Catherine Coldstream
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329 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 24 Jul
Catherine Coldstream’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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So, yeah, you were taking on a new identity there.
You are putting yourself aside in a way and putting on this new identity with these new clothes.
Yeah, that's a really intelligent point.
And I've never thought of it like that.
But I think you're absolutely right.
It's a symbol of having been set aside, consecrated was the word we use.
So you had somehow left the main body of humanity and you're specially set aside.
Why signal that when you're all doing the same thing?
I think...
Part of it is that there were strangers or visitors to the chapel who would see you, glimpse you in the distance through the grill, and they'd see you floating around sometimes, you know.
You'd catch the odd glimpse of them.
So you wanted to signal that to outsiders, just as the grill signalled to outsiders that you were people living a set-apart kind of life.
But within our own world, I think it was really a powerful thing that we all wore exactly the same clothes together.
When I say exactly, one or two people had slightly different shades of brown.
And, you know, you really notice the tiny differences.
Like some people had special shoes, you know, whatever.
But basically, we were wearing the same habit.
And I think that was a very powerful symbol that we were.
Well, the idea was we were equal.
We were meant to be.
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