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palmas85
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No female altar servers at St Patricks in New Orleans for either the Traditional Mass or the Pauline Rite… However, in at St Josephs Cathedral in San Diego, all altar servers, both male and female wore them.
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Lepanto
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I hope that the decision-makers there realize that cassocks are a form of men’s clothing. Cassocks are not unisex attire.
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palmas85
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I don’t know if they do or don’t. Bishop Chavez one of the auxiliary Bishops in San Diego OK’d it I suppose, and it was his Church… He has since retired and the policy may have changed. I know when he was there they had confession prior to every Mass including the daily Masses. after he left that stopped so the female altar server attire mayhave changed as well…
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Sarabande
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Yes, I would say that the younger priests around here are more apt to wearing cassocks, although like I mentioned in my previous thread, most of the priests in my parish (young and old) wear them as well.Our young priest wears them quite often. (Diocesan priest) He’ll be celebrating his two yr anniversary this month. He’s really inspired my eldest son to think of the priesthood.
Our seminaries are growing and are much more “faithful” than they were (following the teachings, etc). Keep praying for those vocations! Its working!!!
In regards to seminarians - my parish is the archdiocese cathedral so we get to see the seminarians a lot. When I first joined the parish as a chorister in college, the seminarians would usually wear a black suit when they would come in for mass with the Cardinal. Now, at the last mass we had here with the Cardinal, it looked like all of them arrive wearing cassocks.
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japhy
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Was it visible under his vestments? I only ask because there’s another vestment, the amice, that can be worn under the alb if the neck-region of the plain clothes is visible when the alb is put on. Just curious.
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MusicMan
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No one knew about the street clothes except for those lay ministers who were in the sacristy before he vested. They were not visible under his alb. I knew because I was back checking on whether or not the Gloria was to be sung before he vested.
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rick43235
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I think that went over everyone’s heads.
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James0235
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I think that went over everyone’s heads.
Good one. I missed it the first time I read the thread.James
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Pacbox
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Last time I saw a priest wearing one was when I was still attending my parent’s parish (they live in Arizona and I now live in Oregon). That was over 5 years ago and Monsignor was the only priest at the parish who did so. You would always know it was him because of the cassock. Well, that and his Irish accent. From last I heard, he’s still going strong and he’s been a priest nearly 50 years now.
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Rabbititus
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At the church I attend, all servers wear a cassock and surplice, and I’ve seen girl servers in other parishes wearing them too.
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Lepanto
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Wow. Now we have cross-dressing altar girls.
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zagjames
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wow that is probably not good
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anamchara
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[Edited by Moderator] Our parish bought cassocks for our altar girls AND boys. My daughter wears one when she serves, [Edited by Moderator]. And YES, this is allowed and YES, I’ve seen it at many parishes use the same thing. My goodness, this same thing comes up nearly every year. 
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marty1818
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At my Newman Center a couple of the priests wear cassocks for confession or exposition/benediction. The male altar servers also wear them.
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DJMarshall85
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Lets see… When was the last time I saw a cassock worn… Hmm… Oh yeah. About twelve hours ago at mass. 
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Godi
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Our Monsignor wears one all the time and when we also had a Vicar, he too wore a cassock. Our Altar Boys also wear them for Masses, especially for the Latin Mass. Its nice to see Nuns in a Habit Not all Nuns are ashamed of wearing them.
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RLT
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In person, never, and if I have I don’t remember…and all I’ve ever seen altar boys wear are albs.
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JReducation
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We have friars, seven of them. Two are ordained. They usually wear a habit, except in the very hot Florida summers.
Our friars are undistinguishable from each other. They all use the title Brother. They wear the same habit or when they’re not in habit they all wear a roman collar or secular clothes.
To the people in our parish the clothes don’t affect us, because we can’t tell who is a priest and who is not. The friars don’t want to make that distinction among themselves.
The only time that you know is when the sacraments are celebrataed.
It’s also interesting, becasue on the buletin their names all appear as Fr. John, etc. But the Fr. is for Friar not Father.
They do not wear an amice for mass. Their capuche is worn over the chasuble.
Our altar servers, male and female, wear cassocks.
I noticed something at the Good Friday Service at the Vatican, Fr. Reinero (sp?) wore his habit and no stole. I asked one of our friars why he preached without a stole and he explaned that they do not wear a stole for preaching, except for mass, because they are an order of preachers, so all friars can preach. He explained the whole rule about some religious orders being Excempt Orders, which means that they are excempt from some disciplines and this is one of the ones that Franciscans and Dominicans are excempt from.
I thought that was interesting. He also explained that calling the Pope’s preacher Father was done by the American translator on EWTN, because it’s more common in the USA to call priests Father than Brother or Friar. But it’s not their preference.
He then showed me a picture of Cardinal Sean from Boston. He pointed out how the Cardinal only wears a cassock when it’s aboslutely unavoidable. Otherwise he wears the Brothers’ habit with the red kipah.
Our parish is very interesting in regard to dress, because the Capuchins have interesting tradtions. They may choose to wear a side rosary on their habit, but the rosary may not have a crucifix. It’s against the rule of St. Francis. It must be a wooden cross. Only the Leonine Franciscans wear a crucifix.
They can wear grey or white in the hot summer months, but they are only allowed to wash them once a week and they only get two habits each, because of their vow of poverty.
Imagine wearing the same two habits for a week in 90 degree temps. I prefer they wear a shirt that they can wash more often. I can do without the odor of sanctity. LOL
Regardless of what they wear, we love them and the church is always full of young and old.
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Our friars are undistinguishable from each other. They all use the title Brother. They wear the same habit or when they’re not in habit they all wear a roman collar or secular clothes.
To the people in our parish the clothes don’t affect us, because we can’t tell who is a priest and who is not. The friars don’t want to make that distinction among themselves.
The only time that you know is when the sacraments are celebrataed.
It’s also interesting, becasue on the buletin their names all appear as Fr. John, etc. But the Fr. is for Friar not Father.
They do not wear an amice for mass. Their capuche is worn over the chasuble.
Our altar servers, male and female, wear cassocks.
I noticed something at the Good Friday Service at the Vatican, Fr. Reinero (sp?) wore his habit and no stole. I asked one of our friars why he preached without a stole and he explaned that they do not wear a stole for preaching, except for mass, because they are an order of preachers, so all friars can preach. He explained the whole rule about some religious orders being Excempt Orders, which means that they are excempt from some disciplines and this is one of the ones that Franciscans and Dominicans are excempt from.
I thought that was interesting. He also explained that calling the Pope’s preacher Father was done by the American translator on EWTN, because it’s more common in the USA to call priests Father than Brother or Friar. But it’s not their preference.
He then showed me a picture of Cardinal Sean from Boston. He pointed out how the Cardinal only wears a cassock when it’s aboslutely unavoidable. Otherwise he wears the Brothers’ habit with the red kipah.
Our parish is very interesting in regard to dress, because the Capuchins have interesting tradtions. They may choose to wear a side rosary on their habit, but the rosary may not have a crucifix. It’s against the rule of St. Francis. It must be a wooden cross. Only the Leonine Franciscans wear a crucifix.
They can wear grey or white in the hot summer months, but they are only allowed to wash them once a week and they only get two habits each, because of their vow of poverty.
Imagine wearing the same two habits for a week in 90 degree temps. I prefer they wear a shirt that they can wash more often. I can do without the odor of sanctity. LOL
Regardless of what they wear, we love them and the church is always full of young and old.
JR
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Rita88
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I’m not RC but all the priests I know wear their cassocks for services as well as their surplices and stoles… I couldn’t imagine them not doing so.
Why is it unusual in catholic faith?
Why is it unusual in catholic faith?
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Joannm
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RC priests usually wear an alb and stole (with a chasuable over it at Mass) for services so there is no need to wear a cassock under it. One of our priests wears his cassock for confessions or for baptisms (with a surplice and stole) instead of an alb and stole.
Our seminarians only wear a cassock if they are serving at Mass or if the Bishop in the house celebrating Mass. The rest of the time they are usually in secular clothes or a black suit for more formal occasions.
I would say all of the priests in our diocese do not wear a cassock as everyday wear but may wear it on occasion if they are doing something in the parish only, I have never seen any of our diocesan priests in a cassock on the street except at a community 9/11 ecumenical prayer service.
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