Attire for Vigil Mass

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Is it inappropriate to ask someone whose attire leaves nothing to the imagination to cover up? Is it inappropriate to caution someone about their behavior?

It isn’t a matter of someone wearing worn shoes or having a rip in their shirt or dress. But when the clothes are so thin (material not from being worn out) and cut in such a manner that you can see a person’s unmentionables, yes, the priest, the ushers, etc are within their rights to say something.

If someone is causing any kind of disturbance and won’t stop (and it’s not due to a medical condition), yes, it is appropriate to throw the person out.

As I said before, the criteria for throwing someone out was decided long ago. Our priest doesn’t take this kind of thing lightly.
 
No, I have stated that people have been thrown out due to their attire. I have stated that the criteria for such action was made a long time ago. I stated the people who were thrown out were not homeless or poor. You all seem to think they are.

There are various reasons a person will be thrown out of our parish. I don’t feel they all need to be listed here. But if I feel something needs to be clarified, which obviously, this did since so many erroneous conclusions were being made, yes, I will go into more detail even though I shouldn’t have to.

As I have said before, if you were there and saw it for yourself, you would understand.
 
My problem with this is that it makes your parish sound like a social club. Nobody should be getting thrown out of Mass for their attire, and only severely rare cases if behavior. I understand there being “indecency” and that makes people uncomfortable. Myself included. But throwing them out? There has GOT to be a better way.
 
Well, you can’t actually throw someone out of a parish. They are members if they live within its boundaries.

If someone is so immodestly dressed that they are not decently covered, the priest could speak privately to him or her to address it. However, escorting someone out of Mass who is not actively and deliberately disrupting the liturgy is not appropriate.
 
I don’t see where she said that yet. Nothing about it being deliberate or ignoring prior warnings.
 
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leather dress shoes and socks that match the trousers.
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Seriously? Socks that match trousers is a ruling in your church?
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What a bunch of busy bodies if they have nothing better to do than check that people’s socks match their trousers. 😳

Maybe they check if the dress shoes are real leather too.
 
I will only enter God’s house wearing a full tuxedo, top hat (removed right before making the sign of the cross with holy water of course), monocle, and cane. Anyone who doesn’t conform is going to hell, or worse, will be banished to a non-denominational protestant church with electric guitars and drums.
 
You started with saying shorts, t-shirts and tennis shoes would get one thrown to the curb. Now it sounds like the people who were asked to leave just ended their shift at the friendly neighborhood gentleman’s club.
 
this thread needs to be closed, its getting out of hand. We are catholic, we act charitably.
 
I suspect her parish is not your normal garden variety Catholic Church, its probably an extreme practicing ‘tradition’ church. I also suspect those turning up engaging in the behaviour she mentions, are protestors. pot stirrers, At least they don’t have guns and aren’t shooting up the place.

I also suspect her parish has not got an official statement to the effect socks must match shoes and shoes must consist of dead animal skin.

You could always ask to see such a document.
 
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JulianN said:
Well, you can’t actually throw someone out of a parish. They are members if they live within its boundaries.

If someone is so immodestly dressed that they are not decently covered, the priest could speak privately to him or her to address it. However, escorting someone out of Mass who is not actively and deliberately disrupting the liturgy is not appropriate.
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If one shows up to Mass half naked, and they’d been warned before, I don’t see it inappropriate to ask them to leave - they are clearly doing it on purpose.
 
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I also suspect her parish has not got an official statement to the effect socks must match shoes and shoes must consist of dead animal skin.

You could always ask to see such a document.
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Of course there no such statement or church doc that states this.
 
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Her church, might be so unorthodox it has one. we must ask, before we dismiss this.

The vatican does have that sign up…
 
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She said, “kicked out of the parish.” That’s what I’m saying isn’t possible.
 
Yes, come to Mass.

FAR better to attend, even if not in “Sunday best,” than to miss the Banquet Feast of the Lamb.

I would much rather have someone in Church, even if not dressed to your standards than to have them outside of Church. This includes teens and young women whose attire might be mistaken for the oldest profession.
Pray for such women, it is a joy to have them at the Eucharist; where they can receive boundless grace. Put down your stones, and maintain custody of your eyes as needed. See them through the eyes of Christ.
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Remember that Jesus came to call sinners, not the self-righteous.

We are running a field hospital, not a pantheon for the spotless.

Deacon Christopher
 
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