Glenfont Habitry

Glenfont

Glenfont Habitry produces religious habits and some related
garments from the Western Monastic tradition for men and women.
The following pages detail what we do and display some of our
products.

The making of religious habits and related types of garments is a
restricted activity both because of the narrow focus of the
subject and because of its religious association and use. Basically,
religious habits are uniforms and generally categorized as such. As
all uniforms, they are subject to the standardization, regulation
and the usages of specific groups with their particular histories
and traditions.

Because of these qualities, the neophytes entering such a group
were taught to respect the uniform and care for it. It can easily
be understood then that the uniform of a group was jealously
guarded and worn only by group members who had been through the
training and initiation proper to the particular group. The United
States Marines and the Royal Marines of Great Britain come to
mind as excellent examples of this and are by no means unique in
the field.

At Glenfont we make religious habits with these considerations in
mind. We cannot be enforcers of religious customs or requirements
and we assume those who request habits do so with a respect for
the history and traditions of these religious uniforms just as
respect is given to the history and tradition of military uniforms.

It is in this spirit that we engage in our chosen mission of assisting
to renew and perpetuate the use of religious habits.

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