Catholic headcovering?

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I hear you with that. I have always had really thick hair too. Straight, but thick.
 
I do wear them Kathleen, have been doing so for over a year now.
 
Awesome! Wait…am I suppose to have more then 1? I only ordered a white one!
 
I wear mine when I go to Mass. I wouldn’t think of entering God’s House without it. Most often, tho, women wear their mantillas for the Christmas Eve/Christmas Day and Easter Masses. I wish more women and female children wore their head coverings.
 
They really are beautiful. The first time I ever saw a mantila, it immediately caught my fascination.
 
I do not. I have seen some occasionally at the English language Masses. There are several ladies, young and old, who wear a head covering at the Spanish language Masses.

Several female students at my Catholic alma mater wore veils or scarves to Mass. I have always thought it was lovely, although not something that I feel called to do right now.
 
Territorial parish: two, of whom I am one. I wear a mantilla. The other lady wears a beret. This said, I’m generally only seen with my mantilla at Adoration because I serve nearly every Mass I attend as sacristan/MC and a four-foot rectangular mantilla poses safety risks like getting caught on things or catching fire. I could wear something else, but…don’t.
ICRSS oratory: 5-15, according to season. Some ladies cover in winter but not in summer since nothing is air-conditioned here. I’m also one of these, year round.
 
One is fine. Several would also be fine. There’s no rule about quantity. 🙂
 
That’s sort of what I did. I own seven mantillas in five colors. They suit the vast majority of outfits and occasions.
 
I attend mass in the EF and the majority of women/girls wear it. Most of them tend to be mid 20s-30s
 
None in my parish. One of our older parishioners has one in her purse but she only uses it when she attends an EF Mass when she’s out of town. She has mentioned wanting to do it in our parish but feels it would be viewed negatively. I tried to reassure her but I think she’s probably right in her assessment.
 
About a third of the women and girls in our parish - a mix of old and increasingly younger women and girls.
 
I have a doily I generally use. It is nicely starched, because it was blowing about. Very few cover in my parish. Given the weather, I have started leaving my Muslim-style long scarf on, feeling self-conscious, but will get over it. So many religious traditions cover, why should we leave that behind?

I tend more to feel judged because I am unable to kneel upright.
 
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I don’t do it because I don’t really like the practice. To each her own.

There’s a couple of older, Indian women here that do it. Then some others would use their scarfs (part of their ethnic clothes) to cover during communion or something like that. I think veiling is quite common in the Indian culture compared to the others here.

I’ve never seen a young woman veil here, besides a Chinese lady (probably a tourist, as she kept taking pictures).

In terms of judgment, nobody really cares. They don’t think of it as sexist or whatever, just an old fashioned thing that they don’t care much for.
 
I don’t get how covering one’s head is modesty. That seems like a Muslim concept to me. the head is not an immodest part of the body.

Is the fact the men aren’t supposed wear head coverings in church mean they are by nature immodest?
 
I’ve always looked at it as more imitating BVM, as she is the epitome of Catholic Femininity
 
Ha ha come on now, you know full well that men are the sex that is massively more visually stimulated by the other sex. Women’s hair is a nice part of that. It’s definitely less distracting to a man when you see less of a woman, but i accept that’s our problem to deal with and hence no judgement on the women who don’t want to do it. All i’m saying is that when women do cover their hair, it makes it easier for some men to control their thoughts.
 
That makes a bit more sense, but I would add that it is imitating statues of the BVM. We don’t know what she looked liked or what she wore. I can guarantee she didn’t wear lace like the lady in the picture in the OP. There were also other clothing customs for women the BVM probably followed that we have never followed. Also, why don’t men wear tunics to church like Jesus did?

I get all of this is tradition. But these are not articles of faith or morals and we live now, in this day and age.
 
I don’t think anyone’s arguing that they are a part of faith or morals. Just a small t tradition.

It was a cultural thing for much of Europe’s history. Just a throwback. I personally find it kid of attractive when a young woman decides to try and live more “traditionally” and I see it as an act of defiance against modernism.
 
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