Traditionally, and many contemporary convents of Carmelites wear a brown habit with a white wimple and black veil. They wear a cape over the entire thing when they are in choir, although there are some "modern" nuns who have modified their habits, or done away with them altogether. For the most part, the nuns with no habits are dying out, and the only orders that are surviving and growing are wearing habits.
no - the remaining Carmelite convents are enclosed and the nuns do not work outside of the convent itself
There are Carmelite and Catholic nuns, both are Christian.
Today there are 12,000 Carmelite nuns worldwide. But that is all I know of i am not sure about the monks.
Carmelite refers to a member of the Roman Catholic religious order of friars or nuns founded on Mount Carmel in the 12th century. The order is known for its contemplative life and devotion to Mary, the Mother of Jesus.
Teresa was a member of the Carmelite order of nuns.
Roman Catholic AnswerNo, it is not a requirement. Nuns belong to a particular monastery or religious order. Most nuns are Benedictine, Carmelite, Cistercian, or Carthusian. I'm sure that there are others, but these are the biggest and most well know. Each monastery has its own set of rules, although they usually have a charter or something in common. Many orders or monasteries require their nuns to be veiled, others do not. The Vatican has asked that all sisters and nuns wear veils, but unless their Order or their superior require it, there is little, normally, that Rome can do. Sisters are not nuns, but the answer is the same for them.
Alessandro Paolini has written: 'Perduta in Dio' -- subject(s): Biography, Carmelite Nuns
St. Therese of Lisieux did not live in Carmel. She lived in a Carmel, a convent of Carmelite nuns in Lisieux, France.
Different nuns do different things. Some live in a convent, others do community work for the poor, and others run orphanages. They probably all pray daily for some amount of time. It is cool to help orphans, widows, and the poor. There are Carmelite nuns, Franscican nuns, and Catholic nuns.
a habit
Roman Catholic AnswersMany nuns wear white: Cisterians and Carthusians among others. Also, most nuns, regardless of the color of their habit will wear a white veil before they are professed. There are also many sisters who wear white, such as Dominicans, but they are not nuns.
Ursuline nuns wear black dresses and a black and white head dress to show their religion.