Alter serving clothing

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So I am 14 and have recently become an alter server and for now I am keeping my cassac and cotter (alter serving clothing) at my house. I really like the clothes you wear so are you allowed to wear them at home, I probably wouldn’t go out with them on but are you allowed to just wear them when you are at home?
 
Allowed?

Sure.

Is it a smart idea? Probably not.

Why are you keeping your alter serving clothing at home? Is your parish exceptionally wealthy? I’ve never known a parish to allow this because everything must be shared.
 
Thank you basically I only have it home for now cos I need to iron on my name on the clothes and I’ll keep it in the parish in about a week.
 
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So I am 14 and have recently become an alter server
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Hi Michael. You became an altar server, not an alter server.
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I am keeping my cassac and cotter
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These are called a cassock and a surplice or a cotta.
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I really like the clothes you wear so are you allowed to wear them at home
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I’m not sure why you would keep your altar serving clothes at home, unless you had to purchase them yourself and they are your personal property. Otherwise, I would think these should be maintained in the church sacristy.

However, if you are to keep them at home, you should keep them neat and tidy in a closet. Hang them and keep them pressed.

I would suggest you not wear them at home and that you talk to your priest about why you are interested in doing that.

These are clothes used to server at the altar of the Church. They should not be worn in other contexts.
 
Thank you , yeah sorry I can’t spell very well LOL and yeah it’s gonna go into the parish in about a week I only have it abt home for not very long👍
 
If you’re going to wear your cassock and surplice/cotta around the house, you might as well serve the altar in jeans and a t-shirt. You would be saying that the purpose these garments were set aside for didn’t matter.
 
If your parish allows you to take them home, then there’s no problem. If wearing them at home helps you to pray, or ponder your vocation, then why not wear them? But, I wouldn’t wear them out of the house except in church. Ask your parents how they feel about that, too.
 
You are likely not permitted to remove them from the parish.
 
Am following this thread with interest.
The parish where I grew up it was the altar boys’ responsibility to wash and iron their own clothes (cassock and surplice?).
In other words, Mom had to do it.
At my current parish everything is kept at the Church.
I assume they get cleaned?
Maybe I ought not assume…😳
 
I think it must vary. I know at my parish the altar servers take their garments home with them.
 
At my parish, the servers are allowed (in fact told) to bring their cassocks and surplices back home and wash and iron them. Nothing strange with that. I understand what Cor ad Cor is saying though. There are certain distinctions between the clothes and once you put them on you change in a sense. At least it changes how you think. The clothes help you focus on particular things.

However, with that said, I do admire the young man’s interest in the cassock. I love wearing the cassock when I’m serving. Maybe as a middle road, wear the cassock at home when you’re praying but don’t wear it to do other things.

I would not wear it out though. Wearing a cassock out in public can get difficult. I know a seminarian who was yelled and cursed at because of his cassock. However, someone also randomly came up to him in the airport and asked for confession.

But I would just wear it when you’re praying then take it off. If you become a priest, you can wear it all the time. 😀
 
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