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Emma Watson on Modesty: What Happened?
05 Aug 2011

Emma Watson on Modesty: What Happened?

By Colleen Hammond, in Dressing with Dignity, Modesty | 16 Responses 16 Comments

So … um … Emma, what happened? What changed? Why didn’t you stick to what you believed so passionately a couple years ago? Have you seen any of Emma’s recent photos from the red carpet or modeling shoots? Let’s just say the world isn’t “wondering” anymore. My guess is that Emma may have changed her opinion about being sexy to conform to what the rest of Hollywood says.

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Posted in Dressing with Dignity, Modesty | Tagged dignity, dressing, emma, harry, Hollywood, Modesty, potter, watson | 16 Responses

25 May 2011

Sermon on Modesty from Fr Dominic Mary at EWTN

By Colleen Hammond, in Sermon | 11 Responses 11 Comments

Having issues with your children on what to wear to Mass?

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Posted in Sermon | Tagged dignity, dressing, ewtn, mass, Modesty, purity, sienna | 11 Responses

28 Jul 2010

Vatican CITY Bans Scantily Clad Tourists

By Colleen Hammond, in Catholic Church, Dressing with Dignity, Immodest, Vatican | 7 Responses 7 Comments

It used to be just St. Peter’s, but now the dress code has expanded to the entire city.

Our artist is nearly done with our new Outfit Guidelines sign–inspired by the St. Peter’s sign below. Keep checking back, or subscribe in a reader to find out when it’ll be available.

Full story here and below.

TOURISTS in skimpy summer clothing were being told to cover up before entering Vatican City today.

The ban had previously applied only to St Peter’s Basilica but guards manning the official entry point into the tiny, walled state begun pulling visitors aside overnight for … Read the rest

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Posted in Catholic Church, Dressing with Dignity, Immodest, Vatican | Tagged city, code, colleen, dignity, dress, dressing, Fashion, femininity, guidelines, hammond, Immodest, Latin Mass, Masculinity, outfit, Sign, Skirts, tourists, Vatican | 7 Responses

23 Jul 2010

Why Keeping BUSY is Important for your Soul

By Colleen Hammond, in Catholic Church, Devotions, Meditations, Novena | 2 Responses 2 Comments

Meditation for the Morning

Let us adore Jesus Christ employing for the glory of His Father and the salvation of men all the time which He passed upon earth not a moment given to pleasure, to personal satisfaction (Rom. 15:3). He did everything from the desire to please God His Father. (John 8:29) Let us thank Him for this great example, and render to Him all our homage.

FIRST POINT

The Obligation to Employ Time Properly is a Divine Precept

Even if we were the children of an innocent Adam, a divine precept would oblige us to utilize time … Read the rest

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Posted in Catholic Church, Devotions, Meditations, Novena | Tagged 1865, abuse, adam, all, curiosity, days, dignity, eat, exercise, fatigue, gift, gifts, God, hamon, idle, idleness, inaction, labor, laboring, lazy, Meditations, person, Revn, salvation, shame, sloth, Soul, time, vigor, virtue, work, year | 2 Responses

20 Jul 2010

Business World: Fashion and Style vs. Modesty

By Colleen Hammond, in Catholic Church, Dressing with Dignity, Family Life, Fashion, Feminism, Immodest, Interview, Modesty, Parenting, Skirts | 14 Responses 14 Comments

Wow, I was quoted in Business World!!! Thanks to GS for sending me this link!

Capital View — By Mercedes B. Suleik

Fashion and Style vs. Modesty

To be fashionable, does one have to be immodest? Does being attractive mean that a woman should arouse the prurient attention of man? Do fathers and mothers want their daughters to be objects of lust? Their sons to be salivating brutes?

These days, it would seem, there is an overwhelming tendency to flaunt and exhibit a woman’s body…and yes, for that matter a man’s as well. We see this in magazines, print advertisements, … Read the rest

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Posted in Catholic Church, Dressing with Dignity, Family Life, Fashion, Feminism, Immodest, Interview, Modesty, Parenting, Skirts | Tagged appropriate, attractive, Body, brutes, business, clothing, colleen, dignity, dressing, Europe, Fashion, Feminism, flaunt, frumpy, hammond, Immodest, Interview, ladies, lure, lust, madrihon, mass, media, modest, Modesty, nuns, pure, Skirts, style, Valora, victorian, woman, world | 14 Responses

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Colleen is a Catholic speaker, an award-winning writer, radio and television talk show host, educator, comedienne, and mother—all rolled into one! Acclaimed for her versatility, she delivers an enduring message filled with down-to-earth wisdom, inspiration, and humor. Colleen brings a fresh and creative approach to living joyfully, and has helped thousands of people every year to make positive and virtuous changes in their lives.

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