Before Mass, nuns arrange the priest’s cincture into a liturgical word on the altar cloth. Their work hasn’t always been well documented. In Puebla, Mexico, Sister Rubicely Hernández Garnica ...

Although the historical accounts differ somewhat, the Deposition that is celebrated today took place most likely during the reign of Emperor Arcadius (395-408), when the precious Cincture of the ...

The Augustinian monks are the founders and propagators of this special devotion to Mary. It began with the foundation in 1436 in Bologna, Italy, of the confraternity of the Holy cincture of Our Lady ...

Our Lady clothed in a dark blue dress adorned with golden ears (see picture) is depicted as a youthful, standing Mary. Girded with a long knotted cincture, she is portrayed as a virgin whose hands are ...

1.The Amice, a white cloth around the shoulders to signify resistance to temptation; 2.The Alb, a long white garment to signify innocence; 3.The Cincture, a cord about the waist, to signify ...

Also found on the convent grounds are the remnants of a pre-Roman road, the biblical entry to Jerusalem. Not far from this road is a large stone on to which the Mother of God dropped her cincture to ...