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A veil would have made it obvious that I was in a religious community.

The Phatmass Phemale Community PPC , which, by the way, you are warmly invited to join--look down the page has not yet come up with a consensus on a postulant outfit.

Underclothes were laughable, especially the long striped denim slip.

I remember one conversation: I had been translating St.

We both became so engrossed in his ideas, his elegant words but error-prone early life that we were late for prayer.

A little veil would make all the difference.

Her mother dismissed her idea of entering a convent and indeed kept phoning her to tell her to come home where she belonged.

The Eastern Orthodox Churches tend to avoid Latin terminology.

Thank you for sharing these beautiful words and photos.

Men try to condemn Christ once again.

No general law compelled religious to observe a period of candidature.

Although postulants are not consecrated religious or even have true canonical status, still - I think it's important that people know they are members of a religious community and not just a "Catholic school girl" - it would affect the way others view her especially as regards purity! Postulancy is a preliminary stage to the novitiate existing from the institution of monasticism.