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Are there any sisters/nuns who wear hoods/cowls rather than veils?


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Lady Grey, Hot

I was just reading that Carthusian nuns have a habit very similar to that of the monks except for the difference in head covering. This got me to thinking: are there any women's orders that wear hoods or cowls? 

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The Monastic Sisters of Bethlehem have a hood on their scapular.  However, under the hood there is also a blue veil and another piece that could be described as a wimple.  The hoods are always up when they are at community liturgies.  When they leave the Monastery property they wear something very different.  It's a long blue skirt and a garment they call the melot.  The melot is also blue and it resembles what we commonly call a 'hoodie'. Under the hood of the hoodie they wear the same head covering (with the blue veil).  Novices do not wear the full head covering.  They have a kerchief that is knotted in the back of the head.  

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