Head covering

[Soha]

Do the women at your church wear any kind of head covering? I read online that traditionally Catholic women should wear one........

 

[InTheCloud]

Here none, but is was a custom until the 60s in all churches.

 

[Davidnic]

It is optional. My wife wears one sometimes.

 

[AMDG]

I agree, it is optional. In the 60s (and even in the early 70s) women wore head coverings, but now only a few do. A few women--very few--wear mantillas and a few others wear hats. Most, however, don't wear hats, mantillas, or even scarves.

 

[Soha]

If a woman was to wear a covering to church, do you think she would get funny looks? Especially if no other women are wearing one? Would she be looked down upon?

 

[Caritas3]

If a woman was to wear a covering to church, do you think she would get funny looks? Especially if no other women are wearing one? Would she be looked down upon?

No not at all.

 

[Catholic Wife]

The women at my parish don't wear head coverings. I get funny looks when I wear a head covering to Sunday Mass. There's only one other woman at the Mass I attend who covers, and she gets funny looks, too. The thing is, we don't get the funny looks at weekday Mass, though.

Oh, well.

 

[Assisi]

Some of the ladies in my parish wear head coverings and they don't get funny looks at all.

 

[Peaceful Dove]

I happen to like caps and newsboy caps.
Once in awhile if I am in the mood I wear a cute one but strictly for wardrobe purposes. Not for any thought beyond that.

I was happy to see the rule put to sleep.
I remember women being so extreme on the old rule that they would pin almost anything on top of their heads, even Kleenex stained with lipstick, old soiled wrikled hankies or even a piece of paper.

 

[wiggbuggie]

there is this one girl in my praise and worship group on fridays that wears a head covering but in church none that i see

 

[david01]

If women's headcoverings were just an arcane practice in one particular denomination, then there would be no problem "putting it to rest." However, the fact that it is taught in scripture (I Cor. 11:1-15) and was practiced in all churches of all types until the twentieth century, should make one reconsider it - not as a matter of quaint tradition, but as a matter of spiritual truth.

 

[GlynnWa]

Out of the 500 est. people that attend Mass probably only 4 at the most wear head covering.

 

[Michie]

Do the women at your church wear any kind of head covering? I read online that traditionally Catholic women should wear one........

There are only 2 maybe three women I've seen wear some sort of covering over their heads.

 

[Peaceful Dove]

Now, we live in a rural area.
Shall I count how many guys have never been taught to take a hat/cap off in Church?
Way more men with their heads covered than women.
THAT, I object to.
Of course, I object to a man having his hat on inside, in the presence of a lady and especially in a Restaurant.
Wher did the manners go?


Uh did anyone say this OP was just ladies headcoverings? I forgot to check.

 

[CatholicFlame]

I think that you can were one or not, no problem there.

 

[Fantine]

In this era of business-casual dress, everything has become more informal.

If anyone, male or female, has the appropriate attitude during Mass (i.e. both prayerful and actively participatory) I don't think it matters if their dress is more casual than in previous decades.

I even think it's possible for a very traditional woman, wearing a mantilla and praying quietly to herself during Mass, is following God's will less than the casually dressed woman who responds in voice, spirit, and song to the Mass.

The Mass is public prayer. To borrow a line from a Baptist hymn, it's a time to "Stand Up for Jesus."

It's hard to do that hiding behind a veil...

 

[AMDG]

So we can see that it's not just whether or not a headcovering is worn, but also why the person chose to wear one or not. (It could be a "follow the leader" mentality where since the majority do not, well the person doesn't; or it could be a fashion statement; or it could be because of a Biblical verse; or it could be simply fulfilling a promise that was made :::my reason for wearing a mantilla when possible::: )

 

[Peaceful Dove]

Do Y'All think it is ok for a man to wear a hat in Church?

During our Hearings at work the "judge" hates it when she has to ask a man to remove his hat. A man is never permitted to wear one in our courts.

 

[Michie]

Do Y'All think it is ok for a man to wear a hat in Church?

During our Hearings at work the "judge" hates it when she has to ask a man to remove his hat. A man is never permitted to wear one in our courts.

Male or female. I don't like hats in Church.

They are distracting & block views.

I don't equate a woman with a hat in the same way I see one with a scarf or mantilla.

It just bugs me.

Don't like them in movie theaters either.

 

[Peaceful Dove]

My age must be showing.

I still expect some sort of etiquette. Guess it isn't taught any more.
I wonder if that is the reason my 78 yr old husband and I are forced to stand while young folks sit while in waiting areas.