The GIRM does prescribe what a priest must wear for Mass. I haven’t consulted the pharisees but perhaps you may want advise the Holy See, who set the standards, that they are pharisees. No matter the climatic conditions Bl. John Paul II always wore a chasuble at Mass on his Apostolic visits.
In my diocese they only time I see a priest just wearing the stole and alb is if he is co celebrating Mass or in the confessional.
That is liturgical abuse. He can’t make up his on rites or it inst valid.
What an incomprehensibly rabid response, Mrs. Sally. You must be the most lucky Catholic on earth, because I have seen these kind of priests everywhere. There’s Father “I Wont Wear Chasubles” and his good friend, Father “I Think My Tie-Dyed Stole Looks Better Outside the Chasuble.” Then there’s their whole cadre of accomplices, like Brother “I Must Have Misplaced My Habit,” and Sister “Liturgical Dance is Fun.”
Well that was a nasty response.
What do you mean by that? A pianeta is just an Italian word for what we usually call a “Roman” or “fiddleback” chasuble. Definitely smaller than the Gothic chasubles that are predominant in most parts of the U.S. But what do you mean about putting it on like a humeral veil?
Well I think they do pretty nasty things to the Church.
Looks like the priests are wearing chasubles…the deacon does not have a dalmatic, but that is not required. And, who knows…maybe this is just a joyous prayer service???
Take a look at some of the pictures, but make sure you’re sitting down. One man (priest? deacon? who knows…) appears to be wearing a stole as a belt around his alb. It look nothing like the cincture the altar boy is wearing. And the liturgical dancers with their banners… Almost too much to take it all at once!Looks like the priests are wearing chasubles…the deacon does not have a dalmatic, but that is not required. And, who knows…maybe this is just a joyous prayer service???
What I am offended at is the man in the front left there only wearing shorts!! I cannot believe that a man would show his lower legs like that!
Actually, the green belt looks just like what the boy altar server is wearing, so I don’t see a problem with it. I don’t see how he could wear a stole as a sash, as there is a built-in v-join which wouldn’t work, surely, and most stoles i’ve seen are quite thick, or lined, so wouldn’t sit like that. Nor do I see a problem with men having bare lower legs, to be honest, because some of the ladies have similar clothes, and if it’s alright for them, why not for the men.Take a look at some of the pictures, but make sure you’re sitting down. One man (priest? deacon? who knows…) appears to be wearing a stole as a belt around his alb. It look nothing like the cincture the altar boy is wearing. And the liturgical dancers with their banners… Almost too much to take it all at once!
These pictures are taken from the mass that was held as part of their parish festival. They have pictures of the next year when the Bishop came for the festival. Boy did they “clean up” a bit.
I do love my parish.
But I’ve been to Mass in cities all over the US, in South America, Europe, and Asia and never ran into people like that. I’m sure they exist, but I don’t think they are *everywhere *or as bad as people here at CAF seem to think. Perhaps you need to leave your parish more often! 
Respectfully, it seems as though you live in some sort of parallel universe that only overlaps on the internet. I’ve never attended a parish that didn’t follow this sort of pattern.I do love my parish.
It could also depend on who said Mass that particular day she was visiting these other parishes. I used to belong to the Cathedral parish in upstate NY, and the ‘weekend associate’ (read retired priest who said Mass every 5th or 6th week) never wore a chasuble, but the other 2 or 3 priests who served the parish did. Of course we also called him ‘prop guy’ because he always would bring a prop for his homilies, and seemed to talk about college basketball more than the readings.
I assure you that my family agrees!
All kinds I guess.We’ll never know on the belt thing… From some angles they still look quite different to me. And I have seen deacons get kind of, uh, “creative” with stole before. And not all stoles are presown in the V shape, so its not impossible.
Sorry, our computers must be arranging the rows differently. I can’t tell which picture you mean.PrayForMeStJude,
What’s going on with in the pic third row down, second to the last. It looks like a she is
behind the altar and the priest has the prayer book out for her to read.
Well if its a travell-off we’re having it’ll be a pretty even match. While I currently live in a very solid diocese which usually has wonderful liturgies, in the past few years I have lived in or visited multiple dioceses in California, Virginia, Michigan, England, Belgium, and Spain. And I know my parish and my diocese tend to be the exception, not the rule.I do love my parish.
Does this have to come up every time someone talks about correcting liturgical abuse? It’s really getting old.
