foundress.

[img]http://www.saintececiledesolesmes.org/images/stories/choeur4.jpg[/img]

The choir at Saint-Cécile de Solesmes. It's weird how similar it looks to the choir at St. Cecilia's in Ryde.
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There are a lot of Nuns in your community.

[EmilyAnn]

[quote name='FuturePriest387' timestamp='1353101469' post='2511440']

There are a lot of Nuns in your community.
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That is Saint-Cécile not Saint Cecilia's. Yeah, I know, sounds the same. Our abbey was built by the nuns of Saint-Cécile when they were in exile and modelled on Saint-Cécile.

We're only about 30, I don't know how many sisters Saint-Cécile have.

[PhuturePriest]

[quote name='EmilyAnn' timestamp='1353102094' post='2511444']

That is Saint-Cécile not Saint Cecilia's. Yeah, I know, sounds the same. Our abbey was built by the nuns of Saint-Cécile when they were in exile and modelled on Saint-Cécile.

We're only about 30, I don't know how many sisters Saint-Cécile have.
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So essentially, one is just more French than the other?

[EmilyAnn]

[quote name='FuturePriest387' timestamp='1353102875' post='2511447']

So essentially, one is just more French than the other?
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Well one is actually in France.

Technically my community is called Pax Cordis Jesu and was a foundation of a Belgian abbey. We were on the Isle of Wight several decades before the Saint-Cécile nuns. We just took over their abbey when they went back to France.

[NonNovi]

[quote name='EmilyAnn' timestamp='1353103331' post='2511449']
was a foundation of a Belgian abbey.
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Do you perhaps know wich abbey it was?

[EmilyAnn]

[quote name='NonNovi' timestamp='1353105257' post='2511453']
Do you perhaps know wich abbey it was?
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It was in Liege, I believe it was "Pax Virginis" or "Pax Notre Dame". I'm not sure if it's still around.

Edited November 16, 2012 by EmilyAnn

[NonNovi]

[quote name='EmilyAnn' timestamp='1353105784' post='2511458']
It was in Liege, I believe it was "Pax Virginis" or "Pax Notre Dame". I'm not sure if it's still around.
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[url="http://benedictinesliege.com/"]Abbaye Bénédictine de la Paix Notre-Dame Liège[/url], it still exists

[EmilyAnn]

[quote name='NonNovi' timestamp='1353107562' post='2511480']
[url="http://benedictinesliege.com/"]Abbaye Bénédictine de la Paix Notre-Dame Liège[/url], it still exists
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Ooo excellent! I wasn't sure, because I know we were founded because of fears of oppression.