Pia Jesu Posted January 2, 2014 Posted January 2, 2014 The Cistercian nuns of Prairie du Sac have posted photos of the Solemn Profession of Sr. Christina Marie! Click on: http://www.nunocist.org and scroll down to "News" at the bottom of the page. You'll have to scroll a bit to the right to view subsequent pages. This is a beautiful community...planning to build a new monastery in Wisconsin. Please pray for this endeavor and for many blessings on Sr. Christina Marie and her family!
miserere55 Posted January 2, 2014 Posted January 2, 2014 Pia Jesus - Wow! Those pictures of the solemn profession are beautiful. Sr. Christina Marie looks like an angel in the pictures!
graciandelamadrededios Posted January 2, 2014 Posted January 2, 2014 Thanks Pia Jesu! One of my favorites:
graciandelamadrededios Posted January 2, 2014 Posted January 2, 2014 So this is how the prostration on knuckles looks like! Thanks a lot Pia Jesu! God Bless you!
maximillion Posted January 2, 2014 Posted January 2, 2014 OMGoodness she is so beautiful, such a real joy!!! Praise God.
Pia Jesu Posted January 2, 2014 Author Posted January 2, 2014 +Gracian...yes, I noticed the prostration on the knuckles, too, and hoped it was done to gather up the Cistercian cuculla or choir robe before she lay prone on the floor! Sr. Christina Marie's vocation is, indeed, a gift beyond words...and it was wonderful to see the last page of photos of her visit with family and friends. The order takes an additional vow of conversion or fidelity to monastic life. And although this involves the discipline of maintaining an atmosphere of silence, being allowed to embrace loved ones--outside of a grill or grating--seemed to make her day complete! Please know that the nuns have an incredible craftshop (in addition to the host department). They make beautiful rosaries, chaplets, niners, chotkis, printed cards, and other treasures. Their line of Terranatus rosaries & chaplets are handmade of natural materials --and come with a blessing! Again, you can use the link http://www.nonocist.org and scroll down to Monastery Crafts!
graciandelamadrededios Posted January 2, 2014 Posted January 2, 2014 Hello Pia Jesu! Prostration on the knuckles is a Cistercian Custom which was stipulated in the Directory of the OCSO Nuns before Vatican II. I have read this custom a while back and I could not figure it out how it looks like or how it was done. Thanks to you, I know now. This custom was adopted by one of our indigenous cloistered nuns in the Philippines. I appreciate your notifying us of Sr. Christina Marie's solemn profession since it has a lot of beautiful photos. Sincerely, Gracian of the Mother of God
Chiquitunga Posted January 2, 2014 Posted January 2, 2014 Thank you so much for sharing this! Beautiful pictures! :heart: They receive the black veil at Solemn Profession like Discalced Carmelites. I like it done this way, as the black then seems to symbolize better "until death"
TheresaThoma Posted January 3, 2014 Posted January 3, 2014 Absolutely beautiful pictures! I was briefly in contact with this community but discerned I was not called to cloistered life. It is nice to see updates as they are a wonderful community. It also looks like they have a postulant and a simple professed (white veil, but black scapular)!
Sr Mary Catharine OP Posted January 3, 2014 Posted January 3, 2014 Thank you so much for sharing this! Beautiful pictures! :heart: They receive the black veil at Solemn Profession like Discalced Carmelites. I like it done this way, as the black then seems to symbolize better "until death" After 1917 a lot of orders had to decide what to do with having simple and solemn profession. So, some did this, giving the black veil at Solemn Profession. Many OSB houses give the black veil at simple profession and then a longer veil at Solemn Profession. The veil wasn't part of the clothing ceremony of the Dominican nuns until the 15th century. It was just taken for granted that nuns wore veils and I don't think there was a white veil to black veil transition, either. We now receive the black veil at first profession because we consider our anniversary of profession starting from that date. Then we have the solemn imposition of the veil at Solemn Profession.
Jennifer Posted January 3, 2014 Posted January 3, 2014 Thank you for sharing these lovely photos of the Solemn Profession of Sr Christina Marie....................she is so beautiful and looks so happy.
emma8201986 Posted January 3, 2014 Posted January 3, 2014 I had a question about the veil. I recently watched the HBO special on Mother Dolores Hart and one sister interviewed said she had been in the community for 10 years - yet she wore a white veil. Does anyone know why?
Feankie Posted January 3, 2014 Posted January 3, 2014 What lovely pictures! Sister is just radiant. It's also wonderful to see a postulant in the photos as well.
Noemi Posted January 3, 2014 Posted January 3, 2014 WONDERFUL pictures! Thank you very much! This young nun is so radiant that it looks like she is not accepted into a community but to Heaven. :)
truthfinder Posted January 3, 2014 Posted January 3, 2014 I had a question about the veil. I recently watched the HBO special on Mother Dolores Hart and one sister interviewed said she had been in the community for 10 years - yet she wore a white veil. Does anyone know why? Not knowing the actual scene, but during work many communities will have all the sisters wear a work veil and these are sometimes white or other colours.
Sr Mary Catharine OP Posted January 3, 2014 Posted January 3, 2014 Not knowing the actual scene, but during work many communities will have all the sisters wear a work veil and these are sometimes white or other colours. The temporary professed and the "missae" sisters (sort of like externs) wear cream colored veils. Also, I think their novitiate can be longer than 2 years!
Chiquitunga Posted January 3, 2014 Posted January 3, 2014 I believe this picture is from Le Barroux, France. It looks like they may practice this custom too.
TheresaThoma Posted January 6, 2014 Posted January 6, 2014 I know the Benedictines near me all wear white veils for work, particularly during the summer. It gets rather confusing particularly with the younger sisters because you don't know if they are a novice or just wearing the work veil. So the Sister might have been wearing a work veil when they interviewed her.
graciandelamadrededios Posted January 7, 2014 Posted January 7, 2014 (edited) I received a copy of commemorative booklet during the foundation anniversary of Dominican Nuns Monastery in Cainta, Rizal, Philippines and one solemn professed Nun wore a white veil. I am not sure why but I noticed on the photos of this booklet that she is the infirmarian. This could be work related - nurses wore all white. The last time I visited the monastery in Cainta, Mother Rosaria, the American Foundress is bedridden. Any news, Sr. Mary Catharine? Gracian Edited January 7, 2014 by graciandelamadrededios
graciandelamadrededios Posted January 7, 2014 Posted January 7, 2014 Now, I'm remembering, I saw a video (fortunately, I saved it on my ipod) about the Discalced Carmelite Nuns from Poland who founded a monastery in Kazachstan and I noticed that one of the solemnly professed nun was wearing a white Veil during work period. Also, I noticed an aged Discalced Carmelite Nun wearing white weil on top of her black day veil in one of the French website. Chiqui, you may want to ask around....
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