Should Postulant's Outfits Be More Aesthetically Pleasing?

[ToJesusMyHeart]

[quote name='Mary's Child' timestamp='1346777622' post='2478292']
I wore a chapel veil for a short time but I dont anymore partly because[b] the pastor at my parish asked me not to.[/b] I keep trying to find ways ways to cover my hair when I go out. I.E. hats, bandannas etc.
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[HopefulBride]

The SMMCs weare a chapel veil in the first part of the postulant year (as candidates) and then when they become postulants they get a small veil.

[ToJesusMyHeart]

The MSSR also get a veil when they become postulants, after they finish candidacy. I love veils on postulants.

[emmaberry]

[quote name='Mary's Child' timestamp='1346777622' post='2478292']
I wore a chapel veil for a short time but I dont anymore partly because the pastor at my parish asked me not to.[/quote]

That's terrible! I have never heard of that happening before. Before I was Catholic, a Protestant woman at my Bible church wore all sorts of interesting headcoverings-little hats, small birdcage veils (?), etc. I hope you can find a way to keep covering if you feel convicted. I myself don't, but I hate the thought of someone who desires to cover being told not to-especially by their priest!

Edit: I have heard of women being told not to cover by other women who think veiling represents women oppression or a rejection of Vatican-II, which of course is completely false. Like I said, never heard of this disapproval coming from a priest before.

Edited September 4, 2012 by emmaberry

[ToJesusMyHeart]

[quote name='emmaberry' timestamp='1346788691' post='2478372']
That's terrible! I have never heard of that happening before. I hope you can find a way to keep covering if you feel convicted. I myself don't, but I hate the thought of someone who desires to cover being told not to-especially by their priest!
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Agreed. If a priest said this to me, I'd be extremely put off. It's not his business how you express your devotion to our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. There is nothing wrong with wearing a mantilla.

[Mary's Child]

[quote name='ToJesusMyHeart' timestamp='1346782236' post='2478327']
The MSSR also get a veil when they become postulants, after they finish candidacy. I love veils on postulants.
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Wait are you reffering to the Marian Sisters of Santa Rosa? That's great. They have a time for candidacy?

[ToJesusMyHeart]

[quote name='Mary's Child' timestamp='1346945682' post='2479398']
Wait are you reffering to the Marian Sisters of Santa Rosa? That's great. They have a time for candidacy?
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Yes! I am. :-) Do you know them?! I am discerning with them.

And yes they do have a candidacy.

Edited September 6, 2012 by ToJesusMyHeart

[Mary's Child]

[quote name='ToJesusMyHeart' timestamp='1346952846' post='2479424']
Yes! I am. :-) Do you know them?! I am discerning with them.

And yes they do have a candidacy.
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A little I am just starting to communicate with them. I have exchanged several emails with Mother Teresa Christe and spoken to her on the phone once. She invited me to come visit at the end of September but I wont be able to make it this time. I would love to sometime soon. I love that they have Eucharistic Adoration and pray the rosary as a community. It seems to me that most active communities have one or the other but not both and this was extremely important for me.

[ToJesusMyHeart]

[quote name='Mary's Child' timestamp='1346960810' post='2479462']
A little I am just starting to communicate with them. I have exchanged several emails with Mother Teresa Christe and spoken to her on the phone once. She invited me to come visit at the end of September but I wont be able to make it this time. I would love to sometime soon. I love that they have Eucharistic Adoration and pray the rosary as a community. It seems to me that most active communities have one or the other but not both and this was extremely important for me.
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Mother is so radiant; she fills my heart with joy when I talk with her.

[Mary's Child]

[quote name='ToJesusMyHeart' timestamp='1346963543' post='2479485']
Mother is so radiant; she fills my heart with joy when I talk with her.
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Yes I felt like I was on a spiritual high for a couple days after I talked to her. She was so sweet and very knowledgeable, I had no trouble talking to her and I am looking forward to meeting her. If I do enter an active community I would like it to be with them. Another thing that draws me to them is their consecration to Mary, I already made my consecration and it would be amazing to enter a community where this is part of their spirituality.

[ToJesusMyHeart]

Whoop! Their Montfortian spirituality is so attractive for me as well. Maybe we'll meet one another too, if we both are called to their community. That'd be cool! I wonder if any PMers have ever entered the same community?

[emmaberry]

[quote name='ToJesusMyHeart' timestamp='1346964608' post='2479489']
I wonder if any PMers have ever entered the same community?
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I wonder this also!

[Pax_et bonum]

[quote name='ToJesusMyHeart' timestamp='1346964608' post='2479489']
I wonder if any PMers have ever entered the same community?
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Yep! Two pmers entered the same community at the same time. JTheresa and alrichey entered the Sisters of Saint Francis of Perpetual Adoration.

Lisa entered with SheisCatholic who was a pmer even if she didn't post much

Edited September 7, 2012 by Pax_et bonum

[emmaberry]

[quote name='Pax_et bonum' timestamp='1346983414' post='2479614']
Yep! Two pmers entered the same community at the same time. JTheresa and alrichey entered the Sisters of Saint Francis of Perpetual Adoration.
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Thank you! How rare-at the same time and everything. Maybe it will happen again!

[loveletslive]

my friends in religious life have told me their postulant outfits just make them desire the holy habit even more

[OnlySunshine]

Whoop! Their Montfortian spirituality is so attractive for me as well. :) Maybe we'll meet one another too, if we both are called to their community. That'd be cool! I wonder if any PMers have ever entered the same community?

Yes, there have been quite a few.

Two Phatmassers discerned and entered the Sister Servants of the Eternal Word in Alabama but they discerned out of the order. One of them has been very helpful to those (including me) who have expressed interest in the Sisters. There was another girl who entered is now professed.

Edited May 23, 2014 by cmaD2006
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[emmaberry]

Yes, there have been quite a few.

Two Phatmassers discerned and entered the Sister Servants of the Eternal Word in Alabama but they discerned out of the order. One has been very helpful to those (including me) who have expressed interest in the Sisters. There was another who entered is now professed.

Did they enter at the same time, or did their time there overlap? (If that is not too nosy.)

Edited May 23, 2014 by cmaD2006
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[AnneLine]

[quote name='Mary's Child' timestamp='1346960810' post='2479462']
A little I am just starting to communicate with them. I have exchanged several emails with Mother Teresa Christe and spoken to her on the phone once. She invited me to come visit at the end of September but I wont be able to make it this time. I would love to sometime soon. I love that they have Eucharistic Adoration and pray the rosary as a community. It seems to me that most active communities have one or the other but not both and this was extremely important for me.
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Mary's Child, the Carmelite Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart in Alhambra, California also have Eucharistic Adoration and rosary in common. You may want to check them out as well:

[url="http://www.carmelitesistersocd.com/"]http://www.carmelitesistersocd.com/[/url]

[Mary's Child]

[quote name='AnneLine' timestamp='1347049835' post='2479969']
Mary's Child, the Carmelite Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart in Alhambra, California also have Eucharistic Adoration and rosary in common. You may want to check them out as well:

[url="http://www.carmelitesistersocd.com/"]http://www.carmelitesistersocd.com/[/url]
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I am very familiar with them and they are the community I have visited the most. I love them and they are very beautiful unfortunately it turned out that I am not called there but thanks for the advice

[Kayte Postle]

I voted no, I think having to "put up" with the postulant outfit for however long, just makes you long that much more for the holy habit. The TOR's postulants just wear a collared white shirt, a black skirt, and a Tau Cross. The novices wear a white collared shirt, a rather unflattering jumper, and cute small white veil. Then finally when they make first vows three years in do they get to be clothed in the holy habit! If it were me, after all that time, I would think the simple Franciscan habit was the most beautiful, glorious thing on God's good earth. (the TOR's also have a heavy emphasis on penance, the "putting up" with the postulant/novice outfits would merit one quite a bit of penance to offer up for souls. )