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Part time practicing Catholic here. Your quote refers to mass, and in a non touristy area, and non "I carry all my gear on my back" area."SUMMER ATTIRE: We respectfully ask that all parishioners make an effort to dress appropriately for Holy Mass. Shorts, leggings, yoga pants, tank tops, flip flops, etc are NOT appropriate for Holy Mass. Our respect for the Lord and Holy Mass demands that we dress appropriately."
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Recently I saw a discussion in whether it is appropriate to wear shorts for church and most people tended to agree that it is OK. I realise that many pilgrims are not Roman Catholics or practising Roman Catholics and may not be aware of customs and traditions of the church.
I wanted to clarify this issue quoting from the bulletin of my Parrish; St. Jerome in Brampton, Canada.
"SUMMER ATTIRE: We respectfully ask that all parishioners make an effort to dress appropriately for Holy Mass. Shorts, leggings, yoga pants, tank tops, flip flops, etc are NOT appropriate for Holy Mass. Our respect for the Lord and Holy Mass demands that we dress appropriately."
I think that people in Spain and Portugal may be more conservative than we are in Canada and we are visitors in their country. I am sure no one is going to kick anyone out for wearing shorts at church but I think we should try to comply with customs and traditions.
We are not that conservative anymore. You should see what some portuguese wear to church LOLI think that people in Spain and Portugal may be more conservative than we are in Canada and we are visitors in their country. I am sure no one is going to kick anyone out for wearing shorts at church but I think we should try to comply with customs and traditions.
I wish baseball caps were only worn on the baseball field. I think this is the only item of cloathing that repulses me. And when worn with old, baggy jeans, whote socks and whit running shoes...I would hope that baseball-cap wearing pilgrims do try harder to remember that they are to be removed in churches, but maybe that's just me being ancient and querelous.
They do.My intention is not to discourage anyone from attending church. But we more often than not have choices. I am hoping that my post encourages pilgrims to make the right choice of clothing when attending church.
God looks at our hearts, not on what we wear.
My intention is not to discourage anyone from attending church. But we more often than not have choices. I am hoping that my post encourages pilgrims to make the right choice of clothing when attending church.
God looks at our hearts, not on what we wear.
Buen Camino, SY
My intention is not to discourage anyone from attending church. But we more often than not have choices. I am hoping that my post encourages pilgrims to make the right choice of clothing when attending church.
More often than not we don't have choices. We are walking with a set time frame and I am not going to stop and find a place to get out of my shorts or hiking skirt and put on a pair of pants, especially if mass is about to start.My intention is not to discourage anyone from attending church. But we more often than not have choices. I am hoping that my post encourages pilgrims to make the right choice of clothing when attending church.
Exactly. Giving this idea to pilgrims that they "shouldn't" attend mass because they are walking in shorts is just wrong.ALL priests on the Camino I ever spoke to have stated 'I prefer a pilgrim in shorts inside my church than one in long trousers outside of it'. Your home parish has a very different situation than the Camino. Please don't discourage any pilgrim to enter a church because they are wearing shorts whilst on pilgrimage. God looks at our hearts, not on what we wear.
Buen Camino, SY
It is out of respect but what holds more respect for god than our hearts.. if they banned donations by participants in shorts the second coming would come quickerRecently I saw a discussion in whether it is appropriate to wear shorts for church and most people tended to agree that it is OK. I realise that many pilgrims are not Roman Catholics or practising Roman Catholics and may not be aware of customs and traditions of the church.
I wanted to clarify this issue quoting from the bulletin of my Parrish; St. Jerome in Brampton, Canada.
"SUMMER ATTIRE: We respectfully ask that all parishioners make an effort to dress appropriately for Holy Mass. Shorts, leggings, yoga pants, tank tops, flip flops, etc are NOT appropriate for Holy Mass. Our respect for the Lord and Holy Mass demands that we dress appropriately."
I think that people in Spain and Portugal may be more conservative than we are in Canada and we are visitors in their country. I am sure no one is going to kick anyone out for wearing shorts at church but I think we should try to comply with customs and traditions.
Amen usually 4 ounces... on my knees to the naysayers..I was brought up with the idea of wearing one's Sunday Best to church - and when I am on pilgrimage, that is the pilgrim clothes I am wearing every day.
Please leave your own prejudices at home and stop acting like we sill live in the 1800s or belong to some religion where women have to cover their hair or their legs.
One religion pork ours has become shorts.. god blessOoopsy, it sounds like I touched some raw nerve.
I am sorry if the guidelines from my pastor offend you; still I am sure you will dress according to what your conscience dictates and that is between you and your God. For my part I will try to continue following the guidelines from my priest. By the way, the guidelines are not from the 1800s but from this month and most people at our church comply with them. And yes, we are modern Roman Catholics.
Nope , no raw nerve touched. I just don't give a hoot what your pastor orders you to do. just don't bring it into this forum.Ooopsy, it sounds like I touched some raw nerve.
I am sorry if the guidelines from my pastor offend you; still I am sure you will dress according to what your conscience dictates and that is between you and your God. For my part I will try to continue following the guidelines from my priest. By the way, the guidelines are not from the 1800s but from this month and most people at our church comply with them. And yes, we are modern Roman Catholics.
When people ask on this forum whether it's ok to visit a church in Spain or attend mass in Spain in shorts and/or their pilgrim garb, and/or with uncovered hair or shoulders if female they simply want to know whether they will comply with current local customs, with the current local dress code. Whether their outer appearance will make the local congregation or the local priest uncomfortable or not. The very fact of asking such a question shows already that they are sensitive to this issue.still I am sure you will dress according to what your conscience dictates and that is between you and your God.
also want to add that Spain was the second country in the world to allow same sex marriages, so it is hardly a "catholic" country these days. Even Germany is only just catching up!
Before the thread gallops off into that direction: I am certain the poster mentioned the example of the legal status of same sex marriage in two European countries (Spain and Germany) simply to indicate to which extent religious belief / belonging to a faith of a part of the population shapes civil society as a whole and and to which extent they can (no longer) impose their rules / beliefs / convictions on everybody's lives. Not easy to keep apart, I know.now that's really over the line as to what degree of religious discussions are possible
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