Ep. 39: Effortlessly Classic – The Story of our Habits (Sr. Maria Reginald, O.P.)

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Why do the Dominican Sisters wear what they wear, and where did it come from? Sr. Maria Reginald, O.P. sits down with Sr. Miriam, O.P. to tell the story behind the habit, starting with her own patron, Blessed Reginald, who received the scapular from Our Lady herself in a vision. It was a bold addition to what the early Dominicans were wearing, but as Sr. Maria Reginald points out, when someone says Mary appeared and asked for something, St. Dominic was not the one to doubt it. From there, she and Sr. Miriam walk through the meaning woven into every piece: the unbleached white that speaks of simplicity and poverty, the black that signals the vows and a life given constantly to God, and the…