[Pyro7480]

Special thanks for FReeper Carolina for pointing this article out to me. Another key excerpt from the article (with an inaccuracy concerning Vatican II):

That radicalism is, ironically, embodied by the wearing of the veil. Decreed unnecessary by Vatican II and shed happily by many older nuns, the headdress is for many of today's newcomers a desired accessory. "A lot of my older sisters would never wear the veil," says Sister Sarah Roy, 29, who is the only member of her Sisters of St. Francis of the Immaculate Conception in Peoria, Ill., to do so. (The others wear a simple dark dress adorned by a pin.) Though she admits "people just stare at you like you're a freak," she adds, "It's a trend with younger women wanting to wear the veil now."

"Coincidentally," I read a blogger's article about two young American women who entered a new order called the Sisters of the Adorers of the Royal Heart of Jesus Christ Sovereign Priest. These nuns are associated with the Institute of Christ the King, Sovereign Priest, which offers the Traditional Latin Mass. One woman is from Green Bay, Wisconsin, and the other is from St. Paul, Minnesota. Here are some pictures from their first profession of vows on October 30.

The soon-to-be-novice from St. Paul and her father

The other-soon-to-be-novice from Green Bay and her father

The two Americans, along with three other women (at least one, if not all, are from France), have now become novices, and are wearing the white habits

[Pyro7480]

Catholic ping!

[Carolina]

"Coincidentally," I read a blogger's article about two young American women who entered a new order called the Sisters of the Adorers of the Royal Heart of Jesus Christ Sovereign Priest.

I saw the article, too. The sisters were radiant. The mass looked glorious.

[SampleMan]

why is "Time" referring to the habit as a veil? The article seems to be doing it gratuitously, so I don't think its an accident.

[trisham]

If I were chosen to the religious life, I would wear the veil. In my nearly humble opinion, this is a very good trend. :) Thanks for posting this.

[TradicalRC]

O f course the obvious point that the progressivism of the 'spirit of Vatican II' lead to a decline in vocations and the resurgent Traditionalism will bring a concurrent increase in vocations. Sadly some will never see this, admit it, or learn from it.

[ELS]

Here are a "ton" of photos (click on the top left link that says "Prise d'Habit 2004") from the profession of the first Sisters Adorers of the Royal Heart of Jesus Christ Sovereign Priest. The ceremony took place on the Feast of the Sacred Heart in 2004.

[Campion]

You were saying on another thread that the Catholic church has no "orthodox, evangelical wing".

These young ladies are orthodox and very definitely evangelical, in the sense of wanting to win souls for Christ. I know some of them (Nashville Dominicans); they teach my kids.

Their order just built a huge new motherhouse because the old one was stuffed to the gills with postulants.

[baa39]

Another new order, very traditional, teaching order, Dominican, attracing very young, bright women.

Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist

http://www.sistersofmary.org/index.html

[arthurus]

After Vatican II when the Church Opened Up and Modernized, many orders jumped right into the New Age and fell apart as the sisters held "encounter sessions" and learned that God was a goddess. As the orders modernized the sisters became social workers living in apartments and the prayer aspect of Religious life faded away. So did the orders. It was the death of many Catholic schools around the country as there were fewer and fewer Teaching Sisters. Those orders that retained their traditions and their Habits thrived as they continued to receive new postulants while the others withered away with no new vocations.Thus we have the fund drives every year in the Parish and in your mailbox to support the aging retired sisters who didn't abandon the Veil but whose Houses have had no new postulants for 30 years. It is the picture of our social security system but speeded up and more extreme; more and more retirees and fewer payroll tax payers to support them.