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From Flights of Fancy

Flights of Fancy, a cottage industry run by a mom in Kansas with a team of six seamstresses, has been making beautiful and imaginative dress-up costumes for six years. They have recently added a line of religious costumes for children - priest outfits from three different orders: Jesuit, Benedictine and Franciscan. The costumes are sturdy, nicely detailed, and feature velcro to make dressing up easy for little ones.

The Jesuit costume (pictured at right), is $39.50 and comes in five sizes (XS, S, M, L, XL).

It includes a full-length black cassock and cincture (like a belt) and features a roman collar.
A row of buttons hides the easy-open velcro front of the cassock. The cincture also has a velcro-closure.
Some great Jesuits include:

• St. Ignatius Loyola, founder
• St. Francis Xavier
• St. Isaac Jogues
• St. Jean de Brebeuf
• St. Edmund Campion
• Pierre de Smet
• Jaques Marquette
• St. Robert Bellarmine
• St. Peter Claver
• St. Aloysius Gonzaga
• Fr. Eusebio Kino
• St. Paul Miki
• St. Stanislaus Kostka
• St. Claude de la Colombierre
• St. Robert Southwell
• Gerard Manley Hopkins

The Benedictine costume (pictured at right), is $45.50 and comes in five sizes (XS, S, M, L, XL).

It includes a full-length black cassock, hooded scapular and cincture (belt).
All pieces have a velcro-closure.
Some great Benedictines include:

• St. Benedict, founder
• St. Gregory the Great
• St. Augustine of Canterbury
• St. Boniface
• St. Thomas Becket
• St. Bede
• St. Hermannus Contractus

The Franciscan costume (pictured at right), is $29.75 and comes in five sizes (XS, S, M, L, XL).

It includes a full-length brown hooded cassock and rope belt.
Some great Franciscans include:

• St. Francis, founder
• St. Anthony of Padua
• St. Bonaventure
• St. Francis Solanus
• St. Joseph of Cupertino
• Blessed Junipero Serra
• St. Padre Pio
• St. Maximilian Kolbe

Now I'd like to see the line of female religious costumes! :)