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Sunday Best? Church Leaders Blush at “Casual Catholic” Dress
“…with attendance at record lows, their peers are reluctant to alienate potential congregants with dress code warnings.
Rev. Beck sums it up this way: “Casual comfort is not a bad thing – I don’t think the liturgy has to be overly formalized, but there is a line between comfortable and inappropriate.”
Perhaps Rev. Pilcher makes the most economic argument. Dress nicely, he says, “we are putting on these clothes to see our King.”
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Our dioceses need to institute dress codes for our churches, and not just for Masses. No one’s saying formal/business attire should be a must, just don’t wear t-shirts, shorts, drag, etc. on church grounds.
Good grief! What does it take to get this message across to people? Truly many are both BLIND, deaf and … dumb. I surely was before I became a Christian. Although I must say that my grandmother had raised me well with regard to the “rules” about how to dress at her church. I have never felt right wearing overly casual clothes to Mass.
If atttendance at Mass is at record lows, proof that the best way is to make things more conservative, not less, is the fact that modern-thinking parishes have to all but fight to stay open, while the more orthodox parishes are FLOURISHING. Simply put, institute a dress code in our parishes, and attendance will grow leaps and bounds!