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  2. Religious habit - Wikipedia

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    A nun of the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration in her cloister Traditional Catholic nuns. The religious habits of Catholic nuns typically consist of the following elements: Tunic: This is the central piece of the habit. It is a loose dress made of serge fabric pleated at the neck and draping to the ground. It can be worn pinned up in the front ...

  3. Cornette - Wikipedia

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    Because of the cornette, they were known in Ireland as the "butterfly nuns". In the United States, the Daughters of Charity wore wide, white cornettes for 114 years, from 1850 to 1964. With the Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican (Vatican II), the nun's habits were modernized to return to a clothing that better reflected their charitable ...

  4. Catholic sisters and nuns in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Pioneer Healers: The History of Women Religious in American Health Care (1989) 375pp; Stewart, George C. Marvels of Charity: History of American Sisters and Nuns (1994), the most detailed coverage, with many lists and photos of different habits. Sullivan, Mary C. Catherine McAuley and the Tradition of Mercy (1995) Wall, Barbra Mann.

  5. ‘Remarkable preserved condition.’ Nun’s exhumed body draws ...

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    The nuns created a wax mask for Sister Wilhelmina’s face and also coated her hands with wax, the story said. Her body will be displayed in the chapel until May 29, when there will be a rosary ...

  6. Holy Spirit Adoration Sisters - Wikipedia

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    As a consequence of these habits, the nuns are known colloquially as the "pink sisters". The congregation was founded in 1896 in the Netherlands by Arnold Janssen , a German diocesan priest who had first founded in 1875 the Society of the Divine Word in the Dutch border village of Steyl , and in 1889 the Missionary Sisters Servants of the Holy ...

  7. Why is pop culture so obsessed with nuns? - AOL

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    Rihanna and Sydney Sweeney’s vestal get-ups are the latest in a long line of nun subversions. Skip to main content. Subscriptions; Animals. Business. Entertainment. Fitness. Food ...

  8. Redemptoristines - Wikipedia

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    The nuns wear two veils: one white and another black, folded back over the head, but which may be drawn forward over the face and as far as the medallion on the scapular. Some houses wear a modified habit of a red dress, a black veil and a medal of Christ the Redeemer on one side and Alphonsus Liguori on the other that is suspended on a chain.

  9. The Creepiest Nuns in Movie History - AOL

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    With her sanity slowly crumbling, Thana eventually dons a nun’s habit and heads to a neighborhood costume party with murder on her mind. In the title role, actress Zoë Tamerlis delivers a ...