The Community of the Mother of Jesus

We often wear our non religious clothes so as to be in common dress, like those we serve, but we do have a full length habit for liturgical settings, special occasions, and for service to the neighbor in need or church business, when appropriate. Our profession habit consists of a light gray robe, a royal blue scapular, with a matching rope cincture, the profession cross, and a blue zucchetto or blue and gray veil. A habit rosary is worn by those who have professed final vows. A blue or gray caplet, called a mozetta may also be worn for special occasions or for extra warmth. Our novices wear our gray robe with a blue collar and a Marian medal, and blue zucchetto or blue veil cap. 

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The gray robe is a symbol of the wedding garment of the gospels and is also a reminder of the baptismal garment, helping us to call to mind that our vowed life is rooted in our baptismal covenant. The blue scapular is worn as a sign that we are a Community under the patronage of the Mother of God. The scapular is Mary’s gift to religious life. The blue rope or cincture is a sign that we both bind ourselves to Christ and to one another in our religious community. The two knots at the end of the cincture symbolize the Old and the New Testament.

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