Catholic church lays down dress code

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mollydoggie2 said:
How would we dress if going to meet Jesus for dinner?
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I would dress in whatever I was wearing at the time. I don’t think Jesus would care, and I would be more worried about the state of my soul…too busy thinking of that than what clothes were on my body!
 
I would dress in my best cloths and maybe even put on some makeup. LOL I would be so excited. 😃 But even before I dressed for the occasion I would find a priest to confess to so my soul was even cleaner then my cloths. 😃 I’ll bet that I can’t find my shoes, or car keys I would be so excited.

Now if I met Jesus on the sidewalk I would hope that I would not feel embarrassed at the way I looked. Modest clothing is never out of style.👍
 
mollydoggie2 said:
How would we dress if going to meet Jesus for dinner?
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Whatever I had on.

Luke 19 1-6
1 He came to Jericho and intended to pass through the town.2 Now a man there named Zacchaeus, who was a chief tax collector and also a wealthy man, 3 was seeking to see who Jesus was; but he could not see him because of the crowd, for he was short in stature. 4 So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree in order to see Jesus, who was about to pass that way. 5 When he reached the place, Jesus looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, come down quickly, for today I must stay at your house.” 6 And he came down quickly and received him with joy.
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Now to Mass is a different story.

I wear something modest. But yes, sometimes for daily Mass, I wear capri pants. And before my son served at Mass, he would wear shorts for daily Mass. Now he just changes after Mass.

For Sunday Mass, I wear dresses or skirts during the summer and pants during the winter. My son always wears pants with a nice shirt.

Maybe something should be done about people showing up in clothes that are not modest. But I don’t know that sending them away is the best option. They may be the ones that need to be there the most. The Catholic Church is for the sinner. Sending them away to come back for a later Mass, may be sending them away for good. And be sure that the Mega church down the street will be glad to take them in.

If our priests speak about it during the Homily, regularly, that might help to change things. Putting something in the bulletin might help. Posting something at the door could change things. Providing cover ups would help. But there has to be a better option then sending them away.
 
maryjk said:
Whatever I had on.

Luke 19 1-6

Now to Mass is a different story.

I wear something modest. But yes, sometimes for daily Mass, I wear capri pants. And before my son served at Mass, he would wear shorts for daily Mass. Now he just changes after Mass.

For Sunday Mass, I wear dresses or skirts during the summer and pants during the winter. My son always wears pants with a nice shirt.

Maybe something should be done about people showing up in clothes that are not modest. But I don’t know that sending them away is the best option. They may be the ones that need to be there the most. The Catholic Church is for the sinner. Sending them away to come back for a later Mass, may be sending them away for good. And be sure that the Mega church down the street will be glad to take them in.

If our priests speak about it during the Homily, regularly, that might help to change things. Putting something in the bulletin might help. Posting something at the door could change things. Providing cover ups would help. But there has to be a better option then sending them away.
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What an awesome post! And I agree with you 100%!
 
maryjk said:
Same way I dress for Mass. Modestly.

I just have a problem with posting some sort of dress code, because it doesn’t take into consideration exceptions.
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I agree that a modest code should be necessary, and parishers should be reminded. Some years ago at our first communion service it was painful and difficult to see the difference in dress code. As a group of bible readers we wrote a letter to our parish priest, this was not taken well by the school and some parishers however some of our points were taken into consideration it has not occur since. We live in a world of everythig goes, the courts remains a place where modest dressing is essintial this should be more (name removed by moderator)ortant for Church
 
joyames said:
I agree that a modest code should be necessary, and parishers should be reminded. Some years ago at our first communion service it was painful and difficult to see the difference in dress code. As a group of bible readers we wrote a letter to our parish priest, this was not taken well by the school and some parishers however some of our points were taken into consideration it has not occur since. We live in a world of everythig goes, the courts remains a place where modest dressing is essintial this should be more (name removed by moderator)ortant for Church
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I recall when a new chaplain came to our catholic (small c) high school…he instituted new ideas. he called it '‘discovery’…open classrooms,dont force the kids to clean up after eating at the cafeteria,and no dress code!!! this proved to be a disaster…the board of health finally came to the school for the piles of garbage in the cafeteria was horrendous…kids cut school,set off fire alarms etc etc…I wrote a letter to the school paper protesting this nonsense but it took a disasterous fire to finally set the school back onto a reasonable civilized track…it seems the more sloppy the dress the more sloppy the behavior…also its nice so nice to fight etc in good clothes…just some thoughts…ps.the chaplain later was ex-posed for some quite evil doings…all the best…Nino
 
If Jesus invited me to dine once I would dress conservatively. Since He invites me more than once a week, I feel that our relationship is comfortable enough to dress according to the culture of the parish and not some arbitrary rule set by the episcopate who have little knowledge of the local cultural value assigned to a given outfit.

Christopher Dawson notes (in Religion and the Rise of Western Civ) that certain greek fathers complained about men wearing the barbarian dress (pants) at church. If some here wish to be true traditionalists, I suggest they wear a toga to their next Greeco-Assyrian liturgy.
 
EtienneGilson said:
Christopher Dawson notes (in Religion and the Rise of Western Civ) that certain greek fathers complained about men wearing the barbarian dress (pants) at church. If some here wish to be true traditionalists, I suggest they wear a toga to their next Greeco-Assyrian liturgy.
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Now THAT’S really traditional! I always go with collared shirt because that’s what I wear to work and own the most of. Whether I wear shorts or slacks depends on the time of year.
 
EtienneGilson said:
If Jesus invited me to dine once I would dress conservatively. Since He invites me more than once a week, I feel that our relationship is comfortable enough to dress according to the culture of the parish and not some arbitrary rule set by the episcopate who have little knowledge of the local cultural value assigned to a given outfit.

Christopher Dawson notes (in Religion and the Rise of Western Civ) that certain greek fathers complained about men wearing the barbarian dress (pants) at church. If some here wish to be true traditionalists, I suggest they wear a toga to their next Greeco-Assyrian liturgy.
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…when folks stand up for their beliefs its hardly ‘cute’ but of course…trendy…to insult them…we call it manners and respect…to toss in the toga and sandals bit is childish and mean spirited…of course I think it was clever to send your post by smoke signals…Nino
 
EtienneGilson said:
Christopher Dawson notes (in Religion and the Rise of Western Civ) that certain greek fathers complained about men wearing the barbarian dress (pants) at church. If some here wish to be true traditionalists, I suggest they wear a toga to their next Greeco-Assyrian liturgy.
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Maybe we should all just wear albs to Mass. That would certainly take care of any modesty issues, as well as any issues concerning “fashion” or “taste”. 😉
 
maryjk said:
Same way I dress for Mass. Modestly.

I just have a problem with posting some sort of dress code, because it doesn’t take into consideration exceptions.
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Define modesty.

A lot of people define them differently. To some, dressing decency is spaghetti straps and with short shorts as long as nothing of the things you shouldn’t see is seen.

Thus, the dress code. Just to be clear on what modesty is.
 
mtr01 said:
Maybe we should all just wear albs to Mass. That would certainly take care of any modesty issues, as well as any issues concerning “fashion” or “taste”. 😉
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Or another thought…maybe we should all go there to pray and spend time with God and spend much less time focused on what our neighbors are saying and doing. A priest friend of mine used to say on this very topic that if we are offended by what our neighbor is wearing we should pray: at a minimum, a prayer of Thanksgiving that they are even there, and a prayer for forgiveness for ourselves for taking over God’s role and passing judgment on them.
 
Letchitsa1 said:
Or another thought…maybe we should all go there to pray and spend time with God and spend much less time focused on what our neighbors are saying and doing. A priest friend of mine used to say on this very topic that if we are offended by what our neighbor is wearing we should pray: at a minimum, a prayer of Thanksgiving that they are even there, and a prayer for forgiveness for ourselves for taking over God’s role and passing judgment on them.
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Sure, I think that’s what we must do, but then again upon going there to pray what should we wear so we’ll not distract others who went there to pray also?

You see sister, when you deviate from the topic, we end up going in circles. 😉
 
I have seen those wear not just short pants but I have also seen flip-flops in which I don’t let irritate me but there have been those around me and it irritates them. There should be some voluntary dress code at least.

I don’t recommend grunge attire in church. You would wear what you wouldn’t wear attire that one would wear to a rock concert when going to church would you? I wouldn’t consider it appropriate and neither would you. a good pair of jeans would be OK occasionally but not always. I don’t favor the suitcoat and tie for men as a manditory rule or high collar dresses with the skirt below the kneecap atanding or sitting. I would have it a voluntary business casual for church.
 
Several years ago in a Columbia, South Carolina church I attended the Sunday evening mass. The young lady in front of me was wearing what appeared at first to be a lovely and modest dress that went down to mid calf. However, when she stood up and the sunlight hit her the dress was VERY see through and the dress was the ONLY stitch of clothing she had on. I moved to another seat to protect her dignity and my conscience.

I’m used to fairly informal dress at mass. One church I went to always got campers from the lake in on Sunday in shorts and sandals. I was glad to see them make the effort to drive the 10 miles to come to mass…the casual clothing didn’t bother me at all. I encourage people to dress modestly so as not to be an occasion of sin to others, but I’m not a fan of formal dress codes at Church.
 
When I was in confirmation class we were given a copy of a tape on appropriate things to do at Mass.

The speaker on the tape made a very good point…
“If you were invited to diner at the White House and were to sit at the table with the President of the US, what would you wear?”
“Why should you wear less when in the House of the Lord and feasting at His Table?”

I do dress casually for week day mass, but for Sunday I will wear a coat and tie… I never wear shorts in the presents of the Blessed Sacrament and the women in our household always wear skirts or dresses (Never pants or shorts) in the presents of the Sacrament…

Blessings,

Will B.
 
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