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I don't think that her monastery was heated, and that the nuns could have only one blanket. It was massive, hot serge, and could be really cumbersome. Poor Ste. France with a strong Jansenist orientation forwards suffering and bodily harshness. Part of their thought in forming a new congregation was to have a greater emphasis on the traditions of religious life, like community life and prayer in common.

Catholic Vocation Station An : Are there Dominican or Benedictine congregations with which you are familiar, or which are nearby? That may sound trite - but I was thinking that, if you knew of particular locations, there may be some on this forum who'd be familiar with them

Her mother superior thought it disgraceful that any Carmelite should require morphine. The Bridgeport Dominicans are technically a new community, but they branched off from an older, more progressive Dominican community in Ohio. This seems like a healthy community where both collective and individual identity as a religious is encouraged to develop.

But it looks like they've re-adopted a full Dominican habit. Sisters Martha Kunesh, Christine Cosgrove and Gail Morgan made their decisions based on a personal choice to be consciously identified as a woman religious and a Dominican Sister. I recall that Ste.

T had a little portable heater or chauvette that she required but made fun of. I'm glad to see a community where, though many wear a simple suit and cross, there is no resistance to or scorn for those who wish to wear the traditional habit.

I have been a Catholic for a while now, and have read many books on the saints. Until relatively recently, they wore simple black and white secular clothes with a Dominican symbol as a pin. Their website notes it as a personal choice of three sisters.

Part of their thought in forming a new congregation was to have a greater emphasis on the traditions of religious life, like community life and prayer in common.

Suffering was admired and required. Their was a book written called, "Ten for Sorrow, Five for Joy." It gave some insigh. The distinctive habit is a part of the long tradition of Dominican women and men who witnessed to their identity as those who are committed to the lifestyle of Saint Dominic.

T received only a little sirop de morphine in her last days. I am always so hot that I wear short-sleeved tops even during the bitter cold of the snowy Northeastern U. I think it was someone else on here who mentioned St Therese's comment that the Carmelite habit was too hot in summer and too cold in winter!

After prayerful reflections, three of our Sisters have made the decision to wear the traditional habit of the Dominican Sisters. I must admit that, though I've worn a modified habit and short veil, I never desired to wear the original habit.

We are very grateful to the Dominican Sisters of Saint Cecilia in Nashville for helping us make our habits and for their continued prayers and support. These Sisters are responding to a personal commitment to "reading the signs of the times" and responding to a more radical witness as Dominican Sisters.

Dominican Habit Catholic Vocation : Does anyone know what happened after the Dominican Nuns left their Doat Street Monastery a couple years ago and moved to Ohio? I can't find anything about them

Congratulations and Blessings to these Sisters! Hello, I wanted to hear my fellow Catholics opinion on the difference between gravitating towards, Dominican, Franciscan and Carmelite spirituality. Though I never wore the 'old habit,' Sisters in the community I entered largely did including the headbands and coif then.

The Bridgeport Dominicans are technically a new community, but they branched off from an older, more progressive Dominican community in Ohio. I am curious about where a certain order "went." Their name was "The Dominican Sisters of Bethany" Their apostolate was to visit women in prison and they also accepted women into community who had been in prison.

I love the look and symbolism of traditional habits, but I always wonder how nuns and sisters can tolerate the body heat that all that fabric would create, especially in humid summer weather. I do know these Sisters personally, and while it always takes a while for a new community to find its feet, the Sisters themselves are lovely and very well-balanced.