Ladies and Girls:
- Modest dress or skirt
- Head covering.(Veils available in vestibule)
- No tight fitting, low cut, short, slit, sleeveless or revealing clothing
- No pants or trousers
Men and Boys:
- Dress shirt and tie
- Suit coat, jacket or sweater
- Dress shoes
Forbidden for All:
- Shorts
- Tee-shirts
- Sweat shirts
- Sweat pants
- Athletic shoes
- Jeans
- Clothing with messages, large brand logos, sports logos, etc
Everyone is reminded to observe the traditional standards of modesty as posted in the vestibule:
According to the Apostolic custom and Church law, women and
girls are required to have their heads covered. Out of respect
for Our Lord and for the edification of our neighbour, women
and girls must dress modestly. Slacks, shorts (this includes
'culottes'), sleeveless low-cut and tight-fitting dresses do
not meet the norms of Christian modesty.
Men and boys should not wear jeans, casual clothing or sports
attire but rather a dress shirt and tie. Your cooperation in
this matter is evidence of your love for Our Lord in the Blessed
Sacrament.
Traditionally, Catholics distinguished Sunday from working
days by wearing better clothes, in order to show their veneration
for Almighty God exteriorly as well as interiorly. To this custom
St. Leo the Great gives testimony, saying: "If it is reasonable,
and, to a certain extent a duty, to clothe one's self better
on a feast-day thus by the dress of the body to manifest the
joy of the heart and if we adorn the house of Almighty God with
greater care and richer ornaments, is it not becoming that the
Christian soul, which is a true and living temple of the Holy
Ghost, should be adorned and free from spot or wrinkle when
about to celebrate the mystery of the Redemption?" Behold herein
the reason why we wear better clothes on Sundays; it is done
to honor of Almighty God outwardly, and to indicate at the same
time the beauty with which the soul should be adorned. Do you
wear your best clothes on Sundays and holidays for the honor
of God ? The devil is always busily engaged in the ruin of man;
but it is especially on Sundays that he oversows cockle among
the wheat, because many are asleep; that is, instead of laboring
for the sanctification of their souls, they pursue pleasures,
and expose themselves to dangers and occasions of sin. Sundays
in particular are the days most desecrated by sin and vice,
and on which countless souls lay the foundation of their eternal
ruin. It was not so in the early ages of the Church; the Catholics
of those days employed the Sundays most scrupulously for the
service of Almighty God.