Chapel Veils?

[datingtrappists]

I wear a handkerchief, scarf, or a… I guess it could be described as a bucket hat during weekday Masses, unless it is a Solemnity, then I’ll wear the same chapel veil that I wear for Sunday Mass. I will also sometimes drape a big rectangular scarf on my head if it’s the first day of a change in Liturgical Color. I have a green rectangular scarf that’s going to be worn in June sometime… The first Sunday in Lent, I wore my big purple scarf.

I’ll be 23 in 30 days, so another “young-timer” here that covers up…

 

[PhilotheaZ]

Good Lord, the bible was written centuries ago by men in the Middle East. I grew up wearing chapel veils and hats to church but I won’t do it anymore because it is insulting to women IMHO. It’s disrespectful for a man to wear a hat but you think that a woman should cover up? What next, a burka???

How is it insulting to women? We veil that which is most holy (for example, the tabernacle). Read this: bloomingathome.wordpress.com/2009/03/16/taking-the-veil/

 

[BayernAnhaenger]

Good Lord, the bible was written centuries ago by men in the Middle East. I grew up wearing chapel veils and hats to church but I won’t do it anymore because it is insulting to women IMHO. It’s disrespectful for a man to wear a hat but you think that a woman should cover up? What next, a burka???

Such logic! Such forceful argumentation!

I guess we don’t have to take the Word of God as infallible, eh?

oh, wait, no, we do. It’s part of being Catholic.

 

[KestrelRose]

I’m not planning on wearing it to Sunday Mass, except maybe on a special occassion. Honestly, I don’t think I’m strong enough to withstand the staring and comments, because nobody in my Church has ever worn one before. But, I go to a Catholic school and we can go to adoration. I think it would be a nice offering to wear one then.

-Jeanne

Probably one of the most remarkably honest statements ever made.
This makes me wonder at my own relunctance to wearing a sharf or veil.

 

[Gertabelle]

I just stumbled on this thread and am so grateful for all your posts

I play the piano at my parish, which makes me highly visible to everyone in the church. During the winter months, people dress nicely for mass, but in the summer, many people wear shorts and sandals (the sturdy type, not the dressy type). I would love to wear a chapel veil (as my grandmother taught me when I was little), but it is difficult to express how “out of place” this formality would seem in my parish.

I like the idea of using a veil for adoration – that would be an easier way for me to begin. And I could definitely wear the veil when attending mass at a parish other than my own, where I wouldn’t be in the front of everything.

Gertie

 

[KestrelRose]

I just stumbled on this thread and am so grateful for all your posts

I play the piano at my parish, which makes me highly visible to everyone in the church. During the winter months, people dress nicely for mass, but in the summer, many people wear shorts and sandals (the sturdy type, not the dressy type). I would love to wear a chapel veil (as my grandmother taught me when I was little), but it is difficult to express how “out of place” this formality would seem in my parish.

I like the idea of using a veil for adoration – that would be an easier way for me to begin. And I could definitely wear the veil when attending mass at a parish other than my own, where I wouldn’t be in the front of everything.

Gertie

That is where I am at also. If I were to wear a veil, I would definately come across as being high-and-mighty while I play the piano.

My goal at this time is to simply sing the Gloria in Latin and the Kyrie in Greek without causing to much of a stir.

Gently, gently, I am encouraging this outrageous concept.

 

[DebChris]

I just stumbled on this thread and am so grateful for all your posts

I play the piano at my parish, which makes me highly visible to everyone in the church. During the winter months, people dress nicely for mass, but in the summer, many people wear shorts and sandals (the sturdy type, not the dressy type). I would love to wear a chapel veil (as my grandmother taught me when I was little), but it is difficult to express how “out of place” this formality would seem in my parish.

I like the idea of using a veil for adoration – that would be an easier way for me to begin. And I could definitely wear the veil when attending mass at a parish other than my own, where I wouldn’t be in the front of everything.

Gertie

It seems to me likewise that it would be easier to wear a veil or hat at a new parish where I am not as well known.
I was thinking earlier about the hats that were worn in the 1950’s and 60’s. They had a veil attached that could be brought down to cover the eyes. That is one of those hat styles that I could never wear. I also know that is not the type of veil that is generally referred to in these posts.
I have to look back. I think there is a post about wearing triangular style scarves. That might work in an informal setting. It is something that would look as natural walking into the church as it would once already in the church.

That is where I am at also. If I were to wear a veil, I would definately come across as being high-and-mighty while I play the piano.

My goal at this time is to simply sing the Gloria in Latin and the Kyrie in Greek without causing to much of a stir.

Gently, gently, I am encouraging this outrageous concept.

In my parish, the Kyrie is sung in Greek and Agnes Dei in Latin during Advent and Lent.
What I like about the Kyrie in Greek is that it remained Greek even when the Church went to Latin in order to reach the “vulgar” masses. Other than that I like being able to understand what I pray.

 

[odile53]

A chapel veil with jeans and sneakers in church wouldn’t be disrespectful, but I think it would look a little odd strictly from an aesthetic standpoint. If for whatever reason you’re planning on wearing jeans and sneakers to church (like maybe you are going hiking in the woods right after Mass, or something like that,) why not get a bandanna and wear that on your head?

 

[DebChris]

A chapel veil with jeans and sneakers in church wouldn’t be disrespectful, but I think it would look a little odd strictly from an aesthetic standpoint. If for whatever reason you’re planning on wearing jeans and sneakers to church (like maybe you are going hiking in the woods right after Mass, or something like that,) why not get a bandanna and wear that on your head?

I have seen a few young women wear jeans plus veil. Jeans are a part of everyday life and it did not seem strange to me at all. I do like the idea of a bandanna that can be coordinated to your outfit.

 

[lizaanne]

A chapel veil with jeans and sneakers in church wouldn’t be disrespectful, but I think it would look a little odd strictly from an aesthetic standpoint. If for whatever reason you’re planning on wearing jeans and sneakers to church (like maybe you are going hiking in the woods right after Mass, or something like that,) why not get a bandanna and wear that on your head?

I have seen a few young women wear jeans plus veil. Jeans are a part of everyday life and it did not seem strange to me at all. I do like the idea of a bandanna that can be coordinated to your outfit.

Ladies - you are responding to a thread that is nearly a year and a half old. Please consider joining the group here on CAF for women who cover their heads at Mass: Veiled in Grace


~Liza