Proper Dress Code for a Christening

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I’m going with my girlfriend to her god-daughter’s christening on Sunday. She doesn’t really take her faith as seriously as I do, so she told me to wear whatever I wanted. When I told her I was going to wear a suit without a tie she told me that it was too formal and that I would stand out. I don’t think it matters since we’ll be in a Church and since I’ve come back to the Church (I’m 22 and was a lapsed Catholic all through college) I’ve taken my faith very seriously.

So, my question is: Is a suit with no tie over dressed for a christening, and is a suit with no tie appropriate to wear to a christening?
 
20wldct said:
I’m going with my girlfriend to her god-daughter’s christening on Sunday. She doesn’t really take her faith as seriously as I do, so she told me to wear whatever I wanted. When I told her I was going to wear a suit without a tie she told me that it was too formal and that I would stand out. I don’t think it matters since we’ll be in a Church and since I’ve come back to the Church (I’m 22 and was a lapsed Catholic all through college) I’ve taken my faith very seriously.

So, my question is: Is a suit with no tie over dressed for a christening, and is a suit with no tie appropriate to wear to a christening?
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Yes, it’s appropriate. Alot of people wear something similar every Sunday to mass, I would be very surprised if you stood out. If that is the case then you’ll stand out as a nice young man who dresses and acts respectfully in the house of God. Isn’t that better then being that guy with his pants at his knees and a baseball cap sipping his coffee in the front pew?
 
domandcarols said:
Yes, it’s appropriate. Alot of people wear something similar every Sunday to mass, I would be very surprised if you stood out. If that is the case then you’ll stand out as a nice young man who dresses and acts respectfully in the house of God. Isn’t that better then being that guy with his pants at his knees and a baseball cap sipping his coffee in the front pew?
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My thoughts exactly. Thanks for the response. 🙂
 
20wldct said:
I’m going with my girlfriend to her god-daughter’s christening on Sunday. She doesn’t really take her faith as seriously as I do, so she told me to wear whatever I wanted. When I told her I was going to wear a suit without a tie she told me that it was too formal and that I would stand out. I don’t think it matters since we’ll be in a Church and since I’ve come back to the Church (I’m 22 and was a lapsed Catholic all through college) I’ve taken my faith very seriously.

So, my question is: Is a suit with no tie over dressed for a christening, and is a suit with no tie appropriate to wear to a christening?
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Either way seems perfectly fine to me. I suspect the baby won’t care. 😉
 
I think what you are choosing to wear is appropriate and lovely! Even at Masses that have more casual dress, no one actually ever stands out (in a negative way) with more formal wear. Plus, at baptisms and funerals, people do tend to dress up more.
 
Here for baptisms there is a dress code if I remember correctly from when my daughter was baptized. And even still any child I’ve seen baptized since returning, parents and god parents dressed for the occasions. Suits and ties or dress pants a d dress shirts. Ladies in dresess, skirts, nice blouses etc.

I think what you have proposed is appropriate.
 
The last one I attended, I wore some slacks, a dress shirt, and a tie. No jacket - it was a hot day and the church is old and not air conditioned.

The only people who will think you look overdressed are other guys, like the guy wearing the Hawaiian shirt that looks like he slept in it.
 
Richard320 said:
The last one I attended, I wore some slacks, a dress shirt, and a tie. No jacket - it was a hot day and the church is old and not air conditioned.

The only people who will think you look overdressed are other guys,** like the guy wearing the Hawaiian shirt that looks like he slept in it**.
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:rotfl:

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20wldct said:
Is there anything wrong with that?

This is probably a stupid question…
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I am not one who believes that there should be no baptisms during Lent, as another poster implied. I was surprised because Palm Sunday has a lengthy liturgy and begins the busiest and most solemn week of the church year. It culminates at the Easter Vigil, when new baptismal water is blessed and (presumably) adults are baptized. This begins Eastertide, where baptism is an emphasized theme of the season. It simply seemed odd to start off the very busy Holy Week with a baptism, when a few days later, a baptismal cycle, so to speak, begins.
 
Chatter163 said:
I am not one who believes that there should be no baptisms during Lent, as another poster implied. I was surprised because Palm Sunday has a lengthy liturgy and begins the busiest and most solemn week of the church year. It culminates at the Easter Vigil, when new baptismal water is blessed and (presumably) adults are baptized. This begins Eastertide, where baptism is an emphasized theme of the season. It simply seemed odd to start off the very busy Holy Week with a baptism, when a few days later, a baptismal cycle, so to speak, begins.
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Perhaps the Baptism is not taking place within the liturgy. Our parish schedules all their baptisms after the scheduled masses on Sunday.
 
PatriceA said:
Perhaps the Baptism is not taking place within the liturgy. Our parish schedules all their baptisms after the scheduled masses on Sunday.
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That seems to be the norm in my whole diocese (Wilmington) [Delaware]. Having said that, I will probably now find out that there are exceptions :).
 
PatriceA said:
Perhaps the Baptism is not taking place within the liturgy. Our parish schedules all their baptisms after the scheduled masses on Sunday.
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I realize that, but everything I said still stands, even if a deacon is doing the baptism. Busy time and all the rest.
 
Your proposed outfit sounds perfectly appropriate for the occasion; other equally nice outfits would be a freshly pressed pair of khakis with a sports coat over a sports shirt or a polo shirt, if she’s got you thinking that you’d be “overdressed.”

If there is a christening party afterward, she may be thinking of that instead of the actual baptism ceremony. It might be a cookout at the home of the baby’s parents or grandparents, for example. So you might want to find out if there is going to be a christening party, and if so, what kind of party it is. If it’s a cookout on someone’s deck, put a pair of khaki slacks and a more casual shirt in the car, and change when you get to the party, or just take off the jacket, roll up your sleeves, and have a grand old time!
 
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