EmilyAnn Posted August 23, 2012 Posted August 23, 2012 [quote name='emmaberry' timestamp='1345580191' post='2471386'] Thank you Sister! I thought exclaustrated was the right word whenever a nun is 'let out' of the enclosure. I am glad I did not go into the cloister thinking that! Would've gotten some weird looks from the nuns when they went to the dentist and I called THAT being 'exclaustrated'!! [/quote] You should read [url="http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/ccscrlife/documents/rc_con_ccscrlife_doc_13051999_verbi-sponsa_en.html"]Verbi Sponsa[/url] - [i]Instruction on the Contemplative Life and on the Enclosure of Nuns[/i]. I had the chance to read it at St. Cecilia's and it's very interesting as well as very beautiful.
emmaberry Posted August 23, 2012 Posted August 23, 2012 [quote name='EmilyAnn' timestamp='1345682439' post='2472244'] You should read [url="http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/ccscrlife/documents/rc_con_ccscrlife_doc_13051999_verbi-sponsa_en.html"]Verbi Sponsa[/url] - [i]Instruction on the Contemplative Life and on the Enclosure of Nuns[/i]. I had the chance to read it at St. Cecilia's and it's very interesting as well as very beautiful. [/quote] Thank you EmilyAnn! I have heard of that document a lot on VS, but always thought it was kind of off-limits to lay people and more just a set of regulations for Superior Generals or Canon Lawyers to read. I read a little bit and it is very substantive and surprisingly easy to read. Thanks for the suggestion!
miles Christi Posted August 23, 2012 Posted August 23, 2012 [quote name='Studiumecclesiae' timestamp='1345471618' post='2470575'] Here some cistercian nuns with a traditional habit! They kept all the divine office in Latin, their mass in in French though. [img]http://www.boulaur.org/abbaye-cistercienne-sainte-marie-de-boulaur/images/abbaye-de-boulaur/abbaye-de-boulaur/prof_907.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.boulaur.org/abbaye-cistercienne-sainte-marie-de-boulaur/components/com_gk3_photoslide/thumbs_big/982438chapitre.jpg[/img] Magnificent altar: [img]http://www.boulaur.org/abbaye-cistercienne-sainte-marie-de-boulaur/components/com_gk3_photoslide/thumbs_big/335797autel1.jpg[/img] In their working habit: [img]http://www.boulaur.org/abbaye-cistercienne-sainte-marie-de-boulaur/components/com_gk3_photoslide/thumbs_big/803433IMG_1296.JPG[/img] [img]http://www.boulaur.org/abbaye-cistercienne-sainte-marie-de-boulaur/components/com_gk3_photoslide/thumbs_big/122716R__p__tition_bis_CD_029.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.boulaur.org/abbaye-cistercienne-sainte-marie-de-boulaur/components/com_gk3_photoslide/thumbs_big/46164020100717_01.jpg[/img] An old picture showing you their religious habit is still the same: [img]http://www.boulaur.org/abbaye-cistercienne-sainte-marie-de-boulaur/components/com_gk3_photoslide/thumbs_big/887232mere_pia3.jpg[/img] They pray the 11th century divine liturgy of the Cistercians. [/quote] + Beautiful photos! I wonder if they actually use that magnificent altar (with all that decoration in front of it)?!
EmilyAnn Posted August 23, 2012 Posted August 23, 2012 [quote name='emmaberry' timestamp='1345686554' post='2472308'] Thank you EmilyAnn! I have heard of that document a lot on VS, but always thought it was kind of off-limits to lay people and more just a set of regulations for Superior Generals or Canon Lawyers to read. I read a little bit and it is very substantive and surprisingly easy to read. Thanks for the suggestion! [/quote] Mother Mistress left it in my cell for me to read. I agree it is surprisingly easy to read, I enjoyed reading it a lot. It really helped me understand more the beauty of the enclosure! Back to pictures of nuns: [img]http://www.saintececiledesolesmes.org/images/stories/mercececile2.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.saintececiledesolesmes.org/images/stories/cellule1.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.saintececiledesolesmes.org/images/stories/profession2.jpg[/img] Abbaye Sainte-Cécile de Solesmes
LittleWaySoul Posted August 23, 2012 Posted August 23, 2012 This thread... it's so full of beauty that I can't handle it...
Studiumecclesiae Posted August 24, 2012 Posted August 24, 2012 [quote name='miles Christi' timestamp='1345719489' post='2472524'] + Beautiful photos! I wonder if they actually use that magnificent altar (with all that decoration in front of it)?! [/quote] I actually can't recall. All I remember is that the priest is facing the congregation. So they might add an extra altar. I also remember that the responsory psalm is sung in latin by a nun who goes by after having read the first reading. They're jolly good nuns!
emmaberry Posted August 24, 2012 Posted August 24, 2012 [quote name='EmilyAnn' timestamp='1345720735' post='2472525'] Mother Mistress left it in my cell for me to read. I agree it is surprisingly easy to read, I enjoyed reading it a lot. It really helped me understand more the beauty of the enclosure! Back to pictures of nuns: [img]http://www.saintececiledesolesmes.org/images/stories/mercececile2.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.saintececiledesolesmes.org/images/stories/cellule1.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.saintececiledesolesmes.org/images/stories/profession2.jpg[/img] Abbaye Sainte-Cécile de Solesmes [/quote] Beautiful!
Pax_et bonum Posted September 4, 2012 Posted September 4, 2012 I love this picture from the Poor Sisters of Saint Clare enclosure: [img]https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-EC-SL0d_mgw/UCvZH4Cn02I/AAAAAAAARHA/jJky89_2oYI/s860/IMG_3913.JPG[/img]
ruso Posted September 5, 2012 Posted September 5, 2012 (edited) [img]http://www.urszulanki.pl/images/stories/Aktualnosci/2006/26.jpg[/img] [url="http://poczekaj.pl/sluby_2012/images/IMG_4185.jpg"][img]http://poczekaj.pl/sluby_2012/images/IMG_4185.jpg[/img][/url] Ursuline Gray Sisters of Poland, only in Poland they use his fundational habit. Edited September 5, 2012 by ruso
ruso Posted September 5, 2012 Posted September 5, 2012 (edited) More of the Sisters of the Cross in Sevilla(Spain) [img]http://www.elrinconcitocofrade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/hermanas-de-la-cruz.jpg[/img] [img]http://andaluciacarlista.com/wp-content/uploads/hermanasdelacruz.jpg[/img] Novices, they always have many vocations [img]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LnXb-oy25mQ/TJTOKca8GtI/AAAAAAAAEeA/26d1q0xpfSc/s1600/semana%2Bsanta.jpg[/img] Postulants, hard to find, the postulants did not leave during this stage of formation, and by their habit, are often confused with novices. Edited September 5, 2012 by ruso
maximillion Posted September 5, 2012 Posted September 5, 2012 Gosh, amazing pics, thanks! The Polish Sisters are quite Amish looking...............plain dress and the caps.
Strictlyinkblot Posted September 5, 2012 Posted September 5, 2012 [quote name='maximillion' timestamp='1346847081' post='2478690'] Gosh, amazing pics, thanks! The Polish Sisters are quite Amish looking...............plain dress and the caps. [/quote] Quite a practical habit and yes, very Amish! I wonder if they cut their hair or just tie it up (obv they must cut it some time, I mean at the clothing ceremony)
ruso Posted September 6, 2012 Posted September 6, 2012 (edited) 1932, same habit [img]http://www.urszulanki.pl/images/stories/Zgromadzenie/historia/_przel.jpg[/img] As the Sisters of the Cross, 1930 [img]http://www.hermandades-de-sevilla.org/sorangela/imagenes/hermanascruz.jpg[/img] Few apostolics congregations, founded before the Vatican II Council, use the same habit since being founded, in Spain only two, Sisters of the Cross and the Little Sisters of Elderly : [img]http://www.archivalencia.org/documentos/ficheros_noticias/votos-int1.jpg[/img] [img]http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YuKo_B_D1Ow/TDhbSXHX8nI/AAAAAAAAAvU/iyBzXJaeis0/s1600/DSC00770.JPG[/img] Edited September 6, 2012 by ruso
littleflower3 Posted September 6, 2012 Posted September 6, 2012 [img]http://www.communityofstjohn.com/images/stories/quebec%20famille.jpg[/img]
NonNovi Posted September 8, 2012 Posted September 8, 2012 The Daughters of the Holy Heart of Jesus [img]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oTQU0FJb2aM/TsVO8Fk1YxI/AAAAAAAADRI/TI7nPoY1h30/s512/Suore-di-clausura-000.jpeg[/img] [img]http://www.igw-resch-verlag.at/seligeheilige/bilder/band2/deluil.jpg[/img] Blessed Mother Mary of Jesus [img]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-9uP4g4XWHY/SeVByAHl5JI/AAAAAAAAAME/Ri-4F2Us6b4/s400/MariavanJezus1.jpg[/img]
maximillion Posted September 8, 2012 Posted September 8, 2012 I don't like that dipped look in the front.......
Lilllabettt Posted September 9, 2012 Posted September 9, 2012 The photograph of the Daughters was taken at what was their convent in Rome. They are french. I was present when it was taken - I've never seen it before and its quite a surprise to see it here!
ChristinaTherese Posted September 9, 2012 Posted September 9, 2012 [quote name='NonNovi' timestamp='1347122169' post='2480273'] The Daughters of the Holy Heart of Jesus [img]http://www.igw-resch-verlag.at/seligeheilige/bilder/band2/deluil.jpg[/img] [/quote] I could meditate on that sign (Is that the right word? I don't know very much about these things....) for a while. (The eight points, symbolizing rebirth (Seven is a complete series, such as the seven days of the week, and eight is a complete series and the beginning of a new one, hence octagonal baptismal fonts.), surrounding the crown of thorns, which in turn surrounds what I'm assuming are the sacred and immaculate hearts (of Jesus and Mary respectively) and the instruments of the crucifixion. Which shows that our rebirth comes through God's coming to earth and giving Himself to us to the end, even to the point of giving up His life and giving us His body to eat. (And in His death He truly showed Himself as the Fruit of the tree of life, I think.))
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