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redrosetea
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Emilio. I am proud of you, and I’ll bet you look wonderful…
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Spiller
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Are you in perfect communion with the Pope of Rome?
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rwoehmke
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I am neither hot nor cold when it comes to wearing cassocks. As an altar boy I wore cassock and surplice on the altar for many years. They do look nice.
Our priests usually wear black suits with a roman collar, but depending on the circumstances sometimes wear mufti. We did have one young assistant pastor who dressed in the whole nine yards, cassock, with cincture, red lined cape, and biretta. He would strut about like a little peacock and did have an attitude. He was no more orthodox than other priests who have served us, but he longed for the “old ways.” Unfortunately he got himself in a bind with the law and ended up, in fear of prison, committing suicide. He could be likable at times, but at other times he was a pompous a**. He was young and in my opinion quite immature. Please pray for the repose of his soul as Father R. God will certainly know who you mean. Thanks.
Our priests usually wear black suits with a roman collar, but depending on the circumstances sometimes wear mufti. We did have one young assistant pastor who dressed in the whole nine yards, cassock, with cincture, red lined cape, and biretta. He would strut about like a little peacock and did have an attitude. He was no more orthodox than other priests who have served us, but he longed for the “old ways.” Unfortunately he got himself in a bind with the law and ended up, in fear of prison, committing suicide. He could be likable at times, but at other times he was a pompous a**. He was young and in my opinion quite immature. Please pray for the repose of his soul as Father R. God will certainly know who you mean. Thanks.
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consumedconvert
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An older priest in our parish recently started wearing his Cassock regularly. I asked him about it, and he said something to the effect that he rather “rediscovered” it. I teased that I was jealous–How come the rest of us don’t get to wear a Cassock and don’t get to look so sharp?
A priest in a collar and suit still looks like a priest to me, so to me it’s really kind of a non-issue, except for preference. Father sure looks sharp in a cassock, but it’s probably pretty hot and “swishy,” particularly in summer.
Off the topic but interestingly enough, I met a priest in a shop wearing an off-black suit the other day. No doubt cooler!
To my mind, if I were a priest, I suppose I would rather wear the suit on a day to day basis and save the Cassock for Church or other special occasions. I can imagine there are difficulties with a Cassock, and I’d hate to get a hem stuck in a door or something!
A priest in a collar and suit still looks like a priest to me, so to me it’s really kind of a non-issue, except for preference. Father sure looks sharp in a cassock, but it’s probably pretty hot and “swishy,” particularly in summer.
Off the topic but interestingly enough, I met a priest in a shop wearing an off-black suit the other day. No doubt cooler!
To my mind, if I were a priest, I suppose I would rather wear the suit on a day to day basis and save the Cassock for Church or other special occasions. I can imagine there are difficulties with a Cassock, and I’d hate to get a hem stuck in a door or something!
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They tend to be very heavy. When we were in the missions the secular priests wore very light weight white cassocks,they looked like what Arabs wear. They said that it helped keep the sun off them.
The friars of course wore secular clothes, because the brown habit is too hot for the tropics of South America. They wore them only during the winter months and usually at night.
One of the problems that the friars had, which the secular priests didn’t is that the friars may only have two habits and they may only wash them once a month. It’s part of poverty. They really have to take care of them.
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DonaNobis_Pacem
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I don’t think that they become outdated, but they do change over time. Clerical garb, as well as the habits worn by religious, have changed (though cloistered religious retain their traditional habits).
I attended a university with secular priests who lived and worked on-campus. There were probably only…two that I ever saw wearing a cassock: the monsignor who’s the head of the major seminary on-campus (the minor seminary is off-campus, but nearby), and one priest. The latter, however, did not always wear the cassock–he wore just the long black cassock, not the cincture, shoulder cape, or biretta–and sometimes he would wear the Roman collar with black pants and a black suit jacket. Most of the secular priests dressed in the Roman collar, pants, and jacket, but I could always recognize them as clergy. The cassock, in my opinion, was not necessary to make them stand out to me.
Our friars usually wear their habits, though when they go out to run errands they will often wear the Roman collar or “civvies”. At the store where I work, occasionally older Felician Franciscan sisters will drop in to do some shopping, and they will wear the knee-length brown dress, short veil, and a cross around their neck. I attended a high school run by the Felician Franciscan sisters, so I was very familiar with how they dressed; however, because they wear these clothes they are identifiable as religious.
I attended a university with secular priests who lived and worked on-campus. There were probably only…two that I ever saw wearing a cassock: the monsignor who’s the head of the major seminary on-campus (the minor seminary is off-campus, but nearby), and one priest. The latter, however, did not always wear the cassock–he wore just the long black cassock, not the cincture, shoulder cape, or biretta–and sometimes he would wear the Roman collar with black pants and a black suit jacket. Most of the secular priests dressed in the Roman collar, pants, and jacket, but I could always recognize them as clergy. The cassock, in my opinion, was not necessary to make them stand out to me.
Our friars usually wear their habits, though when they go out to run errands they will often wear the Roman collar or “civvies”. At the store where I work, occasionally older Felician Franciscan sisters will drop in to do some shopping, and they will wear the knee-length brown dress, short veil, and a cross around their neck. I attended a high school run by the Felician Franciscan sisters, so I was very familiar with how they dressed; however, because they wear these clothes they are identifiable as religious.
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JReducation
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It the same with the friars in our parish. They wear the habit when inside where it’s AC, but when they have to go out into the hot Florida sun of summer, they wear collars or secular clothes. The constitution of the friars allows for such clothing if the conditions are more appropriate.
There is such a thing as being flexible and it can be a virtue at times.
The cassock with the shoulder cape and the sash is not the traditional secular priest cassock. That’s mostly worn by bishops and members of congregations such as the Claretians. The typical diocesan cassock has not shoulder cape and the sash is only worn with the Jesuit style cassock, such as the cassock worn by Msgrs and bishops.
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DonaNobis_Pacem
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Well, I learn something new every day. And today I learned about why the traditional secular priest’s cassock doesn’t have the shoulder cape and sash like those clergy of higher ranking. Thanks, JR. ^^
Though it’s only the head of the major seminary on the campus of the university whom I’ve seen wearing the Jesuit-style cassock and sash. Other monsignors, such as the president of the university, wear the collar and black suit instead.
Though it’s only the head of the major seminary on the campus of the university whom I’ve seen wearing the Jesuit-style cassock and sash. Other monsignors, such as the president of the university, wear the collar and black suit instead.
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redrosetea
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I think our priest look very distinguished in a cassock
My son wore them in second grade when he was able to serve mass…It was so cute to see such a tiny cassock
He never seemed to have any problems manuvering in his, and he never got it caught in a door…I don’t think that is a problem unless you wear a hoop skirt
My son wore them in second grade when he was able to serve mass…It was so cute to see such a tiny cassock
He never seemed to have any problems manuvering in his, and he never got it caught in a door…I don’t think that is a problem unless you wear a hoop skirt
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JReducation
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Most people assume that secular priests always wore cassocks or some distinctive garb. Such was not the case. They were and still are according to Church law, SECULAR men, not religious.
It wasn’t until the Jesuits introduced the cassock in Spain in the 1500s that the secular priests began to wear one as well.
As I posted before, St. Ignatius wanted to found a religious order that were neither friars nor monks. Friars and monks were the only religious men in the church at the time. They wore habits. St. Ignatius wanted his order to be organized like the military, not like a monastic community. That’s why he avoided the name order and called it the Society of Jesus. He gave them the cassock instead of the habit with hood.
The cassock has a millitary quality to it. The Jesuit cassock did not have buttons down to the hem. It was buttoned to the waist with a flowing “skirt”. They wore pants and boots under it, like the military and they wore a sash like soldiers did and a shoulder cape just like souldiers.
The cassock with the buttons and no cape was designed in Rome, much later and it was called the Roman cassock in English or sautana in Italian. Which means the robe.
The French later adopted a more secular form, due to the French Revolution. That’s why they wore those tabs on the collar instead of the white wrap around the neck. This allowed them to move through the streets safely. They looked like lawyers not priests.
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