Saturday, May 17, 2008

Redemptorists in Rome...


Once a common sight, especially on the Via Merulana and the Esquiline, it is now extremely rare to see this habit in Rome (notice the cappa nigra).
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10 comments:

Anonymous said...

The beautiful habit of the Redemptorists, perhaps it will make a comeback with the younger men.

10:41 AM
Anonymous said...

Good job!

10:42 AM
Anonymous said...

Looking nice and traditional. Like it when you do vestments/clerical dress posts. :D

1:27 PM
M.J. said...

Awesome photo!

3:43 PM
Fr Scott Bailey, C.Ss.R. said...

A good number of the younger men do wear the habit regularly, though sadly many have given in to the "status quo." I know of one province that has "officially" given it up, although according to our Constitutions and Statutes they cannot. For some it has become a political tool worn by priests at liturgical functions sans surplice and stole to show "solidarity" with the brothers who cannot wear sacred vestments. The outer garment is not a cappa nigra, but what we call a zimarra. It is a long black very full coat (it has sleeves) with a shoulder cape that fastens only at the neck. Now that our houses and churches have heat it is not as common as it once was.

8:27 AM
Anonymous said...

The Redemptorist province that "officially" gave up the habit I hope is small, and composed on a dwindling bunch of old men.

I'll bet it's in one of 4 countries:
Netherlands
Belgium
France,or
Germany.

2:24 PM
Lawrence Lew OP said...

Brilliant.

2:33 AM
Anonymous said...

Certainly not in Germany or Austria - most of the younger men are wearing their habits regularly.

3:44 AM
carlos said...

The habit is nice but its not used here in Asia-Oceania especially in the Philippines coz its impractical to use in tropical countries. What's the origin of this habit? Who designed it? I asked a Filipino Redemptorist but he can't give me an answer. Isn't it similar to old Jesuit habit?

Ferderiz

8:47 PM
Anonymous said...

The Redemptorist "habit" is a distinctive garment that brings symbolic and ceremonial unity to the members of that wonderful religious order. I recall as a boy seeing my parish priests in those robes with the white collars and jangling 15 decade rosaries. I still see the Redemptorists wear them, usually on ceremonial occasions. I can see that they are impractical in many settings and cultures for use beyond ceremonial occasions.

11:00 AM

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