The Wacky Habits thread!

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Share pictures of nuns/sisters (and monks/brothers) in their most fascinatingly, unusual looking habits.

To start, I offer the Sisters of Providence…
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Sisters in “modified” habit sigh
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Sister back in traditional habit yay
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**Since I’m still on “trial membership”, I wasn’t able to post the image, so here are the links. Please do post images and let us know what order you’re posting. 🙂
 
The head pieces of the sisters wearing traditional habits seriously limits side vision which would make it very difficult to see when driving. Modified head pieces with traditional habits seems sensible. The original head gear of the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart - an Australian order - was incredibly uncomfortable especially in the Australian summer.
 
Those first habits look like a REALLY good and warm (wind proof) idea in Nome Alaska!

I love the pink ones too!

Sometimes when I hear people say “ah, look at how the nun’s these days don’t wear full habits like they did in the good old days…” I think…well YOU aren’t exactly dressing like folks did 200 yrs ago either!
 
John_Lazarus said:
I mean absolutely no disrespect to the good Sisters…but the first thing I thought was, “We’re on our way to Grandma’s house…”

It was the baskets that did it.
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This thread can only work if in our heart of hearts we love our nuns and our sisters.
 
I kind of understand the symbol of the habit for the sisters, but what is the significance of the big head dresses?

I have seen simpler types of habits (the ones that do not block their side views). I thought of being a nun before because they do not have to worry about what to wear everyday! but apparently God called me to be a mother. 🙂

I have always loved the habits of the Pink Sisters in the Philippines (they are literally pink, I think they are an order of the Carmelites), they are cloistered nuns who spend their days in prayer. Its usually a habit of students who are about to take licensure exams to go to them and ask for prayers, they do not refuse.

The nuns in my school wear all white, Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Heart. the noviates where like a navy blue apron, full pledged nuns wear all white and they play volleyball, play the instruments, cook a mean spaghetti for recess and sing heavenly during their daily masses! Wow what is it with nuns with their cooking and singing?
 
John_Lazarus said:
I mean absolutely no disrespect to the good Sisters…but the first thing I thought was, “We’re on our way to Grandma’s house…”

It was the baskets that did it.
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They reminded me of Little Red Riding Hood. 🙂
 
blujazz25 said:
I kind of understand the symbol of the habit for the sisters, but what is the significance of the big head dresses?
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This is probably bogus, but I read that the head dresses of many orders, especially those that are not like the traditional veils we see most of our sisters and nuns in today, come from the typical dress of the upper middle classes in the period and culture of their foundation. Like the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul. Their “head dresses” are similar to French folk costumes of the region. Originally, I’ve read, nuns were to modestly blend in with society. Interestingly enough, at least in the UK, many nuns adopted habits like those of the Daughters of Charity when they were nurses in war zones in WWII, so they could be seen as nurses from afar.

Also, if you look up in google images the Sisters of Charity of New York (the nuns who taught my grandmother in elementary school!), you’ll see that they’re dressed in habits just as the plain, modest clothes worn by their foundress, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, in the early 19th century.
 
LatinByzCath said:
This is probably bogus, but I read that the head dresses of many orders, especially those that are not like the traditional veils we see most of our sisters and nuns in today, come from the typical dress of the upper middle classes in the period and culture of their foundation. Like the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul. Their “head dresses” are similar to French folk costumes of the region. Originally, I’ve read, nuns were to modestly blend in with society. Interestingly enough, at least in the UK, many nuns adopted habits like those of the Daughters of Charity when they were nurses in war zones in WWII, so they could be seen as nurses from afar.

Also, if you look up in google images the Sisters of Charity of New York (the nuns who taught my grandmother in elementary school!), you’ll see that they’re dressed in habits just as the plain, modest clothes worn by their foundress, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, in the early 19th century.
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That makes sense. The Sisters of Charity headdresses really do look like medieval headresses.
 
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