Headcovering question

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I recently started going back to Church after being away for so long due to my own stupidity. I used to wear a mantilla before I fell away from the church and now I feel called to cover again, especially now that I am married. I was wondering, are there any requirements for covering? Such as can some hair still show? I am wondering this because I want to be able to cover at work too, without it being too much of a problem for my boss. I was wondering if wide headbands would be ok like on this site haircoverings.com/wide-headbands.html
 
The 1983 Canon Law accepted the change in the times, and omitted the requirement for the head-covering.

Women used to use much simpler head-covering, many only a simple lace
 
The simple lace is what I used to wear back home. it wasn’t a big deal there (California) but here in Oklahoma, no one wears them. I don’t want to seem like I am trying to be “holier than thou” but I also would like to cover somewhat at work and church. I just feel naked without a covering, I think it is a very modest and feminine thing to do personally.
 
I have thought about head coverings for a while. I found garlandsofgrace.com (but google first to make sure) has nice head coverings that could be for “everyday” use…not just lace.

God Bless
 
Garlands of grace has lovely coverings. Also, you can order lace mantillas (the size of a scarf) on EWTN’s catalog for only $6 or so. Now that it’s winter, wool berets or caps are fine too. Lots of knitting/crochet magazines and free pattern sites on line (like Lion Brand) have patterns for simple knit or crochet headbands that only take a couple of hours to do, and that you can dress up or down, make several in different colors to accessorize with various outfits, etc. Enjoy!
 
Thank you. I will check them out. Since berets and hats are allowed, could I wear one of those wide head bands like the ones on my first post as well?
 
gatewood1988 said:
Thank you. I will check them out. Since berets and hats are allowed, could I wear one of those wide head bands like the ones on my first post as well?
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Absolutely!
Mantillas (what we associate with headcoverings) weren’t the only coverings, historically; in fact in many areas they were almost unknown. Hats of all kinds were the traditional covering. My grandmother was German and she always wore a hat, never a mantilla. And every Easter we all had the “Easter bonnet” new hat to wear, at least until I was 11 or so (1967) and by then hats were considered ‘passe’ and no longer worn at Mass. . .even though as some have noted it was not until 1983 that the new code of canon law no longer mentioned the requirement. Basically we had about 16 years (in the Northeast anyway) of people ignoring the requirement (out of ignorance), same as we all thought that Friday abstinence outside of Lent was ‘removed’ (never knowing that we were supposed to engage in SOME kind of penance anyway!)

Personally I always wanted to live in the 13th century and wear HENNINS (the peaked hats with the veils floating out of them). When our madrigal group in college performed we actually did wear period dress so I did wear my hennin and loved it!

I think a headband sounds great.
 
gatewood1988 said:
Such as can some hair still show?
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Yes, it’s really up to you. If you have long hair you can wear a hat and that is still OK (that is what I do). Many mantillas are transparent. Some women prefer more coverage but the point is just to have something on your head. 🙂

Good for you for doing this, and don’t worry what others think about you; you are doing it for God. They said John the Baptist had a demon and that Jesus was a glutton. Some people are hard to please.
 
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Personally I always wanted to live in the 13th century and wear HENNINS (the peaked hats with the veils floating out of them).
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I had no idea those even had a name! As a little girl I thought they were soooooooooo cool. There were many neat things about the Middle Ages.
 
Student09 said:
I had no idea those even had a name! As a little girl I thought they were soooooooooo cool. There were many neat things about the Middle Ages.
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I wonder how they got through the door, those medieval women?
 
A friend told me about being given a white glove to put on her head during the 1950s.
Women are not kept out of church simply because they lack a head covering, improvised or what what normally would be worn.
A wide headband is definitely acceptable and much more comfortable than some of the hats worn during the 1960s. Some of these hats were little more than a wide headband.
Berets come in and out of style. They are a great classic to wear to Mass.
Currently I wear a pashmina. While I work in a Muslim country, I only wear it as a headcovering to Church. I asked one of the Muslim women with whom I work to show me how she ties her scarf, not a pashmina. It always looks neat.
I do own a couple of simple hats that I sometimes wear stateside.
 
I looked at the link. The headbands with tails are closer to what I think of as wide headbands. They are the style of scarf I wore in the 1970s to Mass, and other times.
When I first began lectoring and being an EMCH, we were told not to wear a hat on the altar. The headband with tails would be an acceptable alternative for anybody in these ministries.
I am not sure how I feel about the wider “headbands.” A simple scarf or bandanna may be more versatile or comfortable, plus cheaper.
 
👋 Hey Gatewood, I’m in Oklahoma too! I attend the FSSP Latin Mass here, and just about everyone wears a headcovering there. But there is one girl that wears a really cute hat every Sunday. I’m pretty sure you would be set with a wide headband, I’ve seen women wear those tiny little lace doilies as their covering, that are only about as big around as a McDonald’s sausage biscuit.
 
I really respect it when people let the Bible lead them in how they should dress for church rather than following the spirit of the times.
 
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Was a reason given?
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I don’t remember a reason being given. The reason, however, would be that the hat might be distracting. There generally is a dress code for individuals involved in the ministries of EMCH and lector.
In my current overseas parish, the EMCHs wear albs. I have seen several women wear a mantilla. I have not seen any lectors wear a headcovering in any parish to which I have belonged. A lector needs to make eye contact while proclaiming the Word.
In one parish that I attended, the cantor wore a large hat that was indeed distracting.
In my home parish I did wear a small cap occasionally when lectoring during a weekday Mass. Nothing was said.
 
Tantum_ergo said:
Personally I always wanted to live in the 13th century and wear HENNINS (the peaked hats with the veils floating out of them). When our madrigal group in college performed we actually did wear period dress so I did wear my hennin and loved it!

I think a headband sounds great.
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Those are called steeple henins (because they have a single point like a church steeple, I guess). There are other types - such as ‘truncated’ ones that don’t finish at a point, for example.

You might find this site interesting: library.thinkquest.org/J003226F/hats.htm
 
Tantum_ergo said:
Garlands of grace has lovely coverings. Also, you can order lace mantillas (the size of a scarf) on EWTN’s catalog for only $6 or so. Now that it’s winter, wool berets or caps are fine too. Lots of knitting/crochet magazines and free pattern sites on line (like Lion Brand) have patterns for simple knit or crochet headbands that only take a couple of hours to do, and that you can dress up or down, make several in different colors to accessorize with various outfits, etc. Enjoy!
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Not trying to derail the thread, but a GREAT site for knitting/crochet patterns of all kinds is www.ravelry.com (and it’s a great site in other ways too). Not all the patterns are free but many are, and it’s a great source for information and ideas.
 
gatewood1988 said:
I recently started going back to Church after being away for so long due to my own stupidity. I used to wear a mantilla before I fell away from the church and now I feel called to cover again, especially now that I am married. I was wondering, are there any requirements for covering? Such as can some hair still show? I am wondering this because I want to be able to cover at work too, without it being too much of a problem for my boss. I was wondering if wide headbands would be ok like on this site haircoverings.com/wide-headbands.html
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I think they’re very cool. I often use something like when I’m cleaning the chapel because they stay put. But they’re okay for Holy Mass, too–why not? As Sarah 25 said, a “chapel cap” is at least that small.
 
This link has been posted before.veilsbylily.com/2010/08/long-silver-floral-lace-mantilla.html
I like that the mantillas come in colors other than black and white. Will probably order when I return stateside next summer. It costs too much to have anything sent here.
This link only shows black and white.
catholicgiftoutlet.com/christian-apparel/chapel-veils-and-mantillas/index-3.html

This link shows sizes.sacramentals.com/ChapelVeils.htm

etsy.com/shop/LadyinBlueShop

Other headcoverings. thestyleunderground.com
 
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