If men were dressing well for Mass and it included hats, the church or chapel would do well to purchase hat racks or install hooks in their pews. Otherwise, a man could certainly put his hat on the pew next to him, or on the floor out of the way.
If need be, he could leave his hat in the car on the way into Mass, since he'd be taking it off and leaving it off the entire time he was in the church anyway.
What a nice, dignified and respectable (and counter-cultural, these days) "problem" we would have if men in suits didn't have anywhere to store their hats!
I know there are problems with the movie "For Greater Glory", because the script makes the movie into a screed in favor of "religious liberty" rather than defense of the true Faith, but
WOW!
I wish I could walk down a street in America today and see men, women and young people dressed in such mannered and respectable ways.
It used to be that a suit or at least a coat and tie (or even just a SHIRT and tie) were the everyday clothes of even the working man, because no matter what his station in life, he presented himself with dignity.
Of course, there was also a time when television and radio and recording-studio personnel wore ties and LAB COATS while they worked; these days, any knuckle-dragging cretin with a webcam and an Internet connection can parade around in next to nothing as they feed their narcissistic individualism.
If you told the average person today what the Scriptures say about taking the lower, less dignified seat at a banquet until one was invited to a more prominent place, they would look at you like you were insane. Every idiot on earth these days seems to believe that it is their unassailable RIGHT and PRIVILEGE to be as arrogant and selfish as they please.
I'd love to see a photo thread of CathInfo members and their families (where applicable) dressed in their Sunday best for Holy Mass!
Pretty please? :-)