section_path: Present day/The habit
section_name: The habit
paragraph_text: The habit
  
  The choir and outdoor dress of the friars is of black woollen material, with long, wide sleeves, a black leather cincture and a long pointed capuche reaching to the cincture. The indoor dress consists of a black habit with capuche and cincture. In many Augustinian houses white is used in summer and also worn in public, usually in places where there were no Dominicans. Shoes and out of doors (prior to Vatican II) a black hat or biretta completed the habit.
  
  The Order of Saint Augustine holds the status of an NGO (Non-Governmental Organisation) with the United Nations. The Holy See Observer requested that the representatives of the order aid the work of the Holy See in studying the drafts of documents that the United Nations publishes on the occasion of major World Summits.