Jesuit Cassock?

[Californiac]

We weren’t confused at all, though it sounds as though you might be. There is no Jesuit style cassock, because the Jesuits wear whatever is the garb of a priest in good standing. Plenty of non-Jesuits have worn the cassock that you are looking for before any Jesuit wore it.

You’re simply wrong about that. The fact that you were not aware of the existence of Jesuit-style cassocks in no way changes the fact that they do indeed exist. They have existed for a very long time.

Further, the fact that Jesuit-style cassocks do indeed exist, in no way makes them a Jesuit “habit.” Only you are trying to equate the two. I hope you see your error in reasoning.

Jesuit-style cassocks are not commonly worn today which is likely the reason you did not know they exist. While I had heard about them for years I had never seen one worn by a Jesuit until Fr. Mitch Pacwa wore one on EWTN.

Thanks again to all those who provided images of Jesuit-style cassocks.

 

[alwayslooking]

I may be opening up a new can of worms here, but I believe that Jesuits traditionally use a different style of biretta as well as a Jesuit cassock.

BTW in searching I found a few liturgical apparel suppliers that sell “Jesuit Style Cassocks”

 

[Californiac]

I may be opening up a new can of worms here, but I believe that Jesuits traditionally use a different style of biretta as well as a Jesuit cassock.

BTW in searching I found a few liturgical apparel suppliers that sell "Jesuit Style Cassocks"

That’s very interesting. I see many advertisements from semi-Jesuit cassocks which derive from the Jesuit-style cassock but they are distinctly different. Good to know they are still being made. I have seen rosaries for sale that were made to be worn with the Jesuit-style cassocks.

 

[Inego_de_Loyola]

You’re simply wrong about that. The fact that you were not aware of the existence of Jesuit-style cassocks in no way changes the fact that they do indeed exist. They have existed for a very long time.

Further, the fact that of Jesuit-style cassocks do indeed exist, in no way makes them a Jesuit “habit.” Only you are trying to equate the two. I hope you see your error in reasoning.

I. I didn’t even mention Habits in the post you quoted.

II. In the sense that there are styles of cassocks that many Jesuits wore, one could say that there are Jesuit styles of cassocks, but the problem here is that they are not distinctively Jesuit. Jesuits wore them, but so did others. It was the most common priestly garb of St. Ignatius’ day, and simply was more commonly worn by the Jesuits in later centuries.

III. Was the tone really necessary?

 

[Inego_de_Loyola]

I may be opening up a new can of worms here, but I believe that Jesuits traditionally use a different style of biretta as well as a Jesuit cassock.

BTW in searching I found a few liturgical apparel suppliers that sell “Jesuit Style Cassocks”

Yes, it doesn’t have buttons, it’s biretta doesn’t have tufts, it wraps around and ties with a cincture, and it has a cape. This is neither an official Jesuit manner of dress, nor is it used exclusively by Jesuits.

Edit: I just noticed that someone else already posted this, sorry.

 

[JReducation]

I asked for photos of a Jesuit-style cassock, hopefully with a Rosary. I did not ask for the definition of a Jesuit habit.

The Jesuits never had an official cassock. They were to wear whatever the secular clergy wore. The cross that is often seen in some pictures is called the mission cross. It’s not a Jesuit tradition. It’s a universal tradition of the Latin Church. Whenever a priest, brother or sister was sent to the missions he or she was given a mission cross at the commissioning ceremony. The cross was often worn around the neck. But because it was rather large, it was heavy. Most of us simply inserted it into whatever we wore around our waist.

The Jesuit cassock changed over time, as did the cassocks of the rest of the secular clergy. The rosary was added to religious habits much later. It was not original to any order, not even to the Dominicans. Each order adopted wearing the side rosary at different times. I believe that the first religious community to wear the rosary from its inception may have been the Redemptorists. The Redemptorist rosary is very different from the Franciscan and Dominican rosaries, which are the more commonly known rosaries.

The name Jesuit Cassock was often used in juxtaposition to the Roman cassock which is more like a military jacket, but down to the shoes. The other cassocks were snug around the torso and flared from the waist down and had no buttons below the waist. This allowed the wearer to ride a horse while wearing the cassock. The Roman cassock was closed all the way down like what we see today.