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Monastic life is habit-forming by Father Paschal Pautler, O.S.B.
Father Paschal Pautler, O.S.B. is a Benedictine monk and priest of St. Bernard Abbey in Cullman, Alabama, stbernard abbey.com.
The years-long process of joining a monastery involves the “investiture,” or ritual putting-on of the habit and other symbolic clothing. A monk who is preparing to be a priest takes on additional clothing at different stages.
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LOTHING MATTERS. Whether we are playing Frisbee in the park or attending a business meeting, the clothes we wear say something about who we are and what we are doing. And that is not a new phenomenon. Throughout history people have used clothes to manifest who they are and what
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