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jesusmademe
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This Saint really had a “weird” habit and thing on her head. I don’t know the correct terminology.
Please explain what she had on her head. It doesnt look like the thing nuns/sisters ussually wear nowadays.
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This Saint really had a “weird” habit and thing on her head. I don’t know the correct terminology.
Please explain what she had on her head. It doesnt look like the thing nuns/sisters ussually wear nowadays.
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tweedlealice
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Nuns began being less formal in habit dress in 1980(?). I have seen a few now. The bonnet is a wimple. It may symbolize a bird, the Holy Spirit.
Tis_Bearself
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Catherine’s headgear is a cornette, which is a type of wimple. Believe it or not, her cornette was the ordinary headgear for a middle-class lady in France in the early 1800s. Her order, the Daughters of Charity, worked taking care of the poor and sick, and they tried to dress just like normal middle-class women in order to blend in with the local people. So instead of wearing a veil, they wore the cornette hat like lay women.
Obviously, over time the styles changed while the sisters’ habit did not, so the cornette became a distinctive feature of this order. They stopped wearing the cornette in the early 1960s.
Obviously, over time the styles changed while the sisters’ habit did not, so the cornette became a distinctive feature of this order. They stopped wearing the cornette in the early 1960s.
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TheLittleLady
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mrsdizzyd
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If anyone is interested, here is a link to the first post of a six part series on the DC habit from the DC archives. It is a very interesting read…
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