brendan1104 Posted August 30, 2006 Posted August 30, 2006 Yes, you're allowed to wonder. Some do, some don't. I think the vast majority- if not all-active sisters nowadays are allowed to, but some cloistered communities still don't approve of it.
brandelynmarie Posted August 30, 2006 Posted August 30, 2006 Jumper=sweater nappies=diapers crisps=french fries Am I getting this right? I was in Europe for 5 months & the British vs American English was very funny...Sometimes my friends & I would go in circles trying to figure out what the other was saying...
DiscerningSoul Posted August 30, 2006 Posted August 30, 2006 The "nightdress" at Lockport is a simple ankle long, long sleeved and hand made with a pocket. They also wear a "nightcap" to cover there heads at night. The poor clares in rockford wear there habits to bed(at least that is what I was told at the time of my visit when I was 27) I wish I had a pattern for it, I would love to make one for myself.
magnificat Posted August 30, 2006 Posted August 30, 2006 [quote name='stuckinamo' post='1053177' date='Aug 29 2006, 07:39 PM'] i love how in-depth this gets!! okay, i've always wondered. are nuns allowed to shave their legs!? I'd be fine with not doing it...less time & effort! But really... are they allowed to!? Am I allowed to wonder that!?!? [/quote] Of course you can wonder! It depends on the order, I think. I know for the Sisters of Life (because someone asked Mother this during Q & A!) it's up to you if you want to or not; basically if it's not done for vanity's sake, it's not particularly problematic. I think someone also asked if the Sisters pluck their eyebrows and besides the vanity issue, Mother said something to the effect of (and I'm very very much paraphrasing), because they're an active order, you don't want people necessarily so distracted by a bush on your face...haha. I guess if you're cloistered and you see the same people day in and day out, they'd get used to it and it wouldn't matter, right?
Sixtina87 Posted August 30, 2006 Posted August 30, 2006 [quote name='stuckinamo' post='1053177' date='Aug 29 2006, 07:39 PM'] i love how in-depth this gets!! okay, i've always wondered. are nuns allowed to shave their legs!? I'd be fine with not doing it...less time & effort! But really... are they allowed to!? Am I allowed to wonder that!?!? [/quote] LMAO!!!! THIS REMINDS ME OF A STORY!!! I WAS TAUGHT BY THE FSGM SISTERS. WE HAD A VOCATION QUESTION DAY IN MATH CLASS, SR AGNES WAS MY TEACHER AT THE TIME. SOMEONE ASKED HER THAT QUESTION....THE CLASS BUSTED OUT LAUGHING. SHE GAVE THIS WEIRD LOOK AND I KNEW WHERE SHE WAS COMMING FROM ON THAT LOOK. TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YES LIKE NORMAL PEOPLE THEY DO SHAVE THEIR LEGS!!! MAYBE NOT AS MUCH AS WE DO NOW, BUT THEY DO SHAVE THEIR LEGS, FOR MOST COMMUNITIES YOU CAN'T SEE OR TELL IF THEIR LEGS ARE SHAVED OR NOT BECAUSE OF THE FACT THEIR LEGS ARE ALWAYS COVERED UP....AND IT IS NORMAL TO WONDER THAT!!!! YOU CAN ASK A RELIGOUS ANY QUESTION AND I AM SURE THEY HAVE HEARD THAT QUESTION BEFORE A THOUSAND TIMES OVER AND OVER BUT IN DIFFERENT WAYS!!!! [quote name='magnificat' post='1053255' date='Aug 29 2006, 10:17 PM'] Of course you can wonder! It depends on the order, I think. I know for the Sisters of Life (because someone asked Mother this during Q & A!) it's up to you if you want to or not; basically if it's not done for vanity's sake, it's not particularly problematic. I think someone also asked if the Sisters pluck their eyebrows and besides the vanity issue, Mother said something to the effect of (and I'm very very much paraphrasing), because they're an active order, you don't want people necessarily so distracted by a bush on your face...haha. I guess if you're cloistered and you see the same people day in and day out, they'd get used to it and it wouldn't matter, right? [/quote] LOCKPORT I KNOW SHAVES THEIR LEGS ON SATURDAYS, IF I CAN REMEMBER RIGHT!!! [quote name='DiscerningSoul' post='1053218' date='Aug 29 2006, 08:54 PM'] The "nightdress" at Lockport is a simple ankle long, long sleeved and hand made with a pocket. They also wear a "nightcap" to cover there heads at night. The poor clares in rockford wear there habits to bed(at least that is what I was told at the time of my visit when I was 27) I wish I had a pattern for it, I would love to make one for myself. [/quote] SSEW WEARS A SIMPLE, LONGSLEVE, FULL-LENGTH, NIGHTGOWN, ANY COLOR...ETC
magnificat Posted August 30, 2006 Posted August 30, 2006 (edited) [quote name='DiscerningSoul' post='1053218' date='Aug 29 2006, 08:54 PM'] The poor clares in rockford wear there habits to bed(at least that is what I was told at the time of my visit when I was 27) [/quote] Yes, I believe that's true for most Poor Clares (it is for the community here in St. Louis), once they receive the habit. It's because they rise at night to pray Matins and that's just a lot of changing of clothing so it's much simpler that way. Plus, there's a neat significance to being prepared at any moment to be with Jesus! The postulants only rise for Matins on feast days so they wear a night gown to bed. Edited August 30, 2006 by magnificat
chatbox829 Posted August 30, 2006 Posted August 30, 2006 [quote name='puellapaschalis' post='1052780' date='Aug 29 2006, 11:36 AM'] It's my understanding from the various photos I've seen that PCPA postulants wear what you USAns call a jumper and what I call a sleeveless dress, with a blouse underneath. To complete the linguistic information, what I refer to as a jumper is probably what USA English speakers call a sweater. Love and prayers, PP [/quote] in general it is called a jumper yes and it all Likely-hood it's simply that jumper is shorter and americans like simple lanuage it's faster
stuckinamo Posted August 31, 2006 Posted August 31, 2006 [quote name='magnificat' post='1053255' date='Aug 29 2006, 11:17 PM'] Of course you can wonder! It depends on the order, I think. I know for the Sisters of Life (because someone asked Mother this during Q & A!) it's up to you if you want to or not; basically if it's not done for vanity's sake, it's not particularly problematic. I think someone also asked if the Sisters pluck their eyebrows and besides the vanity issue, Mother said something to the effect of (and I'm very very much paraphrasing), because they're an active order, you don't want people necessarily so distracted by a bush on your face...haha. I guess if you're cloistered and you see the same people day in and day out, they'd get used to it and it wouldn't matter, right? [/quote] HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHA! i laughed really hard outloud at that. my mom was just sort of like "what?" oh man!! [quote name='Sixtina87' post='1053326' date='Aug 30 2006, 12:18 AM'] LMAO!!!! THIS REMINDS ME OF A STORY!!! I WAS TAUGHT BY THE FSGM SISTERS. WE HAD A VOCATION QUESTION DAY IN MATH CLASS, SR AGNES WAS MY TEACHER AT THE TIME. SOMEONE ASKED HER THAT QUESTION....THE CLASS BUSTED OUT LAUGHING. SHE GAVE THIS WEIRD LOOK AND I KNEW WHERE SHE WAS COMMING FROM ON THAT LOOK. TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YES LIKE NORMAL PEOPLE THEY DO SHAVE THEIR LEGS!!! MAYBE NOT AS MUCH AS WE DO NOW, BUT THEY DO SHAVE THEIR LEGS, FOR MOST COMMUNITIES YOU CAN'T SEE OR TELL IF THEIR LEGS ARE SHAVED OR NOT BECAUSE OF THE FACT THEIR LEGS ARE ALWAYS COVERED UP....AND IT IS NORMAL TO WONDER THAT!!!! YOU CAN ASK A RELIGOUS ANY QUESTION AND I AM SURE THEY HAVE HEARD THAT QUESTION BEFORE A THOUSAND TIMES OVER AND OVER BUT IN DIFFERENT WAYS!!!! LOCKPORT I KNOW SHAVES THEIR LEGS ON SATURDAYS, IF I CAN REMEMBER RIGHT!!! SSEW WEARS A SIMPLE, LONGSLEVE, FULL-LENGTH, NIGHTGOWN, ANY COLOR...ETC [/quote] haha! i probably would haev felt a bit awkward if i were Sr. Agnes! Was it an all girl's school, or was it co-ed?
Sixtina87 Posted August 31, 2006 Posted August 31, 2006 [quote name='stuckinamo' post='1053874' date='Aug 30 2006, 08:04 PM'] haha! i probably would haev felt a bit awkward if i were Sr. Agnes! Was it an all girl's school, or was it co-ed? [/quote] LOL!!!! YEAH I COULD SEE SHE FELT KIND OF AWKWARD...HER FACE IS WHAT SAID IT!!! HOWEVER IT IS A CO-ED SCHOOL AND EVERYONE BURSTED OUT LAUGHING!!! I KNEW THE ANSWER AND THE GIRL WHO WANTED TO KNOW THE ANSWER WANTED ME TO ASK, KNOWING IT WAS A "DUMB" QUESTION REFUSED TO ASK IT!
stuckinamo Posted August 31, 2006 Posted August 31, 2006 haha aww! how funny/awkward. i love nuns! sometimes i think people forget that they are people! myself included!! : [quote name='brandelynmarie' post='1053216' date='Aug 29 2006, 09:49 PM'] Jumper=sweater nappies=diapers crisps=french fries Am I getting this right? I was in Europe for 5 months & the British vs American English was very funny...Sometimes my friends & I would go in circles trying to figure out what the other was saying... [/quote] ps: i actually think that crisps are potato chips? my US History teacher last year was from England. (yeah, weird i know. we didn't learn much.) sometimes he would slip up and use his English slang. One day he accidentely pronounced "aluminum" "al-u-minium" (phonetically). Oh, he was lovely! I also found out that crumpets (as in tea and crumpets) are like English muffins here! (woops, i'm a bit -- my bad!!)
puellapaschalis Posted August 31, 2006 Posted August 31, 2006 (edited) Continuing the Off-Topic-ness, mea maxima culpa... British English | US English crisps | chips chips | fries jam | jelly jelly | jell-o At JFK I was once asked by some security staff to pronounce the word "aluminium". Upon doing so, and separating out the two last vowels, they erupted into adoring giggles. It only stopped when on chap noted that I was feeling a little weirded out by all this and gave me back my shoes so that I could go down to the gate. Oh, and one thing that I had to learn about Canadian English was [i]what time do you have?[/i] For me it was always [i]what time do you make it?[/i] But this thread is about nightwear, not me showing off my paltry linguistic tid-bits. *strikes breast* Love and prayers, PP Edited August 31, 2006 by puellapaschalis
brendan1104 Posted September 1, 2006 Posted September 1, 2006 Some questions- or their answers- you just don't post in public... :
Sixtina87 Posted September 1, 2006 Posted September 1, 2006 [quote name='stuckinamo' post='1054947' date='Aug 31 2006, 10:11 PM'] [/quote]
puellapaschalis Posted September 1, 2006 Posted September 1, 2006 Yes, but I think Brendan might have a point. There are some questions people should just pluck up the courage to ask the relevant person in a community. Love and prayers, PP
Sixtina87 Posted September 1, 2006 Posted September 1, 2006 [quote name='puellapaschalis' post='1055290' date='Sep 1 2006, 04:50 PM'] Yes, but I think Brendan might have a point. There are some questions people should just pluck up the courage to ask the relevant person in a community. Love and prayers, PP [/quote] bredan does seem to have some great points here and there. sometimes people just dont have the guts to ask certain questions....and some question are just plain stupid!!! anyways, i so agree. got to run, going out to party!!! :
brandelynmarie Posted September 2, 2006 Posted September 2, 2006 Oh puella! : Such a strange thing is language! (Especially American English!) I love watching hot stuff Oliver on Food Network because I want to learn his lingo...
puellapaschalis Posted September 2, 2006 Posted September 2, 2006 Ok, we've [i]totally[/i] hijacked this thread now.... Jamie Oliver speaks...funny I can't place his accent - I know so many British accents and I get confused too easily - and sometimes I actually wonder if he exaggerates it a bit for the cameras! Myself I usually speak standard British English (with what used to be called RP before the world went politically correct and spoilt all the fun), but give me two days back down in Devon and I'll be AAAARRRRRRR'ing like you'd never know. I lived in TO for a while and still can't really tell the different between someone from Windsor ON and Detroit.. Love and prayers, PP
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