BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//eriebenedictines.org//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.30.10// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH UID:0d49f328-2194-45a4-a9aa-7f64f80a50d5 X-WR-CALDESC:The clothing distributed to the members should vary accordi ng to local conditions and climate\, because more is needed in cold region s and less in warmer. This is left to the discretion of the prioress or ab bot. We believe that for each monastic a cowl and tunic will suffice in te mperate regions\; in winter a woolen cowl is necessary\, in summer a thinn er or worn one\; also a scapular for work\, and footwear--both sandals and shoes.\n\nMonastics must not complain about the color or coarseness of al l these articles\, but use what is available in the vicinity at a reasonab le cost. However\, the prioress and abbot ought to be concerned about the measurements of these garments that they not be too short but fitted to th e wearers.\n\nMaimonides\, one of the finest and best educated minds i n twelfth century Jewish history\, writes in the Mishneh Torah 'The dress of the wise must be free of stains\; they should not wear the apparel of p rinces\, to attract attention\, nor the raiment of paupers\, which incurs disrespect.' Clothing\, in other words\, was to clothe\, neither to adorn nor to diminish the human person. Clothing was clothing.\n\nBenedictines d iffer in their literal interpretation of the passage on clothing in the Ru le. Some groups focus on the types of clothing described and devise a unif orm from a sixth century wardrobe--a long dress\, a cowl to protect agains t weather that was cold and damp\, a scapular. Other groups emphasize that the clothing worn should simply be local and approved by the local priore ss or abbot. Whatever the present demonstration of the passage\, both grou ps believe in simplicity\, sufficiency and a guard against excess. Slavery to style is not Benedictine. Excess is not Benedictine. Ostentation and p retension and fads are not Benedictine. Slovenliness and dirt are not Bene dictine. The Benedictine is clean\, simple and proper to the time and plac e because the stewardship of the universe demands a commitment to order\, harmony and rightness if it is to survive. The Benedictine is one of the w orld's uncomplicated types who have what is necessary for every occasion a nd nothing more.\n\nDress is a mark of values and aspirations and ideals. It is as easy to call attention to ourselves by too little as too much\; a s easy to lose sight of what we really are about in life by too much as to o little. If the chapter on clothing has anything to say to the modern wor ld at all\, it is certainly that we need to be who we are. We need to look inside ourselves for our value and not pretend to be what we are not. We need to stop putting on airs and separating ourselves out and pretending t o be what we are not. Fraud is an easy thing. The honesty of humility\, th e humility of honesty is precious and rare.\n\nWhenever new clothing is received\, the old should be returned at once and stored in a wardrobe fo r the poor. To provide for laundering and night wear\, every member will n eed two cowls and two tunics\, but anything more must be taken away as sup erfluous. When new articles are received\, the worn ones--sandals or anyth ing old--must be returned.\n\nThose going on a journey should get underclo thing from the wardrobe. On their return they are to wash it and give it b ack. Their cowls and tunics\, too\, ought to be somewhat better than those they ordinarily wear. Let them get these from the wardrobe before departi ng\, and on returning put them back.\n\nTaking care of the self has so mething to do with taking care of the universe. If we do not care about ou r presentation of self\, it is unlikely that we will care about littering the countryside or preservation of resources or stewardship of the earth. Being sloppy is not a monastic ideal. Just because a thing is not useful i n the monastery anymore does not necessarily make it useless. It may\, in fact\, still be very useful to someone else and so should be given away. W e owe what is useless to us to the poor. What is no longer important to us is to be made available to the other\, in good condition\, with quality a nd care. There is a Benedictine virtue in washing things and hanging them up and folding them nicely and keeping them neat and giving them to people who can use them\, not because they are not worth anything but precisely because they are still worth something.\n\nBenedictine spirituality recogn izes the fact that a thing may become valueless to us before it actually b ecomes valueless. In that case it is to be given to someone else in good c ondition. Benedictine spirituality does not understand a world that is ful l of gorgeous garbage while the poor lack the basics of life. X-WR-RELCALID:a5971918f9e933cbb1931af05b4fc101 X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20261101T020000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RDATE:20270314T020000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8474d4fd-3262-413d-804e-7b8f74491ab8 DTSTAMP:20260405T113917Z DESCRIPTION:The clothing distributed to the members should vary accordin g to local conditions and climate\, because more is needed in cold regions and less in warmer. This is left to the discretion of the prioress or abb ot. We believe that for each monastic a cowl and tunic will suffice in tem perate regions\; in winter a woolen cowl is necessary\, in summer a thinne r or worn one\; also a scapular for work\, and footwear--both sandals and shoes.\n\nMonastics must not complain about the color or coarseness of all these articles\, but use what is available in the vicinity at a reasonabl e cost. However\, the prioress and abbot ought to be concerned about the m easurements of these garments that they not be too short but fitted to the wearers.\n\nMaimonides\, one of the finest and best educated minds in twelfth century Jewish history\, writes in the Mishneh Torah 'The dress o f the wise must be free of stains\; they should not wear the apparel of pr inces\, to attract attention\, nor the raiment of paupers\, which incurs d isrespect.' Clothing\, in other words\, was to clothe\, neither to adorn n or to diminish the human person. Clothing was clothing.\n\nBenedictines di ffer in their literal interpretation of the passage on clothing in the Rul e. Some groups focus on the types of clothing described and devise a unifo rm from a sixth century wardrobe--a long dress\, a cowl to protect against weather that was cold and damp\, a scapular. Other groups emphasize that the clothing worn should simply be local and approved by the local priores s or abbot. Whatever the present demonstration of the passage\, both group s believe in simplicity\, sufficiency and a guard against excess. Slavery to style is not Benedictine. Excess is not Benedictine. Ostentation and pr etension and fads are not Benedictine. Slovenliness and dirt are not Bened ictine. The Benedictine is clean\, simple and proper to the time and place because the stewardship of the universe demands a commitment to order\, h armony and rightness if it is to survive. The Benedictine is one of the wo rld's uncomplicated types who have what is necessary for every occasion an d nothing more.\n\nDress is a mark of values and aspirations and ideals. I t is as easy to call attention to ourselves by too little as too much\; as easy to lose sight of what we really are about in life by too much as too little. If the chapter on clothing has anything to say to the modern worl d at all\, it is certainly that we need to be who we are. We need to look inside ourselves for our value and not pretend to be what we are not. We n eed to stop putting on airs and separating ourselves out and pretending to be what we are not. Fraud is an easy thing. The honesty of humility\, the humility of honesty is precious and rare.\n\nWhenever new clothing is received\, the old should be returned at once and stored in a wardrobe for the poor. To provide for laundering and night wear\, every member will ne ed two cowls and two tunics\, but anything more must be taken away as supe rfluous. When new articles are received\, the worn ones--sandals or anythi ng old--must be returned.\n\nThose going on a journey should get underclot hing from the wardrobe. On their return they are to wash it and give it ba ck. Their cowls and tunics\, too\, ought to be somewhat better than those they ordinarily wear. Let them get these from the wardrobe before departin g\, and on returning put them back.\n\nTaking care of the self has som ething to do with taking care of the universe. If we do not care about our presentation of self\, it is unlikely that we will care about littering t he countryside or preservation of resources or stewardship of the earth. B eing sloppy is not a monastic ideal. Just because a thing is not useful in the monastery anymore does not necessarily make it useless. It may\, in f act\, still be very useful to someone else and so should be given away. We owe what is useless to us to the poor. What is no longer important to us is to be made available to the other\, in good condition\, with quality an d care. There is a Benedictine virtue in washing things and hanging them u p and folding them nicely and keeping them neat and giving them to people who can use them\, not because they are not worth anything but precisely b ecause they are still worth something.\n\nBenedictine spirituality recogni zes the fact that a thing may become valueless to us before it actually be comes valueless. In that case it is to be given to someone else in good co ndition. Benedictine spirituality does not understand a world that is full of gorgeous garbage while the poor lack the basics of life. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260407T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260407T235900 LOCATION:Chapter 55 SUMMARY:Clothing and Footwear END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR