Thought this would be of interest. Blessings, Gemma ... <foundress2003@...> wrote: Finally, someone was able to get it into words--what really happened with...
On the homepage is Bl. Mary MacKillop, Australia's first saint. They have an interesting habit--brown with blue monogram. The monogram is actually "AM"...
Not sure why they swapped to brown - none of the books I have on her give any details, but they originally started in black which must have been even less...
Anyone? What's the latest on the 15 nuns who defected from the sedevacantist Singing Nuns of Spokane,WA? Are they forming another community alligned with the...
I understand they are in residence at a retreat house at the kindness of the bishop, where they will pray and talk about the direction they will go. They will...
Hello Everyone! I was wondering if it has to do with how challenging habits are to clean? Maybe a practicle issue and brown showed less. Similar to working...
I have always wondered how Dominicans over the centuries kept their habits clean, probably not as much of a problem in this last century, but definitely...
Thanks a lot Sheila! Thanks for your response and very informative feedback on the Sisters. I have always admired those Singing Nuns of Spokane until I was...
A few issues I know of. Not sure of any speadfast rules on how long a habit was supposed to last. "old" habits were usually sent to the novitiate. Those...
With temps hitting triple digits, we're developing guidelines for the Cloister Outreach Foundations to follow. All-white habits will be used during temp...
Hello Gemma I work for the Little Sisters of the Poor. In the summer they wear a light weight white habit and veil. In the fall and winter they change to...
The 200-year old Italian Canossian Daughters of Charity wear brown and black in winter and all white in summer. They are based in Verona or Turin, and have...
Here in California, the IHM's have a dark blue winter "habit", more of a dress actually, and a light blue striped habit in the summer. Also, Daughters of...
The Augustinians of St. Monica I posted pictures of earlier have a black and green winter habit (and veil) and white and green for summer. The first time I saw...
I've spent a lot of my life in areas with hot, bright summers (U.S. South and Mid-Atlantic). What about using cotton-polyester blends for summer habits and...
How do we keep our white habits clean? Well, we really don't! Just don't get up too close or you'll see the stains! Stains are very easy to get out in natural...
poly/cotton or even a batiste is the way to go. The poly/cotton needs to be a loose weave to be cool. Springs makes a "plain weave" fabric that I'm interested...
The U.S. summer has been extraordinary lately, hasn't it? Ouch. I was at the moving auction in Boulder, Colorado held by the Benedictine nuns of the Abbey St....
Yes, Gemma, those were the habits worn by the Daughters of Charity in the Philippines then, but this photo seems to have been taken somewhere in Latin America....
Great! I ordered enought for a habit. I hope it has enough body and is opaque enough. I'd never heard of this fabric before and can't seem to find out who...
... Dear Sister Catherine, If you find any ready made clothes using this fabric please let me know. It's hot and steamy here on the Gulf Coast and this fabric...
I think the website has some pretty dresses and jumpers...all "amish style" but a style I sort of like or liked, I should say! Our new postulant entered today!...
Thanks for putting a link to their website. They do have neat slips. I'm thinking of ordering a few. Its so hard to find cotton slips, In CHRIST, maryann...
... jumpers...all "amish ... It looks like you may need a few more cells. That's great. Maureen ... can't ... me ... no ... this ... because ... a ... before ...
Praise God for your new Postulant! On the Tropical Breeze fabric, if there is a grease stain or other stain, I just use "Shout" laundry helper and let it stay...
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