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PacoG said:
Yes, I know Brother JR, it isn’t a habit but…

The cassock and giant crucifix of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, the Oblates traversed the dusty roads of South Texas, going from ranch to ranch and town to town to bring the sacraments to the people of the Rio Grande Valley.

About 90 percent of the parishes in the Diocese of Brownsville in Texas were founded by the OMIs.

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That’s because the Oblates were not supposed to distinguish themselves as consecrated religious. St. Eugene wanted them to be anonymous. He dressed them as diocesan priests.

The cross is not part of the dress. The Mission Cross, as it’s called, was given to any of us who went on mission. It was suppressed by Pope Paul VI. Until then, every priest, brother or sister who went on mission received a large black Mission Cross that would be inserted into the cincture. Pope Paul eliminated it, because it was cumbersome. Today, you get a mission cross that is much smaller, which you can put into your pocket. It’s about three inches long.

Fraternally,

Br. JR, FFV 🙂
 
ATeutonicKnight said:
Eh, I don’t have a definitive list, but here are some of my favorites Franciscan Brothers Minor (Not Order of the Friars Minor), Carmelite Monks in Wyoming, Dominican Friars, Knights of the Holy Eucharist, Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, Franciscan Missionaries of the Eternal Word, Benedictine Monks, Trappist Monks, I should probably stop myself before I name off every Community I know. 😃

I would provide links and pictures but unfortunately I must go.
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What do you mean “not the OFMs?”:eek:

I think that’s the best habit of all!
 
triumphguy said:
What do you mean “not the OFMs?”:eek:

I think that’s the best habit of all!
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The OFM habit is quite comfortable and practical. I think that’s why the OFMs adopted it in the 1800s when they came into existence. It has been around for a long time. No one really knows where it came from. We know where the OFM Conv and the OFM Cap habits came from, but not the OFM habit. My guess is that it’s a hybrid of several habits.

Fraternally,

Br. JR, FFV 🙂
 
JReducation said:
The OFM habit is quite comfortable and practical. I think that’s why the OFMs adopted it in the 1800s when they came into existence. It has been around for a long time. No one really knows where it came from. We know where the OFM Conv and the OFM Cap habits came from, but not the OFM habit. My guess is that it’s a hybrid of several habits.

Fraternally,

Br. JR, FFV 🙂
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I think it was also influenced by the Recollects. It’s very similar except for the length of the hood.

But I also note a little Capuchin dig at the Observants there.
 
triumphguy said:
I think it was also influenced by the Recollects. It’s very similar except for the length of the hood.

But I also note a little Capuchin dig at the Observants there.
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What the Capuchin reformers did was to take the Observant’s cowl and make it longer and did away with the collar. Other than that, it’s the exact habit.

The Conventual Franciscans actually adopted the Augustinian habit, but wear a cord instead of a belt.

I prefer the attached cowl rather than the collar with cowl, because it’s one layer less. I don’t like too many layers of clothes. I once tried on a Carmelite habit and I felt as if I had gained 20 lbs. It looks beautiful, but does not feel very practical, especially the white mantle. The mantle is not very warm and too cumbersome to wear a jacket over it. The Carmelites in Washington have cheated a little bit. They don’t wear two cowls as do other Carmelites. The white cowl is actually layered lined in brown giving the impression that there is a brown cowl and collar underneath.

The first time I saw it, it fooled me too Friar David. I had known the O’Carms in Europe. They wore two layers.

Fraternally,

Br. JR, FFV 🙂
 
larsont7 said:
I don’t know why, but I always liked the habits of the Pink Sisters in Lincoln:

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triumphguy said:
Maybe because they look like blocks of Neapolitan Ice Cream?:confused:
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They’re very conscious of the fact that it’s very distracting. If they have to leave the convent for an extended period, they wear the same habit in grey and black.

Thee are several communities that do that. The Schoenstatt Sisters put on a suit and no veil to go out, so as not to attract attention to themselves. I like their habit too. It’s modern and traditional at the same time.

Even though they are neither sisters nor nuns, but secular women, their habit is very much in line with what Vatican II had in mind for sisters and nuns: simple, practical, easy to work in it, easy to procure the materials for it, and becoming. It does not intimidate. On the contrary, there is a simplicity about it that attracts one to the sisters.

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Fraternally,

Br.JR, FFV 🙂
 
JReducation said:
What the Capuchin reformers did was to take the Observant’s cowl and make it longer and did away with the collar. Other than that, it’s the exact habit.

The Conventual Franciscans actually adopted the Augustinian habit, but wear a cord instead of a belt.

I prefer the attached cowl rather than the collar with cowl, because it’s one layer less. I don’t like too many layers of clothes. I once tried on a Carmelite habit and I felt as if I had gained 20 lbs. It looks beautiful, but does not feel very practical, especially the white mantle. The mantle is not very warm and too cumbersome to wear a jacket over it. The Carmelites in Washington have cheated a little bit. They don’t wear two cowls as do other Carmelites. The white cowl is actually layered lined in brown giving the impression that there is a brown cowl and collar underneath.

The first time I saw it, it fooled me too Friar David. I had known the O’Carms in Europe. They wore two layers.

Fraternally,

Br. JR, FFV 🙂
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Yes, we do cheat a little bit with the white capuche (cowl).

The mantle is not very practical and I feel very unwieldy in it but we only wear it for very special liturgies. Afterwards most of use remove it.
 
Friar_David_O.Carm said:
Yes, we do cheat a little bit with the white capuche (cowl).

The mantle is not very practical and I feel very unwieldy in it but we only wear it for very special liturgies. Afterwards most of use remove it.
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Can you imagine back in the day when the friars had to wear all those layers of clothing and the white mantle was the only form of coat. That thing must have been filthy all the time. It’s not like they had several of them or that they did laundry every week. The good thing is that the earlier versions of your habit were made of wool. Nice for cool weather.

Now that we’re on the topic of weather. Do you guys do as the Franciscans do? We have a white habit for the tropics. Some Franciscan communities compromise with grey instead of white. It’s cooler than the brown.

Fraternally,

Br. JR, FFV 🙂
 
zenith15 said:
SSPX, correct?
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Nooooooo, not at all. Bl. Mother Teresa would roll over in her grave if you say that again. They were part of a sede community. The local bishop asked the Missionaries of Charity to work on this sede community to bring them into the Church. The sisters did not know that they were being sculpted by the MCs.

There developed a great friendship and gradually the sisters began to rethink the whole notion of sedevacantism. There was a separation from the original community, amicable I may add and they went to live with the Missionaries of Charity until they could get setup as a Catholic association of the faithful. They adopted the white veil with the blue edge in honor of Mother Teresa of Calcutta.

Fraternally,

Br. JR, FFV 🙂
 
JReducation said:
Can you imagine back in the day when the friars had to wear all those layers of clothing and the white mantle was the only form of coat. That thing must have been filthy all the time. It’s not like they had several of them or that they did laundry every week. The good thing is that the earlier versions of your habit were made of wool. Nice for cool weather.

Now that we’re on the topic of weather. Do you guys do as the Franciscans do? We have a white habit for the tropics. Some Franciscan communities compromise with grey instead of white. It’s cooler than the brown.

Fraternally,

Br. JR, FFV 🙂
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As I have been told the mantle was choir dress. The tunic, scapular, and capuche were the every day/work habit. When they entered the chapel they would put on the white mantal and white capuche.

I have seen some pictures of Carmelites (can not remember exactly where though) in a white tunic but the scapular and (I believe) the capuche were brown.
 
I’m not sure that I have a favorite. I like to learn about different habits. The sisters Adorers of the Precious Blood are a contemplative community based in New York. On their website they suggest:
“The purpose of the religious habit is to point to something sacred and transcendant - beyond this material world.”
To see their habits, please go to the following link:

sisterspreciousblood.org/index.htm
 
The Pinks Sisters are the Holy Spirit Adoration Sisters, and their habit looks delicious 😃

My favourites habits are Discalced Carmelite and Dominican 🙂

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JReducation said:
Nooooooo, not at all. Bl. Mother Teresa would roll over in her grave if you say that again. They were part of a sede community. The local bishop asked the Missionaries of Charity to work on this sede community to bring them into the Church. The sisters did not know that they were being sculpted by the MCs.

There developed a great friendship and gradually the sisters began to rethink the whole notion of sedevacantism. There was a separation from the original community, amicable I may add and they went to live with the Missionaries of Charity until they could get setup as a Catholic association of the faithful. They adopted the white veil with the blue edge in honor of Mother Teresa of Calcutta.

Fraternally,

Br. JR, FFV 🙂
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Oh! Yes I did hear of them leaving the sede community. , now you mention it. I just assumed they were the ones who stayed, from the habits that were somewhat similar. My bad.
 
Friar_David_O.Carm said:
The short capuche that the Discalced Carmelites have just looks wrong to me.

The Dominican habit is nice but it is much nicer in brown :D.
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They look like the Ying and Yang of the Mendicant Movement. 😃

The OCD’s habit was borrowed from the Alcantaran Franciscans. Don’t forget that St. Peter of Alcantara was spiritual director to both Teresa and John of the Cross. He was very influential in protecting the Discalced Reform. This was their habit. It was brown, with a scapular, a rounded collar and short cowl. The Franciscans wore their mantle to their knees, while the O’Carm and OPs wore it to the floor. The idea of a smaller collar, shorter mantle and scapular was for the sake of poverty. They could make habits for more men with less cloth. The OCDs just followed the Alcantaran Franciscan custom.

Fraternally,

Br. JR, FFV 🙂
 
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