The generosity of these women to teach, nurse, and care for others while living humbly in community is amazing to me. Amazing Grace in their souls. God reward them and inspire others to take the "road less traveled" that has made all the difference.
Behold, we are witness to great love and sacrifice, and sadly great evil. The guilty, those who led the faithful away are stained. May almighty God have mercy on them. May He raise His brides before His throne.
It would have been the finishing touch to this lovely video and a lot more appropriate to hear one of the many Catholic hymns instead of protestant Amazing Grace. Salve Regina with these reverent and beautiful old photos would have been powerful and brought tears to my eyes. Edit: These nuns never sang Amazing Grace. For these nuns, Salve Regina in Latin was a standard hymn. Thanks for putting these together.
Some of them needed simple updating to make them practical but it’s sad that they just got rid of them altogether. And many of them were fine as they were. Vatican II never said to get rid of them. That was a gross misunderstanding of the text.
I believe the downfall of Women Religious life was eliminating the habit, allowing the sisters to live in their own apartments by themselves or others, destroying convent life and eliminating community life.
Absolutely I want them to wear the uniform they vowed in! As a child going to catholic school I loved seeing them represent an order of faith. When it was allowed to wear as an option and witnessed the short skirts and small or no veil at all confused and disappointed me. Then we went down hill when told we can accept holy communion on the hand! What a disaster we are in now all because we went soft on the faith! Lord have mercy on us all
Interesting to see the old habits, though it would have helped to have identified which habits belonged to which community. I recall a very irate Sister of Providence saying that the laity have no business telling Religious what they should or should not wear- the vast majority of them never experienced Religious life firsthand- they don’t know what it’s like! Therefore I refrain from commenting on how Religious dress nowadays. However, it’s interesting to note that the communities that are experiencing the most vocations are those that still wear a habit of some sort (To illustrate: the Sisters of Life of New York City, the Missionaries of Charity, the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia of Nashville, Tennessee.).
Having gone to Catholic school taught by SSND nuns back in the 50's, I was amazed to see some of my teachers without their veils after the second Vatican Counsel changes in clerical clothing took effect. It made me feel they were real people in a funny costume! This revelation became a fact as my "auntie sister" of the St. Joseph teaching nuns was revealed to me.
The habits are a constant reminder to the woman that she is set apart. It says to others that she is trying to walk a narrower path to God. The habits can be more comfortable than the older ones. But, yes, I wish they were back.
A little more research would show that the habits of many religious orders reflected the dress of ordinary or poor people (Daughters of Wisdom, Sisters of Notre Dame), even widows (e.g. Sisters of Charity, Sisters of St. Joseph ) when their communities were founded. Different from nuns who live within a monastery, Sisters worked among the people, and so wore local type clothing to be able to do so. The Second Vatican Council in the latter half of the 1900s called religious communities to look at their roots, the principles of their founders, to reflect those rules and values, to be contemporary once again.
Some of them were over the top. Corse heavy material that was not washable and that cake box on top of their head. The Poor Clare's had a coif that went over their chin. It needed to be modified.
If you mean the head pieces, the ones like wings are called coifs. The band across the forehead is a filet. The sisters who wear veils ( usually white for novices or preliminary vows and black or brown for the fully professed depending upon the order) have filets, and coifs as well, with the coifs often cutting off peripheral vision. The wimple is the part that goes under the chin, often draping down the chest, and for the nuns wearing veils maybe attached to the coifs. The long cloth over their shoulders is the scapula. Some nuns carry full rosaries with fifteen decades rather than the usual five decades of the chaplet that most people call a rosary. The joyful, sorrowful, and glorious mysteries each have their own decade that way.
@@fabrisseterbrugghe8567 Yes i had figured that out but I could not find anything for the largest/widest one. As such I thank you for providing more accurate terminology. It will undoubtedly aid in my research
I think you might be speaking of the "hats" worn by the Order called The Daughters of Charity of St Vincent dePaul. These were the famous sisters known by various pet names "God's Geese" or "the Flying Nuns" The large folded linen "hat" was properly called the cornet. Underneath was worn a white closefitting tied-on cap which attached at the back by pins to the cornet-- and so the whole structure was closely attached to her head. There is much more to know - told to me by a Sister who had worn that habit (the whole outfit) for more than 25 years.
Many of these habits were totally unsuitable for work in the modern world as Pius XII noted but it was Paul VI who allowed religious congregations of men and women to completely abandon their habits.No Pope since has had the balls to correct the situation.One weakling Pope after another.
The nuns of that time were correct in wearing their habits. Vatican 2 stripped them of their identity and dignity. Why?????? Priests still wore the same cloths before and after Vatican 2. Why were the nuns disrespected like that???
The generosity of these women to teach, nurse, and care for others while living humbly in community is amazing to me. Amazing Grace in their souls. God reward them and inspire others to take the "road less traveled" that has made all the difference.
Amen
Behold, we are witness to great love and sacrifice, and sadly great evil. The guilty, those who led the faithful away are stained. May almighty God have mercy on them. May He raise His brides before His throne.
Yes. If you're a nun you should look like one. Vatican II said to adapt your habit according to the work you do--NOT get rid of it altogether.
It would have been the finishing touch to this lovely video and a lot more appropriate to hear one of the many Catholic hymns instead of protestant Amazing Grace. Salve Regina with these reverent and beautiful old photos would have been powerful and brought tears to my eyes. Edit: These nuns never sang Amazing Grace. For these nuns, Salve Regina in Latin was a standard hymn. Thanks for putting these together.
I love and respect the old habits. It shows that you are proud of your faith and traditions.
Shouldn’t be proud of anything- that leads to conceit!
Some of them needed simple updating to make them practical but it’s sad that they just got rid of them altogether. And many of them were fine as they were. Vatican II never said to get rid of them. That was a gross misunderstanding of the text.
Enjoyed seeing the old habits, but wish the author had named the order of religious' so we'd know which wore what.
I believe the downfall of Women Religious life was eliminating the habit, allowing the sisters to live in their own apartments by themselves or others, destroying convent life and eliminating community life.
Love snd respected till this day. Love them
When one studies the history of a habit's design , it makes sense. Many were revamped patterns from the Middle Ages.
Christ's brides in their wedding gowns. Holy holy holy❤
Absolutely I want them to wear the uniform they vowed in! As a child going to catholic school I loved seeing them represent an order of faith. When it was allowed to wear as an option and witnessed the short skirts and small or no veil at all confused and disappointed me. Then we went down hill when told we can accept holy communion on the hand! What a disaster we are in now all because we went soft on the faith! Lord have mercy on us all
Brides of Christ. On their unclouded paths to sainthood. ❤
Interesting to see the old habits, though it would have helped to have identified which habits belonged to which community.
I recall a very irate Sister of Providence saying that the laity have no business telling Religious what they should or should not wear- the vast majority of them never experienced Religious life firsthand- they don’t know what it’s like! Therefore I refrain from commenting on how Religious dress nowadays.
However, it’s interesting to note that the communities that are experiencing the most vocations are those that still wear a habit of some sort (To illustrate: the Sisters of Life of New York City, the Missionaries of Charity, the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia of Nashville, Tennessee.).
Having gone to Catholic school taught by SSND nuns back in the 50's, I was amazed to see some of my teachers without their veils after the second Vatican Counsel changes in clerical clothing took effect. It made me feel they were real people in a funny costume! This revelation became a fact as my "auntie sister" of the St. Joseph teaching nuns was revealed to me.
The habits are a constant reminder to the woman that she is set apart. It says to others that she is trying to walk a narrower path to God.
The habits can be more comfortable than the older ones. But, yes, I wish they were back.
A little more research would show that the habits of many religious orders reflected the dress of ordinary or poor people (Daughters of Wisdom, Sisters of Notre Dame), even widows (e.g. Sisters of Charity, Sisters of St. Joseph ) when their communities were founded. Different from nuns who live within a monastery, Sisters worked among the people, and so wore local type clothing to be able to do so. The Second Vatican Council in the latter half of the 1900s called religious communities to look at their roots, the principles of their founders, to reflect those rules and values, to be contemporary once again.
Yes. The world is a mess since second vatican. Fail. People want to recognize the religious and look up to their aspirational nature for HIM. ❤
It was a huge mistake to forsake the habit.
Yes
My grade school sister SSND was not shown nor my Auntie Sister SSSJ
Some of them were over the top. Corse heavy material that was not washable and that cake box on top of their head. The Poor Clare's had a coif that went over their chin. It needed to be modified.
But not abandoned !!
Why torture yourself ?!
They are renouncing life in this world, the convents had to be rigids with discipline and mortification
@@zuarbrincar769 Rigid to the point of insanity?
@@steveshapiro326 Insanity for me is a man destroying himself just for identifying as a woman, not a nun wearing a habit
Do the large folded cloths have a special name? I am looking but it seems they are all called "habits?"
If you mean the head pieces, the ones like wings are called coifs. The band across the forehead is a filet. The sisters who wear veils ( usually white for novices or preliminary vows and black or brown for the fully professed depending upon the order) have filets, and coifs as well, with the coifs often cutting off peripheral vision. The wimple is the part that goes under the chin, often draping down the chest, and for the nuns wearing veils maybe attached to the coifs.
The long cloth over their shoulders is the scapula. Some nuns carry full rosaries with fifteen decades rather than the usual five decades of the chaplet that most people call a rosary. The joyful, sorrowful, and glorious mysteries each have their own decade that way.
@@fabrisseterbrugghe8567 Yes i had figured that out but I could not find anything for the largest/widest one. As such I thank you for providing more accurate terminology. It will undoubtedly aid in my research
I think you might be speaking of the "hats" worn by the Order called The Daughters of Charity of St Vincent dePaul. These were the famous sisters known by various pet names "God's Geese" or "the Flying Nuns" The large folded linen "hat" was properly called the cornet. Underneath was worn a white closefitting tied-on cap which attached at the back by pins to the cornet-- and so the whole structure was closely attached to her head. There is much more to know - told to me by a Sister who had worn that habit (the whole outfit) for more than 25 years.
I don't really see nuns anymore. It's very sad..😢
Many of these habits were totally unsuitable for work in the modern world as Pius XII noted but it was Paul VI who allowed religious congregations of men and women to completely abandon their habits.No Pope since has had the balls to correct the situation.One weakling Pope after another.
Show some Episcopalian nuns habits ?
Ummm and Audrey Hepburn is in this video why?
The nuns of that time were correct in wearing their habits. Vatican 2 stripped them of their identity and dignity. Why?????? Priests still wore the same cloths before and after Vatican 2. Why were the nuns disrespected like that???
Thank God For Vatican II..................
NOOOOOO
I wonder how many were men in disguise?
Some of them are really unattractive while others are "doable"
What if that was your mom or sister?
@@ThommyofThenn Well, clearly my mom was doable otherwise I wouldn't be here.
@@Youngstown529😂😂😂
Touche!
The vocations died after giving up the habit and communal prayers.
Yes