Women and pants

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vsedriver said:
no… women wear ‘slacks’. 😀
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How appropriate the name of “slacks” because if a woman is wearing those, her morals have to be slack.

😜

Though overall, Roma Locuta Est.


Also, I remember a while back someone mentioning a recent female saint that wore pants. Amyome know who it was?
 
I wish I could’ve given you more likes for this post. I have some mild ocd issues and could easily fall into some scrupulous worrying. Reading these threads is helping me guard against that. I think what also has helped is concentrating on Divine Mercy. Fr. Gaitley’s 33 Days to Merciful Love is a tremendous resource for that.
 
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http://www.papalaudience.org/dress-code

Women:
Women can wear trousers, capri pants and skirts and dresses are permitted however they cannot be shorter than knee length and shoulders must be covered.
In very hot weather a shawl or large scarf/Pashmina can be draped around the shoulders for visiting the sites.
Bare shoulders and short skirts are not permitted and again come prepared to cover up if wearing shorts.

Accepted​

Mens
  • Long pants
  • At least short sleeves
Women
  • The knees covered
  • At least short sleeves

Rejected​

  • Shorts
  • T-shirts without sleeves
  • Short skirts
  • Baseball caps inside the churches
 
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http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p3s2c2a9.htm

2521 Purity requires modesty , an integral part of temperance. Modesty protects the intimate center of the person. It means refusing to unveil what should remain hidden. It is ordered to chastity to whose sensitivity it bears witness. It guides how one looks at others and behaves toward them in conformity with the dignity of persons and their solidarity.

**[2522] Modesty protects the mystery of persons and their love. It encourages patience and moderation in loving relationships; it requires that the conditions for the definitive giving and commitment of man and woman to one another be fulfilled. Modesty is decency. It inspires one’s choice of clothing. It keeps silence or reserve where there is evident risk of unhealthy curiosity. It is discreet.

**[2523] There is a modesty of the feelings as well as of the body. It protests, for example, against the voyeuristic explorations of the human body in certain advertisements, or against the solicitations of certain media that go too far in the exhibition of intimate things. Modesty inspires a way of life which makes it possible to resist the allurements of fashion and the pressures of prevailing ideologies.

2524 The forms taken by modesty vary from one culture to another. Everywhere, however, modesty exists as an intuition of the spiritual dignity proper to man. It is born with the awakening consciousness of being a subject. Teaching modesty to children and adolescents means awakening in them respect for the human person.

**[2525 Christian purity requires a purification of the social climate . It requires of the communications media that their presentations show concern for respect and restraint. Purity of heart brings freedom from widespread eroticism and avoids entertainment inclined to voyeurism and illusion.

**[2526] So called moral permissiveness rests on an erroneous conception of human freedom; the necessary precondition for the development of true freedom is to let oneself be educated in the moral law. Those in charge of education can reasonably be expected to give young people instruction respectful of the truth, the qualities of the heart, and the moral and spiritual dignity of man.

**[2527] "The Good News of Christ continually renews the life and culture of fallen man; it combats and removes the error and evil which flow from the ever-present attraction of sin. It never ceases to purify and elevate the morality of peoples. It takes the spiritual qualities and endowments of every age and nation, and with supernatural riches it causes them to blossom, as it were, from within; it fortifies, completes, and restores them in Christ."316
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EDITED: Modesty, Dress Code, Etiquette for Church Liturgy and Sacraments
Folks, this is intended as a resource thread. What kind of teachings and instructions have we received from our Popes, Bishops, and Priests, regarding modesty and appropriate dress for church? Etiquette questions can be included as well - photographing and walking around without disturbing those who pray, the need to stay silent/no loud chatting, etc. There’s a lot of information available on the internet, and I would like to post here what I found - teachings, sermons, specific how-to instruct…
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Priests and popes have had opinions at various times in various places. These are opinions and are not doctrine.
 
Comehome4John6, you are very kind to say that. Thank you.

And, yes! That is a WONDERFUL book. His other books as well. Especially when he tells of St. Terese and her “little way” ! She is a PERFECT suggestion to help us understand God’s mercy. Thank you for reminding me. I hope Marshmallow1 will consider this author. Also, if your parish has the FORMED resource, his videos are on there under the Hearts Afire section.
 
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The concept of ‘two-trunked’ legwear was a thing.

As part of Temple rituals, the High Priest had to ascend a high flight of stairs and had a pair of boxer-type undergarments that he would wear, tailored around each leg
 
Thankfully, the low-rise jeans are going back out of style. I could never be comfortable in them.
 
I would tug on them because it felt like they were falling down, and I never could tell for sure what part of me was showing, so I never wore them. I think I tried wearing them in the 70’s, and in more recent years I wore the mid-rise jeans but was always tugging on them, too.
 
I don’t have any ripped jeans but I think they’re cute, as long as the tears are in modest places.
 
mVitus said:
I thought it was her. But all the Google images had her in a skirt.
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Yeah. The only pictures I’ve seen of her in pants are when she seems to be in the snow and enjoying sledding or skiing. It seems it was customary, though, that in her “time and place” women wore skirts and dresses for every day wear. I’m sure as we get more modern day saints, we will see more female saints who wear pants unless they are from religious orders.
 
Let us not forget the most famous female saint who wore trousers and got a lot of criticism for it, St Joan of Arc.

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She’s not quite a saint yet but almost. Blessed Chiara Luce Badano…there’s lots of pictures of her in jeans or trousers.

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It’s from the Canton OH newspaper. She grew up there so I’m guessing it was in their files, or some old local high school yearbook, or some elderly classmate’s mementos.
I’m always surprised she was able to do that and be so happy looking despite her miserable home life and being the target of a lot of persecution because her parents were divorced.
 
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