Choir mantle (religious)

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St. Mary of the Miracles of Jesus in the choir cloak of the Carmelites made of white wool and with the characteristic toggle closure

A choir mantle is part of the habit of some religious orders of the Latin Church . It is a semicircular, sleeveless coat or cloak- like cape with a simple closure over the chest. The choir mantle is part of the habit of both women and men . In some orders such as the Cistercians and Carthusians , the choir mantle only belongs to the habit of novices and temporary professions ; which is then with solemn profession cowl passed as a choir robe.

The choir mantle can take up a color of the tunic or the scapular , as in the case of the Cölestinerinnen (blue) and the novices of the Cistercians , or it can have a different color than these, as in the case of the Discalced Carmelites (white choir mantle), the Redemptorists and the Adoration Sisters of the Royal Heart of Jesus (blue choir cloaks) or the novices of the Carthusian monks (black cloaks).

Depending on the Constitutions of the Order, the choir mantle is put on either at some or all of the times of the Liturgy of the Hours , in addition to the celebration of Holy Mass , processions and other solemn occasions such as the beginning and the end of a visitation . The Constitutions of the Discalced Carmelite Sisters of 1990 stipulate that the nuns' choir cloak should be like the serge habit , but white and of the same length as the scapular. As little fabric as possible should be used for the coat "to avoid excess".

The choir mantle of religious habits should not be confused with the Cope , who sometimes called Cope is called. The former is a liturgical garment of the clergy , while the choir cloak of the habit is part of the religious costume.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ John Magnier Redemptoristines. The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 12. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911.
  2. ↑ Rule and Constitutions of the Discalced Sisters of the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel for the monasteries of the Discalced Carmelites (according to Can. 615), adapted to the Second Vatican Council and current ecclesiastical law, given by His Holiness John Paul II on 15 October 1984, promulgated December 8, 1990, No. 71