about head coverings in church

[Red Gold]

In my childhood it was like this:

Men still wore hats outside - but in churches they put them down.
Women, however, always displayed their fashionable hats on Sunday.

How was it in your time?

 

[Red Gold]

As a boy I thought it unfair that women were allowed to keep their hats on.

 

[Mark Quayle]

In my childhood it was like this:

Men still wore hats outside - but in churches they put them down.
Women, however, always displayed their fashionable hats on Sunday.

How was it in your time?

I always thought of Minnie Pearl when we visited certain churches.

 

[RaymondG]

Women, however, always displayed their fashionable hats on Sunday.

Growing up, it was said to be shameful for women to have their heads uncovered in church. A hat or prayer clothe was a demand/requirement, not something they wanted to do(similar to the women covering their whole head/faces in other religions). As time went on, woman start making due and began a challenge to see who could wear the biggest, fanciest and most expensive hats. It evolved from a device to cover shame, to a fashion symbol.

And I find no fault in it.

 

[Red Gold]

It evolved from a device to cover shame, to a fashion symbol.

So it seems.

 

[Red Gold]

I always thought of Minnie Pearl when we visited certain churches.

I have now looked up Minnie Pearl:

Sarah Ophelia Colley Cannon (October 25, 1912 – March 4, 1996), known professionally as her stage character Minnie Pearl, was an American country comedian who appeared at the Grand Ole Opry for more than 50 years (from 1940 to 1991) and on the television show Hee Haw from 1969 to 1991.

Minnie Pearl - Wikipedia

 

[Joined2krist]

Growing up, it was normal to expect women and girls to wear fashionable Hats and stylish hair covering cloth, right now i hardly see anyone wearing Hats but still see those hair covering clothes on some, i still wear them in Church.

 

[Gnarwhal]

Only been Catholic since 2017, men are the same but most women don't wear head coverings anymore unless I go to a Latin Mass. There are a few women at my home parish who wear veils during a ordinary form Mass though.

 

[Michie]

Only been Catholic since 2017, men are the same but most women don't wear head coverings anymore unless I go to a Latin Mass. There are a few women at my home parish who wear veils during a ordinary form Mass though.

We have several that wear head coverings but the majority doesn’t. I remember veiling was a big topic of discussion here in OBOB a few years ago.

 

[Red Gold]

Only been Catholic since 2017, men are the same but most women don't wear head coverings anymore unless I go to a Latin Mass.

So head coverings are combined with Latin?

 

[Gnarwhal]

We have several that wear head coverings but the majority doesn’t. I remember veiling was a big topic of discussion here in OBOB a few years ago.

I feel like I have an extra measure of respect for the women who decide to veil at a novus ordo, just because it's so unexpected and can actually earn a little bit of ire from the Susans.

So head coverings are combined with Latin?

Since the Latin Mass is the traditional Mass, the practices surrounding it tend to be more in line with the historic traditions of the Church. Including head coverings.

 

[Michie]

I feel like I have an extra measure of respect for the women who decide to veil at a novus ordo, just because it's so unexpected and can actually earn a little bit of ire from the Susans.

Definitely novus ordo. I was surprised as well. Yes, I know Susans. Lots of eye rolling and gossip.

 

[Gnarwhal]

Definitely novus ordo. I was surprised as well. Yes, I know Susans. Lots of eye rolling and gossip.

It sticks in their craw so bad!

Good heavens Shirley! She's not wearing shorts AND she's veiling! She's so rigid I almost mistook her for an oak plank!

 

[Michie]

Since the early days of Christianity, wearing chapel veils has been a common practice among faithful women. Chapel veils, also commonly called mantillas, which comes from the word manta, meaning cape, are typically circular or triangular shaped pieces of black or white lace that are draped over a woman’s head when attending Mass, or in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament. Traditionally, the black veils were worn by married or widowed women, while the white veils were worn by young girls, or unmarried women.


Throughout the centuries, the use of the mantilla by women has had many purposes. The wearing of the Mantilla is an act of veiling a woman's physical beauty, so that the beauty of God may be glorified instead. It is also a way of emulating, Mary, our mother, who is the archetype of purity and humility. Moreover, the mantilla, or chapel veil, signifies the role of women as a life-bearing vessel. The chalice holding the blood of Christ is veiled until the Preparation of the Gifts, and the tabernacle is veiled between Masses. Both of these vessels hold the Eucharist – the very life of Christ. In a similar fashion, the woman was endowed by God with the special gift of bearing new human life. Because of this, women, as all things holy and sacred, are veiled.

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The Meaning Behind Cathedral or Chapel Veils | The Catholic Company