Course XLVI - Teaching 3: Way of Dressing

The Sons will take with them their personal clothes and everything necessary for their use when they enter the Seminary.
Men will take: two suits, overcoat and underwear. Women: two thick dresses, two summer dresses and one winter overcoat, and nightshirts.
Also women will take: pullovers, handkerchiefs, socks or stockings, and underwear. Underwear must be white and without any adornment, and as much as possible. If possible, a raincoat.
Men will take: two dark-grey trousers, two jackets of the same color, and one leather coat. Women: some meters of white cloth to make blouses, and a hanks of white wool for the winter shawl.
Bedclothes will be as follows: six sheets, three pillowcases and three blankets. Other elements for personal use: four towels, four napkins, one napkin-case, one complete set of utensils, one glass, one complete set of plates: one soup plate, one flat plate, one dessert plate, and a cup with its plate. In every cloth and object there will be a personal mark or initials. If possible, a flash lamp, an alarm clock, a wrist clock, and a complete sewing-box.
Also, they can bring devotional and spiritual books, if they wish.
In the street: the Daughters will not wear dresses of deep or combined colors; they way of dressing will not be a monastic robe, but a new aesthetic sense of elegance, conceived by a pure woman internally and externally. They will not wear jewels or adornments; these elements are for women that have to live in the world. They will be modest and discreet.
Once a year, for Christmas, the Superior of Community will distribute among the Sons their necessary clothes, and their equipment will be in accordance with the list of ordinary clothes that were specified when they entered the Seminary. Unused clothes will be returned to the Community.
Once a month, the Superior will distribute those objects that he deems necessary for personal use. Men: in Community and during Works of Cafh, will wear dark-grey trousers and jacket or shirt of the same color.
Women: will wear regulation uniform, without make-up. Their uniform will be as follows: white dress with collar and long-sleeved, a complete apron without sleeves, of natural color and over-sleeves of the same color. Also, they can use white blouse and skirt under their apron. During the summer season, they can wear short sleeves, from November 15th to March 15th.
Do not wear with your uniform any dress, except that specified by Regulation. Also, you can wear, in the House, white socks or of natural color.
Ordained Daughters: will wear, as a uniform over-coating, a knitted white shawl, of 1,20 by 1,20 metre, on their back and in triangle.
Ordained Daughters: their hair will be normally cut, a little longer or shorter, as usual, but will not wear ribbons or adornments in their hair.
Pages: will not wear Cloak in the Seminary; and Damsels will wear a Veil of 1,20 x 1,20 meter.
Men: as soon as they enter the Seminary, will be properly shaved, as usual, and they hair, neatly trimmed. After the Seminary, their hair will be as their Superiors decide.
Damsels: will not wear long white Ceremonial gown during their stay in the Seminary. Usually they will wear Veil over the internal uniform, even during Solemn Ceremonies. Ordained Daughters: will wear during ceremonies a white coif to cover entirely their heads; they will wear this coif with their daily uniform, if necessary.
During cold weather and in very cold countries, the Sons can wear a white scarf to cover the head and neck under their cloak.
In tropical countries, Sons and Daughters can wear internal uniform of white color.

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