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Quaere_Verum
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How about saying “I noticed you care about fashion. You might be interested in this.” Then hand them a flyer to one of those modesty but cool fashion shows if they have them in your area of course.
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jbuck919
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I don’t want to hijack this thread, but a couple of thoughts:
At the (unusually, co-ed) Catholic high school where I taught the girls typically jacked up their uniform skirts to within about six inches of their navels. This was strictly a matter for the female teachers to deal with (as they did in the all-girl schools in the rest of the famous archdiocese), but somehow we never got it right, and when the cardinal archbishop visited, as he did twice while I was there, it was a matter of mortification.
My second thought is that many other things go on at Mass that should simply not be allowed. One sees people chewing gum. One sees babies being given rattles to keep them quiet and the rattle is the prominent auditory feature of the entire Mass.
My father (77) was an acolyte in a parish where if such a thing had occurred, the priest would simply have stopped at the sermon, the only correct interruption to the Mass, and threatened the perpetrators to their face or thrown them out. That they might not come back was in those days a secondary consideration in comparison to the desecration of the Holy Mass.
At the (unusually, co-ed) Catholic high school where I taught the girls typically jacked up their uniform skirts to within about six inches of their navels. This was strictly a matter for the female teachers to deal with (as they did in the all-girl schools in the rest of the famous archdiocese), but somehow we never got it right, and when the cardinal archbishop visited, as he did twice while I was there, it was a matter of mortification.
My second thought is that many other things go on at Mass that should simply not be allowed. One sees people chewing gum. One sees babies being given rattles to keep them quiet and the rattle is the prominent auditory feature of the entire Mass.
My father (77) was an acolyte in a parish where if such a thing had occurred, the priest would simply have stopped at the sermon, the only correct interruption to the Mass, and threatened the perpetrators to their face or thrown them out. That they might not come back was in those days a secondary consideration in comparison to the desecration of the Holy Mass.
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beckyann2597
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Living in the obscene hot summer climate of central Cali, Our priest has made this topic very much a topic of conversation and spent a month mentioning it in his sermons and writing about it in his personal comments printed in the Sunday Bulletin. He also repremanded someone for coming down too hard on someone. A woman was wearing a sundress to church with a sweater during Mass. In the parking lot before she got into her car (over 100 degrees) she took off her sweater, threw it in the car, then got an earful from a woman about being in tank straps in the parking lot. Give me a break. He wrote in the next Sunday Bulletin to correct with Charity and with common sense!
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Michael038
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While were on the topic, how about a ban on, ripped jeans, shorts, tee shirts, game jerseys, sandals, ect. You wont believe what some people wear to Sunday Mass in my parish!
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havemercy
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I’m guilty of having worn a band shirt to Mass. It wasn’t Slayer or anything! I SWEAR!
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DVina
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This is one of the reasons I started veiling. I offer the humiliation (if you will) of the veil in reparation for those immodestly dressed at Mass. I usually pick out one girl that I see in the narthex or restroom.I have often amused myself with the ideal of going to mass dressed as a 19th century peasant women…as a from of silent protest against my priest condoning immodest Mass.
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rosarywarrior
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When one is in church and find oneself incapable of looking to the left or the right without seeing some teenage girl’s underwear sticking out of the back of her pants.
It really is frustrating, that is why when I am at Mass I close my eyes almost from the very beginning until the last blessing. I am sure some kids probably think I have fallen asleep. Anyway, I got so tired of seeing the behind of a young teen girl I know so I dropped a penny down the crack. From that point on she started to wear longer shirts tucked in or belts…but she also keeps trying to return the penny…yuk!
It really is frustrating, that is why when I am at Mass I close my eyes almost from the very beginning until the last blessing. I am sure some kids probably think I have fallen asleep. Anyway, I got so tired of seeing the behind of a young teen girl I know so I dropped a penny down the crack. From that point on she started to wear longer shirts tucked in or belts…but she also keeps trying to return the penny…yuk!
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DaveBj
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Okay, thanks. I knew that particular combination was gross-looking; I just didn’t know what it was called.
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jrabs
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All nice, however that does not cut to the heart of the problem.
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LeahInancsi
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Attending an older church in an older area of town has numerous advantages. One of them is that we don’t have a lot of young people who dress inappropriately.
The best advantage is the beauty of the church. That’s a whole different thread.
The best advantage is the beauty of the church. That’s a whole different thread.
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mike182d
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Well, the fastest way to a man’s heart is with Chuck Norris’ fist. Perhaps we should consult him for advice?
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brandy101
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Well, the fact of the matter is that people EVERWHERE have no CLUE how to dress appropriately. This issue is by far, not limited to Mass.
Example: at my daughter’s public grammar school the school nurse has to constantly send reminders to parents to send their children in “play appropiate footwear” - ie - sneakers, buckle shoes, tie shoes. Apparently there have been a number of injuries where children have been clocked in the head with a wayward clog/platfrom shoe while on the playground.
Other issues include people sending kids to school in sleeveless basketball jerseys in JANUARY (its COLD here!), long dresses on gym day, etc.
At my former place of employment, we had an “old school” dress code; men would be repimanded by certain Partnters if, on “casual” days, they wore rumpled khakis or had too few buttons done up on their sportshirt. To be safe, most women I knew stuck with pants suits or skirts and blouses. Also, no matter how “dressy” no one was permitted to wear an open-toed shoe of any kind, even in summer! Like I said, it was old-school, but most of us had a knack for finding stylish, flattering and comfortable options. Not to mention, by avoiding overly-trendy items, our wardrobes would last longer as they’d be comprised of more “classic”/timeless’always flattering items.
My point: I think since the advent of “business casual” workplace, an entire generation has lost its sense of “situation-appropriate” attire", not to mention, good taste, and now its rubbing off on their ill-dressed children.
And, sadly, its crept into the should-be-reverent atmosphere of The Mass.
Example: at my daughter’s public grammar school the school nurse has to constantly send reminders to parents to send their children in “play appropiate footwear” - ie - sneakers, buckle shoes, tie shoes. Apparently there have been a number of injuries where children have been clocked in the head with a wayward clog/platfrom shoe while on the playground.
Other issues include people sending kids to school in sleeveless basketball jerseys in JANUARY (its COLD here!), long dresses on gym day, etc.
At my former place of employment, we had an “old school” dress code; men would be repimanded by certain Partnters if, on “casual” days, they wore rumpled khakis or had too few buttons done up on their sportshirt. To be safe, most women I knew stuck with pants suits or skirts and blouses. Also, no matter how “dressy” no one was permitted to wear an open-toed shoe of any kind, even in summer! Like I said, it was old-school, but most of us had a knack for finding stylish, flattering and comfortable options. Not to mention, by avoiding overly-trendy items, our wardrobes would last longer as they’d be comprised of more “classic”/timeless’always flattering items.
My point: I think since the advent of “business casual” workplace, an entire generation has lost its sense of “situation-appropriate” attire", not to mention, good taste, and now its rubbing off on their ill-dressed children.
And, sadly, its crept into the should-be-reverent atmosphere of The Mass.
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jrabs
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I’d listen to Chuck…wouldn’t you?
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