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QUAERITUR: the obligation of priests to dress as priests in public
From a reader: In my former parish, the pastor wears his collar only during "business hours" (he gave a class in his jeans) and very rarely off parish grounds. I suggested that wearing his clerics...
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QUAERITUR: seminarians and clerical dress and WDTPRS POLL
From a seminarian: I’m wondering, I seem to remember hearing about a letter or something where Pope Benedict asked seminarians to wear clericals when going to audiences or something… I believe this was...
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More on clerical garb, this time from the Secretary of State
Just recently I answered a question from a reader about clerical dress. This is just in from Andrea Tornielli of Vatican Insider: An internal circular signed by Cardinal Bertone invites all clerics...
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ASK FATHER: Why don’t bishops wear cassocks?
From a reader: I am wondering why most modern bishops just wear a clerical suit? Why do they very rarely wear the cassock with the proper color trim? We almost never see eastern rite or even the...
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NEW EDITION: Directory for the Ministry and the Life of Priests – An Item of...
After some years of waiting, the next, new edition of the Directory for the Ministry and the Life of Priests has been issued by the Congregation of Clergy, which is now under the direction of His...
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ASK FATHER: 5.11 Tactical Clerical Shirts
From a deacon… QUAERITUR: Anyway my main reason for contacting you regards the 5.11 Clericals. I was recently ordained a Transitional Deacon for the Diocese ___. [Congratulations.] I am very...
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More “tactical clerical” attire
You clerics out there might recall that I have been making, or having made, tactical clerical shirts by adapting 5.11 uniform shirts. HERE and, amusingly and most recently, HERE. Fathers, you are...
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