tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post8054351825838413017..comments2024-03-28T09:14:32.869-04:00Comments on southern orders: POPE FRANCIS EMPHASIZES THE OBLIGATION OF PRIESTS TO WEAR ECCLESIASTICAL ATTIRE WITH THE CASSOCK BEING THE FIRST CHOICE! THIS ISN'T GOING TO GO OVER WELL WITH THE DYING ASSOCIATIONS OF DISSIDENT PRIESTS AROUND THE GLOBE!Fr. Allan J. McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-11712122959049347602019-09-30T15:11:39.833-04:002019-09-30T15:11:39.833-04:005 years later good ole Frankie Baby mocks and ridi...5 years later good ole Frankie Baby mocks and ridicules priest who wear the cassockjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11142599285901536771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-47223657071497016802015-12-31T05:59:50.115-05:002015-12-31T05:59:50.115-05:00My brother entered the Franciscans years ago and c...My brother entered the Franciscans years ago and came home to visit for the first time in 1971. He and I stopped by our parish rectory to say hello - he wearing his habit - and we were greeted at the door by a young priest who looked at my brother and blurted out, "You can't wear that on the street!" (In New York city where he was stationed, the friars DID wear their habits on the street.) The next day we attended Mass, and after Mass the pastor, an older man, greeted us on the way out, saying to my brother with all seriousness, "I wouldn't wear that here again, you know, you might frighten people." Seriously? The habit of St. Francis? This wasn't a crazy liberal parish by the way, it was "average" for the time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-27312426437831687982014-08-10T07:34:33.505-04:002014-08-10T07:34:33.505-04:00I always liked his contest: "Finda da Popes i...I always liked his contest: "Finda da Popes ina da pizza."Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06672484450736725268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-80219888874315894032014-08-09T18:36:25.321-04:002014-08-09T18:36:25.321-04:00George,
I used to watch "Saturday Nigh...George,<br /> I used to watch "Saturday Night Live" when I was in high school in the late 1970's. That was the era when the Fr. Guido Sarducci character used to appear. I recall that he did always wear a saturno (with a brim which drooped on each side--probably a cheap costume version rather than an authentic one from Gammarelli's, etc.). Even then, I knew that the saturno was a practical outdoor clerical hat meant to be worn with the cassock. As I recall, the Fr. Sarducci character used to wear his with a black clerics' suit, a rather incongruous combination.Joseph Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00036852763902493131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-63104683929677666602014-08-09T18:31:36.624-04:002014-08-09T18:31:36.624-04:00George,
I used to watch "Saturday Nigh...George,<br /> I used to watch "Saturday Night Live" when I was in high school in the late 1970's. That was the era when the Fr. Guido Sarducci character used to appear. I recall that he did always wear a saturno (with a brim which drooped on each side--probably a cheap costume version rather than an authentic one from Gammarelli's, etc.). Even then, I knew that the saturno was a practical outdoor clerical hat meant to be worn with the cassock. As I recall, the Fr. Sarducci character used to wear his with a black clerics' suit, a rather incongruous combination.Joseph Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00036852763902493131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-23204982413915720862014-08-09T14:30:40.698-04:002014-08-09T14:30:40.698-04:00There is another one similar: "That dude is a...There is another one similar: "That dude is all hat and no cattle." LOL!Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06672484450736725268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-53643696634877063722014-08-08T23:25:25.677-04:002014-08-08T23:25:25.677-04:00One of my father’s favorite expressions was “If yo...One of my father’s favorite expressions was “If you can’t fight, wear a big hat.” I am not quite sure what it was supposed to mean (if anything) but it certainly sounded funny. I think he may have said it most often when watching American Westerns on the T.V. when the bad guy(s), wearing a big black hat of course, rode into town. <br /><br />Perhaps this is just an expression in the U.K.<br /><br />Anonymous 2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-49360581832429658622014-08-08T23:13:53.352-04:002014-08-08T23:13:53.352-04:00Was that a saturno worn by Fr Guido Sarducci (play... <br />Was that a saturno worn by Fr Guido Sarducci (played by Don Novello)?<br />It looked like one. Talking about post Vatican II. I read where he once went to the Vatican as Fr Sarducci and was arrested by the Swiss guards and subsequently charged with "impersonating a priest". The charges were eventually dropped.Georgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-88845943194610500212014-08-08T19:42:24.753-04:002014-08-08T19:42:24.753-04:00Anonymous, no..as usual, you are wrong again. I ne...Anonymous, no..as usual, you are wrong again. I never think about Australian Rangers. I have had enough experience and intensity in my life that I do not need to fantasize about being anything other than who I am. How about you? I also wear a Tilley hat sometimes and I have a number of baseball caps that I never wear backwards or sideways. People like you have trouble believing that anyone can be genuine…is that possibly because you know that you are not and, therefore cannot imagine anyone else to be, either?Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06672484450736725268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-59671428212795232402014-08-08T17:40:32.775-04:002014-08-08T17:40:32.775-04:00Marc....Possibly....likely, subconsciously, althou...Marc....Possibly....likely, subconsciously, although it may depend somewhat upon whether you wear it frontwards or backwards...Sometimes young black guys wear them backwards...It's a hip hop style. Sometimes white guys wear them backwards to keep the sun from their necks...so their necks won't get too red.<br /><br />Baseball caps are a complicated phenomenon. Do you wear yours indoors...while eating in a restaurant?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-68554998851047448992014-08-08T16:12:14.862-04:002014-08-08T16:12:14.862-04:00So when I wore my Detroit Tigers baseball cap earl...So when I wore my Detroit Tigers baseball cap earlier, I was pretending to be a baseball player?Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13510317669833026685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-90372854776425111192014-08-08T15:43:25.643-04:002014-08-08T15:43:25.643-04:00Here's the deal, Gene....I'll speak very s...Here's the deal, Gene....I'll speak very slowly and clearly for you...<br /><br />Dick Cheney wears a cowboy hat. He's fantasizing that he is a cowboy. He is not a cowboy.<br /><br />You wear a kangaroo fur hat. You are fantasizing that you are an Australian ranger. You are not an Australian ranger.<br /><br />Here's your response. "I am not fantasizing anything. It is just a cool hat and I like it."<br /><br />Here's my response. "Pretend all you like...but you look juvenile and clownish...(not cool)"<br /><br />That's all.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-67586245812246113552014-08-08T14:45:54.075-04:002014-08-08T14:45:54.075-04:00JBS,
What sort of hat should a priest wear?
...JBS,<br /> What sort of hat should a priest wear?<br /><br /> With the cassock, the only correct headwear would be a biretta (which would generally be worn around the church with cassock or in procession and when seated with vestments if acting as a sacred minister) OR a black saturno (felt or black straw, depending on the season and climate) if the cassock is worn on the street.<br /><br /> With the black suit and clerical collar a black felt fedora or homburg or simple natural straw panama fedora or a boater with a plain black ribbon band would be suitable. The late Archbishop Fulton Sheen and our own late Msgr. Daniel Bourke were wearers of the black homburg, Fr. Zuhlsdorf wears a black fedora and the summer straw would suggest Bing Crosby's priest character in "Going My Way".<br /><br />As an attorney, I regularly wear a grey felt fedora with black ribbon or a natural straw panama with black ribbon (the felt fedora is a Stetson and, for the panama, see Darcy Clothing Company from the UK). Joseph Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00036852763902493131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-88750278435462185062014-08-08T14:19:58.618-04:002014-08-08T14:19:58.618-04:00"Good luck getting priests to wear cassocks!&..."Good luck getting priests to wear cassocks!"<br /><br />These days, most of the priests I want to frequent for the sacraments are identifiable by their cassocks (at least in church environs), and most of those I don't want to avoid sacramentally are identifiable by informal dress. Perfect system! (For the benefit of those inquiring minds who want to know.)<br /><br />So far be it from me to encourage cassock-wearing by clerically lax priests who might thereby be mis-identified, thereby confusing those among the faithful who want to know who's whom.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-9250526154877953572014-08-08T14:09:37.066-04:002014-08-08T14:09:37.066-04:00Speaking of hats, what sort of hat should a priest...Speaking of hats, what sort of hat should a priest wear? Rood Screenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09816036539243214384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-27899462968908061032014-08-08T13:21:08.342-04:002014-08-08T13:21:08.342-04:00The hat I am wearing is not a cowboy hat. You need...The hat I am wearing is not a cowboy hat. You need to get your hat recognition straight. The hat is functional and durable. Everyone should have one…except maybe a beanie for you…LOL!Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06672484450736725268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-79099450181082069432014-08-08T12:02:07.619-04:002014-08-08T12:02:07.619-04:00Wake up and smell the coffee, Eugene. The hat is ...Wake up and smell the coffee, Eugene. The hat is fine on a genuine Australian ranger. It's the hat ON YOU that is juvenile and clownish. Check Tevye's comment about Dick Cheney. Cowboy hats are for cowboys.<br /><br />Get yourself a ranger hat and be a ranger too....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-45786852346131674842014-08-08T11:25:20.122-04:002014-08-08T11:25:20.122-04:00Maybe it would be a good thing if all good, practi...Maybe it would be a good thing if all good, practicing Catholics who are in the state of grace wore some distinctive garment. Perhaps we could all get a hat like Gene's...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-87766759554847199382014-08-08T10:58:51.967-04:002014-08-08T10:58:51.967-04:00I'm sure we've all seen Dick Cheney in his...I'm sure we've all seen Dick Cheney in his cowboy Stetson. Dignified and virile...Tevyenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-42179449974614632982014-08-08T10:50:35.174-04:002014-08-08T10:50:35.174-04:00Anonymous, re: juvenile and clownish. Tell ya'...Anonymous, re: juvenile and clownish. Tell ya' what, if you ever visit Australia, find one of those rangers in a bar and tell him his hat looks juvenile and clownish…better yet, just knock it off his head. LOL!Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06672484450736725268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-21761383501025366392014-08-08T10:17:32.522-04:002014-08-08T10:17:32.522-04:00I myself have seen in my own parish priests wearin...I myself have seen in my own parish priests wearing cassocks instead of the Black suit. The Black suit to me makes the priest look more like a business man rather than a cleric. I am glad the pope reiterated what JPII said in the early eighties about priests and nuns and brothers wearing their cassocks and habitsKatalinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13022632010831557996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-56958016708171411922014-08-08T10:03:51.764-04:002014-08-08T10:03:51.764-04:00Gen...regarding your hat...rather than dignified a...Gen...regarding your hat...rather than dignified and virile (LOL), the look seems more juvenile and clownish.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-52936567409484962382014-08-08T09:59:30.347-04:002014-08-08T09:59:30.347-04:00"Good luck getting priests to wear cassocks!&..."Good luck getting priests to wear cassocks!"<br /><br />Oh, I don't think it's going to take much "luck". More and more newly ordained priests, especially younger ones seem to like wearing cassocks. As for the rest, biology will do its job.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-22405421253090835512014-08-08T09:40:14.257-04:002014-08-08T09:40:14.257-04:00Gene, I agree with you about hats. Although I don&...Gene, I agree with you about hats. Although I don't wear one, I should because my hair is too short to prevent sunburn on my scalp.<br /><br />I do have a custom-fitted top hat I was given as a joke/HS graduation gift, but it's really just a novelty item.<br /><br />I guess if you're a Texan wearing hats wouldn't be out of the ordinary, but I'm not a Texan (yet).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00554830859411216515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-37157074904137563672014-08-08T09:37:42.306-04:002014-08-08T09:37:42.306-04:00Well, I can honestly say that I don't even own...Well, I can honestly say that I don't even own any lay attire. I do not, however, wear a cassock "in the streets", in keeping with the long-standing custom of these United States. Granted, that custom was abrogated in 1998. Rood Screenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09816036539243214384noreply@blogger.com