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WillieManillie
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I love St. Padre Pio and have much respect and honor for him. Both my daughter and I took the name Pio for confirmation. This thread has made for an entertaining read.
My children were raised, in my opinion, with good moral fashion. No low-cut shirts, no obscene or distasteful graphics or styles, no “trend-setting” styles, and no disrespectful articles of current fashion. Beyond that I have no problem if my children wear clothing that’s comfortable and considered generally fashionable.
The comment I got a jolly from was the negative spin on t-shirts and jeans. T-Shirts and jeans are by no means immoral. It is more related when and where to wear these articles.
What irritates me are fashions of extremity that hinge on fanaticism. An example of a growing trend in the church is within the rings of “home schooling.” A couple of families in my parish are home schooling and their children are living in the thirteenth century. The fashions are too extreme that they surpass any moral standards by light years.
Now I am staying on topic. In other words, this is not home schooling bashing nor are responses of the like justified. My concerns are of the parents who are cloistering their children to this environment. The education is great considering the problems in schools today (both public and Catholic). However, being a good Christian doesn’t imply our children should be imposed to dressing standards that predate St. Francis of Assisi.
Saint Father Pio is a great saint, but he was not the Pope nor God.
My children were raised, in my opinion, with good moral fashion. No low-cut shirts, no obscene or distasteful graphics or styles, no “trend-setting” styles, and no disrespectful articles of current fashion. Beyond that I have no problem if my children wear clothing that’s comfortable and considered generally fashionable.
The comment I got a jolly from was the negative spin on t-shirts and jeans. T-Shirts and jeans are by no means immoral. It is more related when and where to wear these articles.
What irritates me are fashions of extremity that hinge on fanaticism. An example of a growing trend in the church is within the rings of “home schooling.” A couple of families in my parish are home schooling and their children are living in the thirteenth century. The fashions are too extreme that they surpass any moral standards by light years.
Now I am staying on topic. In other words, this is not home schooling bashing nor are responses of the like justified. My concerns are of the parents who are cloistering their children to this environment. The education is great considering the problems in schools today (both public and Catholic). However, being a good Christian doesn’t imply our children should be imposed to dressing standards that predate St. Francis of Assisi.
Saint Father Pio is a great saint, but he was not the Pope nor God.
I’ve found greater peace with that and I feel more modest and feminine. I used to wear jeans but now I only wear longer skirts and modest shirts.