Author Topic: Veiling For Catholic Ladies (Read 1113 times)

Cantarella · « **on:** October 13, 2013, 07:58:12 PM »

by Roseanne T. Sullivan

It’s a trend that is sweeping America. While the 1983 Code of Canon Law may have revoked the regulation that required women to cover their heads in church, the times they are a changin’ again. Of late, more and more Catholic women of all ages are choosing to wear veils — and not just at weddings, or at traditional Latin Masses.

The growing veiling trend is reflected in an ever-expanding market for veils — especially online. From spectacular veils in shimmering fabrics to sweet scarves for little girls, two main sites where you can find veils in attractive colors and styles are Ebay and Etsy. (Hint: Search for “chapel veil” or “mantilla,” and add “vintage” or “homemade” or a specific fabric to the search terms.)

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Frances · « **Reply #1 on:** October 13, 2013, 09:42:41 PM »

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So veils were actually required until 1983? I recall going to Mass in Quebec in 1967, and my mother, sister and I were the only veiled females there. They disappeared back home in New York in 1969 with the novus ordo, and by 1973, I wore a pants suit, by 1976, jeans and sneakers. I never questioned it because I grew up with it. To me, constant change in the direction of fewer "restrictions" was normal. Everything in my world followed the same route except for within my family-life, where the rules remained the same!
Now I wonder about other changes. When, if ever, was communion in the hand permitted? It appeared in 1976, shortly before I left home. What about removing the Communion rail? Substituting wooden vessels for a proper chalice? Removing statues, Stations of the Cross? No more Rosary or devotion to Our Lady?
The purveyors of Vatican II surely stole the Faith from my generation and those to come.

Cantarella · « **Reply #2 on:** October 13, 2013, 09:57:22 PM »

The veil: Its history

Both the men and the women of the Old Covenant covered their heads in the Temple. That only women should cover their heads was preached by the Apostle of the Gentiles: “But every woman praying or prophesying with her head uncovered disgraces her head” (1 Cor. 11:5-6). Thus this custom, rooted in Scripture, became a tradition practiced by Catholic women from the earliest days of the Church.

However, I am unaware of any verse more ridiculed or any Apostle more reviled by the feminists. These loud, strident, and academically proud revolutionaries labeled St. Paul a misogynist because they erroneously claim that he based this tradition on his personal opinion. This is not true. The words of St. Paul actually make it quite clear that it is Our Lord Himself who desires and commands women to cover their heads in church as a visible sign of the order He established. The real reason the feminist scholars relentlessly denigrate the Apostle is because of their own mania to place women on an equal level with men and stimulate masculine ways.

It was not only Scripture and Tradition that prescribed women to cover their heads in church. It was also mandated by Canon Law. In fact, the old Canon 1262.2 stated that women must cover their heads “especially when they approach the holy table.” This Canon was never repudiated in those heady days of change that followed Vatican II. It was simply ignored.

Nothwithstanding the fact that women are mandated to cover their heads by Canon Law, Scripture and Tradition, the post-Vatican II Church capitulated on this point with nary a protest. Influenced by the spirit of adaptation to the modern world, a generalized relaxation of formalities in the sacred rituals and a more casual dress for Mass, many women began to leave off the head covering - even though Church discipline had not changed. But everything else was being changed, simplified, relaxed, thrown out or off – why not the veil?

Finally, the 1983 new Code of Canon Law gave implicit approval to this egalitarian trend simply by ignoring all mention of women’s veils.

http://www.traditioninaction.org/religious/d001rp.htm

Mama ChaCha · « **Reply #3 on:** October 14, 2013, 01:29:59 AM »

I've definitely noticed an uptick in veils at the NO. But it seems to be completely restricted to young women. I don't think there's a woman over 35 who veils at all. Or who bothers to wear all of their clothes to mass.
I find this interesting that the young ones are bringing back a tradition that they've never encountered before. I'm sure people say that they're trying to bring back their grandparent's ways from a sense of nostalgia, but most of these girl's grandmothers didn't veil, their mothers didn't veil either, so I don't think a sense of nostalgia is to blame. I think they see the wisdom of order and those much-maligned gender roles.
Learning to be a catholic wife has improved my life and marriage beyond my wildest dreams. I wish I would have had a better formation as a child, so that marriage wasn't disposable, children weren't considered accessories and modesty would have meant something more than not embarrassing my mother.