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May 25, 2021 · Today all one hears in the grocery store, on the radio, in the random ads while browsing online, and in our CHURCHES, is “wear a mask.” They say, “ wearing a mask is an act of charity. ” “ an act of love and justice ” , “ an act of kindness ” (12) ! But speaking about proper attire for the Holy
Jul 30, 2020 · In the guidelines, it is written that the congregation is to wear masks. Several of our parishioners have let us know that they cannot wear masks because of their health; one woman has asthma attacks and cannot breathe with a mask on, another gets severely claustrophobic and cannot wear one for an extended period of time, such as the length of ...
- To Mask Or Not to Mask
- A New Culture War at Mass?
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“Last week there were no masked parishioners in church save for the clergy distributing Communion,” Theresa Maccarone of Rochester, N.Y., said, responding to Americaon Twitter. “I’ve decided to view Sunday Mass from home again since I don’t trust that all unmasked Catholics are fully vaccinated. “I’m hoping our new bishop will allow outdoor liturgi...
Comments about the issue at America’s U.S. Catholic Politics group on Facebook suggest that the decision to mask or not to mask remains unsettled across the country, with some parishes restoring mask guidelines—many never dropped them in the first place—and others forging ahead with liturgies without masks. “My parish dropped the mask mandate,” Liz...
Pastors attempting to keep the peace over a public health issue that has become deeply politicized may want to create as many options as possible. “My parish has both indoor (mask required) and outdoor mass (mask not required),” writes Wayne Mortensen from Oakland, Calif. “I attend outdoor and choose to wear a mask, even though I am fully vaccinate...
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- Don't wear purple clergy shirts unless you are a bishop. See #10 below.
- Unless you're ordained in the UMC, don't wear a stole, and make sure the stole you do wear is the right one for your office (deacon or elder, including bishops).
- The alb is the "preferred" clergy garment (per The UMC Ordinal). This is in part because the alb may be worn by clergy and laity alike. It is a basic baptismal garment.
- We tend not to "do" cassocks for clergy. This is because the cassock was basically a monastic vestment for use in praying the daily office. While we do have a couple of related religious orders (Order of Saint Luke, Order of St Brigid of Kildare), most of our congregations don't have "daily office" services.
May 10, 2018 · Priests on vacation still ordinarily wear the dress proper to the clergy. For Americans, the Third Plenary Council of Baltimore promulgated what the clerical dress was to be for clergy in the USA: "We wish therefore and prescribe, that all observe the law of the Church, and that at home or in the church they shall always wear the cassock, which ...
Feb 1, 2019 · Nay, let them only see us, while. We wear the mask. We smile, but, O great Christ, our cries. To thee from tortured souls arise. We sing, but oh the clay is vile. Beneath our feet, and long the mile; But let the world dream otherwise, We wear the mask. — Paul Laurence Dunbar.
These black garments weren’t just worn in church or on Sundays, they were in fact “street wear” or everyday clothing. By the middle ages in the Roman Church, when functioning in a sacerdotal manner, clergy would put on an alb and chasuble if functioning as the celebrant at the Eucharist, or a white surplice if acting in an assisting role.