tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943060470929085549.post1891470125400644474..comments2024-02-22T22:40:09.294-05:00Comments on Life of a Catholic Librarian: Thought-provoking Post of the Week: Catholic ModestyTiffanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05772700828819881141noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943060470929085549.post-23659293207789839382010-01-30T23:41:46.588-05:002010-01-30T23:41:46.588-05:00Hi Tiffany-
I love the maternity dresses. Today I...Hi Tiffany-<br />I love the maternity dresses. Today I finally restarted my "learn to sew" project. I figure it would just take way too long to knit a maternity dress, although it would be more in my comfort zone. I can't wait to read the latest headcovering installment!Cammie Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07137080807945525006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943060470929085549.post-71738798510827443542010-01-28T16:38:05.987-05:002010-01-28T16:38:05.987-05:00Tiffany:
You're welcome. Often it's assum...Tiffany:<br /><br />You're welcome. Often it's assumed that guys love the immodesty, but that's far from the case, if you search deeply I don't think there's any guy who doesn't want a girl to dress modestly. :)<br /><br />I look forward to your musings on veiling.<br /><br />It's very distracting at Mass when girls wear low cuts (very distracting) (Not that I'm looking intently, I notice people who walk in Church, details, lol)<br /><br />I try to tell my female Confirmation students to be conscious of that when assisting at Mass...so far I've had no issues. (so far)Joe of St. Thérèsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06506671882770822003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943060470929085549.post-74810459290264698132010-01-28T10:21:26.959-05:002010-01-28T10:21:26.959-05:00Thank you to you both for commenting! I enjoyed re...Thank you to you both for commenting! I enjoyed reading.<br /><br />Joe, I love that you left a guy opinion on this! I think that most of the time women do not realize how men view thse issues, especially when it comes to clothing. I agree with you 100% on the pants vs. skirts issue. I'd like to get some more skirts, because I *feel* dressier in them, but especially in the winter, pants are just more practical. So, on the blouse issue, thank you for this insight. I am a huge proponent of those cami things that you can wear underneath. I use them a LOT. In fact, I'm wearing one right now, because the blouse I'm wearing I like, but it would be way too lowcut without another layer underneath it. I'm always especially conscious of this issue at Mass, and I'm also totally against bare shoulders in church. I've always felt this way, even in the summer. I *always* wear a shawl or light sweater over a sleeveless top in church. <br /><br />On the veil issue, I'm really into this now. I will post on this again :)<br /><br />Cam! good to see you, as always :) I knew you would have good insight on the veiling in a regular ole' parish issue. I'm going to be posting on this again, because I think I'm going to take the plunge - stay tuned :) <br /><br />On maternity clothes, I found a really cute dress when I was pregnant on OldNavy.com; they have reasonable prices and frequently have sales. I took a quick peek:<br /><br />http://oldnavy.gap.com/browse/category.do?cid=5866<br /><br />The one I bought from them was actually just below knee length, but you know how maternity clothes are; they're fuller, so it fell on my legs really pretty. The length easily covered my knees completely even when I was sitting down. <br /><br />I did love maternity jeans though, especially the ones with the stretch band on top instead of the full panel. Comfy :)Tiffanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05772700828819881141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943060470929085549.post-85155927392391777762010-01-28T04:10:22.484-05:002010-01-28T04:10:22.484-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943060470929085549.post-76949945211780223422010-01-27T16:05:47.567-05:002010-01-27T16:05:47.567-05:00Hi Tiffany-
I love your blog!
We go to NO Mass ...Hi Tiffany-<br /><br />I love your blog! <br /><br />We go to NO Mass too and my chapel veil definitely stands out. I've worn my snoods a lot more lately though, mostly because it's easier with a toddler and I've always had a hard time keeping the veils in place, even with pins. I always have a couple in my bag though, just in case I forget to bring something else along (and they'll probably be making a reappearance in spring). <br /><br />I go back and forth on the pants and skirt thing. I don't think pants are inherently immodest, it's just so hard for me to find pants that look modest! I have a pair of gauchos that I love, but they aren't very fancy (when my grandma used to see them she's always make a face too!). I don't have very many pregnancy dresses though, so I'm ending up in my maternity jeans more and more! I found my favorite skirt at our city wide garage sale and I've heard lots of mom's suggest thrift stores (we don't have any near us and I never have time when I'm out of town). I did do a month in skirts/dresses experiment and at the end I felt more comfortable in skirts then pants. Once it started to get cold and rainy though... I was back in pants most of the time.Cammie Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07137080807945525006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943060470929085549.post-70929854892506376192010-01-27T14:57:25.551-05:002010-01-27T14:57:25.551-05:00Here are my guy comments...
1. I'm a huge pro...Here are my guy comments...<br /><br />1. I'm a huge proponent of chapel veiling, for what it represents, humility, modesty, etc.<br /><br />2. I must say in the war on modesty, I must say there are bigger fish to fry than skirts v pants. In my opinion both can be done modestly and immodestly. <br /><br />3. A bigger war on modesty for girls is tops. Many cuts are not done modestly and reveal way too much. When my best friend and I went shopping (best friend is female) of the 100's of tops we were looking at ONE was modest. ONE. The women must not buy the immodest things and buy only modest things and this will change.<br /><br />4. The reason that veiling was "removed" from the 83 code was because women were to take veiling on themselves and not feel forced to by the Church :) It can be done for both the OF and the EF :)<br /><br />5. The first couple of times I went to the EF I felt out of place too. It takes time to adjust to the TLM, once I got adjusted I couldn't go back (well, I go to the OF most of the time)<br /><br />Modesty is a difficult thing in a culture of immosdesty, thank you for trying :)<br /><br />Pax vobis<br /><br />JoeJoe of St. Thérèsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06506671882770822003noreply@blogger.com