Is that Habit, or any use of it still around? Very interesting and so confining appearing! I imagine it must have been a penance, but probably not used...
Yes, the headdress does look confining, but a simple redesign, and making it look like that of the St. Cecilia Dominicans, would certainly work. There should...
I am from Columbus, Ohio originally. Very close to where I lived and worked, there was a convent of the Sisters of the Poor Child Jesus and, from what I...
Like more congregations (e.g. the Carmelites DCJ) they're originally from Germany but had to move to the Netherlands, which has always been more liberal then...
+PAX Um...is that me? Hi everyone. My name is Jan, I'm a Benedictine Novice oblate and am very glad to be here. I am on the quiet/peaceful side...so I may...
Welcome Jan! A Benedictine Novice Oblate - is that third order? Forgive me, I am not sure about the term. I have always been Franciscan in spirituality, but...
Welcome Novice Jan! This is an awesome mile marker! Many of the religious communities today don't have numbers like this! Slow, steady growth. I am sort of a...
Novice: At the investiture ceremony (which immediately follows the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass), many exciting things take place! It begins with a Scripture...
Anyone know anything about the traditionalSister of St. Joseph which was comprised of so sort of removable shirt/waist "front" which had the same pattern/look...
Peace and good to all of us here at the religious habit site. Many thanks to all who contribute so many interesting items, pics, etc. let's keep the nostalgia...
It sounds like a cape or scapular that fits over shoulders and down the front and back. Amish wear a similar garment over their dresses. It resembles an apron...
Some Sisters of St. Joseph's habit had a contuing pleat from the skirt of the habit the "bib". Others had an attached "bib" that matched the pleats in the...
Hello, I was just wondering if anyone has any news of Ron Martel. He used to dress and sell nun dolls on Ebay and I heard recently that he has entered a new...
Given in a vision to Bl. Victoria Fortunari (sp?), a widow. They are called 'celestial' not only because they wear blue, but to distinguish them from St. Joan...
Dear Gemma, Thank you for the information. How strange. Ron Martel is not Ukrainian that I am aware of. Don't they have a special "rite" other than the roman...
Someone--anyone--isn't the Ukranian Rite one of the 13 rites accepted by Rome? I never knew Ron to be Ukranian, but if that's where God's calling him . . . ...
Dear Edyth, Thank you very much for the information. I will try to drop him a line. Has he received his habit yet? Did you take a picture? Is Ukranian monastic...
Both the Annonciades and the Celestial Annonciades were called for by visions to the foundresses. St. Joan of Valois was royalty, but she renounced that to...
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