Proper Attire
Please dress appropriately for Sacred
Mass.
Men should wear their "Sunday best".
Ladies' dresses should cover the chest,
back, shoulders and knees*. Women will please wear head coverings (hats,
scarves, or veils; veils are provided) in Church, according to traditional
Catholic practice. No pants please.
*See "Roman Standard" of modesty, issued
Sept. 24, 1928, published in the Bulletin of the Roman Clergy, ct. 1928, under
Pope Pius XI.
Holy Scripture - Concerning
Modesty
A woman shall not be clothed with man's
apparel, neither shall a man use woman's apparel: for he that doeth these things
is abominable before God. - Deuteronomy 22:5
I made a covenant with my eyes, that I
would not so much as think upon a virgin. - Job 31:1
You have heard that it was said to them of old: Thou shalt not commit
adultery. But I say to you, that whosoever shall look on a woman to lust
after her, hath already committed adultery with her in his heart. And if thy
right eye scandalize thee, pluck it out and cast it from thee. For it is
expedient for thee that one of thy members should perish, rather than that
thy whole body be cast into hell. - Matthew 5:27-29
For know you this and understand, that no fornicator, or unclean, or
covetous person (which is a serving of idols), hath inheritance in the kingdom
of Christ and of God. Let no man deceive you with vain words. For because of
these things cometh the anger of God upon the children of unbelief. Be ye not
therefore partakers with them. For you were heretofore darkness, but now light
in the Lord. Walk then as children of the light. - Ephesians 5:5-8
Know you not, that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God
dwelleth in you? But if any man violate the temple of God, him shall God
destroy. For the temple of God is holy, which you are. - 1 Corinthians
3:16-17
But every woman praying or prophesying with her head not covered,
disgraceth her head: for it is all one as if she were shaven. For if a woman be
not covered, let her be shorn. But if it be a shame to a woman to be shorn or
made bald, let her cover her head. Therefore ought the woman to have a power
over her head, because of the angels. You yourselves judge: doth it become a
woman, to pray unto God uncovered? - 1 Corinthians 11:5-15
But the fruit of the Spirit is, charity, joy, peace, patience, benignity,
goodness, longanimity, Mildness, faith, modesty, continency, chastity. -
Galatians 5:22-23
In like manner women also in decent apparel: adorning themselves with
modesty and sobriety, not with plaited hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly
attire, But as it becometh women professing godliness, with good works. - 1
Timothy 2:9-10 |
