Hollie’s Dress is a peek into the life of this Mennonite girl. It’s a conversation between a mother and her daughter. When I first met Hollie three years ago, she was an energetic 11-year-old ...
The general Mennonite dress code is similar to what you may find in Amish farm communities, although Mennonite congregations allow more flexibility with contemporary clothing styles. Mennonite ...
Through the story of Hollie's first dress, we see a Mennonite mother passing family values and community traditions to her daughter, Hollie. NOW STREAMING ON CBC GEM Trouble watching outside Canada?
These are construction workers of a different cloth, eight women in their 20s from Pennsylvania, all dressed in the traditional Old Order Mennonite garb of long dresses and bonnets. Their motives ...
If you met us, you’d see that we live a modern (a.k.a. “mainstream”) Mennonite lifestyle. We both drive cars, have college degrees, and dress according to current fashion. But still we have ...
Rachel Carter, 32, shared her story of seeking refuge in the Mennonite church - only to be ... which includes long modest dresses and hats, which tipped her family 'over the edge.' ...
Unlike the Amish, Mennonite men do not wear beards ... hold church services in meetinghouses, wear plain dress, rarely enter college, and use electricity, but they often place restrictions ...
Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio will host its third annual gala starting at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10 at Ebenezer Mennonite Church, 8905 Columbus Grove-Bluffton Road, Bluffton.
Non-native Pennsylvania Dutch interpreters often have strong English accents and do not dress in traditional Plain attire, which can discourage Amish and Old Order Mennonite children from sharing ...
Rhoda Janzen Burton writes memoir, nonfiction essays, and poetry. Her memoir Mennonite in a Little Black Dress spent 50 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, reaching #1 on that list and on ...
In a heartwarming photo essay on the Globe’s front page, my colleague Stan Grossfeld wrote about the angels in long dresses and bonnets ... of a horse-and-buggy Mennonite community in ...