Habit Taking

[queenbunny76]

Has there ever been a women become a nun after having children and now the children are grown up. Can a women become a nun then?

[rosarykat]

@queenbunny76 Not only have there been women who have become nuns after raising a family, but there have been saints! Start a dialogue with your parish priest. A lot depends on age. There are a few communities who take "late bloomers". Good luck.

[skanemermaid]

Nice white collar.

[skanemermaid]

Kneel in white blouse submission!

[lovesGod40]

this is beautiful. I met a sister of St.John. She was beautiful. I love Sr.Edith Elizabeth.

[79743618]

Seeing these Holy women devoting thier lives to our Lord and Savoir gives me strength in my Vocation to the Preisthood. I shall keep all those in Religous orders

[blueridgebushcraft]

This is very beautiful. I pray for more vocations and thank you all for following Jesus and answering his call.

Ed

[skanemermaid]

Line up, girls, I need to conduct a habit inspection. If I find *any* stains, particularly on your knickers, you'll receive a penitential spanking -- and a tampon in your arse to encourage quietness and obedience.

[skanemermaid]

Blouse?

[StevenJames924]

Beautiful!

My Sister in law said her vows and became a sister at Jodard! (Now in Princeville, IL)

God bless the community of St. John

[GilChrist77]

Beautiful! Thanks for posting.

JMJ+

~Betsy

Totus tuus Maria!

[sarahlyonsnz]

It's the Community of St John, there are Sr's in the Phillipines. Both the Contemplative and the Apostolic Sr's.

[smp236520]

What do sisters do. Do they still help the poor. I used to see quite a few of them in the UK now i dont. I know mother teresa help with the lost and needy. do they still do work abroad or do they just pray. It is not an insult it is just that i rarely see them in the UK and it is a shame. Also what does it meane when they just wear the white habit, are they not full sisters.

[DarkWaveSurfer123]

@smp236520 well these are nuns who are cloistered and do not leave the convent unless a good reason to leave for a while like a dying member of family, The Term Sisters and Nuns get confused alot. Nuns=Clositered and Sisters=Active Ministry. However sisters DO NOT wear the habit anymore in most parts of the world however Asian Sisters in asia wear them. So sisters these days are mostly blended in. However i agree that they should wear the habit or a veil.

[smp236520]

@DarkWaveSurfer123 Hi am just wondering, do the sisters still have their hair cut. I watched a film where mother Teresa cut all her sisiters hair when their got their habit. Also are the girls in all white not yet full sisters.

[DarkWaveSurfer123]

@smp236520 Cloistered Nuns without a doubt do the hair cutting, sisters who are in religious orders the wear the habit do cut the hair. Like Mother Teresa's Order (Missionaries Of Charity). Although the orders that gave the habit up so they could blend in gave up the cutting also. So the older sisters would have their hair short because they are used to it having short more. The younger ones long haired and cut it when desired

[DarkWaveSurfer123]

@smp23652 The sisters here are not a full member yet. Because they are still in formation. The formation goes: Candidate Postulant Novice Temporary professed And Final Perpetual Vows. These girls have come out of the Postulant and moved on to the novitiate. The Perpetual Vows is when they become a full on Nun. But they are still called Sister, FOr example Sister Mary Fitzgerald. But some orders you stay the same name for a postulant till you're a novice. God Bless

[smp236520]

@DarkWaveSurfer123 Thanks sorry to be a pain. It's just that i live in the UK (CofE) but my granparents (mum) were Irish/catholic. She used to tell me in the earlier days Nuns could walk around in full dress but due to the rise in Anti catholism due to the IRA bombings alot of them were getting abuse from people (sad). When i go to southern Irland it is so nice to see them in full dress.

[smp236520]

@DarkWaveSurfer123 Why do they have closed orders. Do their pray 24/7 i am sorry but wouldnt it be better to go out and serve the people who need help. Also why take a vow of silence.

[DarkWaveSurfer123]

@smp236520 They do this because thats what God called them to do. Nuns are women who devote themselves to God and pray for the world and for the reparation of world and t have Christians as one again.That including separation from world and staying in convent. However back in the 1800's all nuns were cloistered and a group of women decided to work as religious women.The group is a international order known as the Sisters of St.Joseph and different orders followed.

[DarkWaveSurfer123]

@smp236520 They take the vow of silence because it is important to constant conversation with God and pray. Now they do pray for the entire day and in sleep they contemplate but they also work around the convent. From making altar bread to regular house chores.

[smp236520]

@DarkWaveSurfer123 Thanks for the info.

[MorbidBrothers]

what order is this?

[kensingtonpalace]

im glad to see some orders still take on the habit. alot of the sisters around here just wear street clothes and one would never know they were nuns unless they openly said so. i think the habit is part of the dedicated life.

[abie3878]

do they have counter branch here in the philippines

[Jodith42]

Anyone know what community this is and it's location?

[Hypomone]

This are the sisters of Saint John in St Jodard/France. God bless

[adelgado75]

Why is the habit white?

[vellapo]

Habits vary in colour and design depending on the order in which you live and practice. There are commonly different habits for different stages of your vocation.

[zackebumm]

The habit itself is grey-it's the colour of the working habit of the Cistercian,where the brothers of the Community first lived.The white colour of the veil is a reminiscence to the Dominicans since the founder of the Community of St. John, Père Marie Dominique, was a Dominican.