Do priests and nuns and monks ride bikes?

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Hi all, There’s not really a random question box, so I guess I’ll put this here, it is about the religious! Plus it’ll lighten the serious mood in here!😃

I saw a priest wearing a cassock the other day walking I think to a nursing home, that’s at least where I imagined him going, he could have been on his way to the grocery store as well, I don’t really know. But in any case, he was walking, maybe a mile and a half away from the church. It got me to wonder, it would be a lot more fun for me to ride a bike to run errands close to home. Can priests and monks and nuns due to their clothing restrictions (like my priest’s cassock) ride bikes? Silly question I know, but I was wondering… I’ve never seen a girl ride a bike in a dress, I guess because I’ve never seen it I might be ignorantly thinking it doesn’t exist… but how would it work? Wouldn’t his cassock get caught in the wheels or gears? lol I can just imagine him eating it due to his cassock right now… is that bad that I think it’s funny?
 
Another question… Do nuns who wear habits ever get to go out and exercise? like do they ever go for runs? I’ve never really thought of it, but I’ve only seen priests go out and lift weights and play basketball and rugby and whatnot, never nuns, the only one’s I know are old ladies, whose idea of exercise is walking in the gardens.
 
Orate said:
Hi all, There’s not really a random question box, so I guess I’ll put this here, it is about the religious! Plus it’ll lighten the serious mood in here!😃

I saw a priest wearing a cassock the other day walking I think to a nursing home, that’s at least where I imagined him going, he could have been on his way to the grocery store as well, I don’t really know. But in any case, he was walking, maybe a mile and a half away from the church. It got me to wonder, it would be a lot more fun for me to ride a bike to run errands close to home. Can priests and monks and nuns due to their clothing restrictions (like my priest’s cassock) ride bikes? Silly question I know, but I was wondering… I’ve never seen a girl ride a bike in a dress, I guess because I’ve never seen it I might be ignorantly thinking it doesn’t exist… but how would it work? Wouldn’t his cassock get caught in the wheels or gears? lol I can just imagine him eating it due to his cassock right now… is that bad that I think it’s funny?
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This might answer your question:

http://sistersoflife.org/images & PDFs/bikeuphillcropped.jpg

Those are the Sisters of Life! 😃
 
It might surprise you to know not all habit-wearing religious wear them 24/7. I thought Trappist did, but when I visited and was given a tour of the cloister at a monastery this past weekend I got to see some of the monks at work - they were wearing “regular” clothing. One was wearing a sweatsuit to clear the chapel floors and another was wearing a button-up shirt and pants to clean the bathrooms.

Granted, they might not be the norm, but religious don’t necessary wear them 24/7 (except of course for the Sisters of Our Lady of Wearing-Habit-in-the-Shower 😃 😉 )

Hoping Christ has a sense of humor.
Stephen
 
Well, I don’t know about riding bikes…but I’ve seen pictures of Mother Angelica’s PCPA nuns playing basketball, volleyball and field hockey in their habits!

A lot of the young girls who enter there were active in sports before they entered religious life.

Runs? I’ve heard of ‘Nun Runs’, which are used to promote vocations…
 
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Well, I don’t know about riding bikes…but I’ve seen pictures of Mother Angelica’s PCPA nuns playing basketball, volleyball and field hockey in their habits!

A lot of the young girls who enter there were active in sports before they entered religious life.

Runs? I’ve heard of ‘Nun Runs’, which are used to promote vocations…
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More information about ‘Nun Runs’, please?
Bikes made for women, without that high crossbar, would be fine for anyone in a habit, I would think. I had bikes like that as a girl, and my daughters have them because you can, in fact, ride such a bike while wearing a dress or skirt should you wish to do so.
Irrelevantly, I’m wondering where OP saw a priest in a cassock! Around here that would be quite an attention-getter. I did see some (and some seminarians) in Washington during the March for Life on January 22.
 
Wow, what a question. Actally in the early 20th century, riding a bike was probably the MOST common way for priests to get around their parishes. Few of them had cars. It’s not compulsory for a priest to wear a cassock in public when it would interfere unduly with his activities. As long as he’s easily distinguishable as a priest.

Traditionally nuns weren’t supposed to run in public, but I was taught by a nun who liked to occasionally demonstrate that she could kick an Aussie football longer and more accurately than most of the boys. I don’t think there was ever a general rule against nuns riding bikes. Of course they ride ladies’ bikes with a lowered crossbar so their skirts didn’t ride up or get in the way.
 
Hi. This is a rather unusual question.😉

Of course the can. Remember Pope John Paul II? Until he became pope, he would go biking. He even has pictures riding a bike.

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albertziggy:rolleyes:
 
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