Do any local Catholic Churches still have most families dressing nice for Mass?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:IME, Catholic mass has always been a more casual affair than other denominations' church services.

because it is required and no one wants to me there IMHE

What isn't a casual affair these days? Theater, school, church, parties, everybody is just barely put together in any venue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do American families dress nice for anything today?

Country club

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do American families dress nice for anything today?

Touché

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People are trashy, even in church. At 8am Mass I've observed men in cargo shorts and flip flops. Women baring cleavage, spaghetti straps, shorts and unkempt hair. This is in a more conservative Catholic church.

God is happy that they cared enough to show up.

I wish the people and kids with deep, disgusting coughs (bronchitis?) would not show up. They also seem to be the worst dressed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Life used to be a much slower pace. For many people, Mass was their Sunday activity. So you got dressed up for it, went out after, etc. For most families, this is no longer a reasonable expectation. Mass is one of the many things happening on a Sunday. The Church is smart enough to welcome anyone with open arms, regardless of what they are wearing. They desperately need young parishioners.

Oh please. People aren’t that busy on Sundays, at least with anything of note. If anything they just go shopping more since everything is open. Stores used to be closed on Sundays.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do American families dress nice for anything today?

Country club

Fascinating that country clubs can enforce a business casual dress code but Catholic mass can’t?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do American families dress nice for anything today?

Country club

Fascinating that country clubs can enforce a business casual dress code but Catholic mass can’t?

I always dressed nicely for Church and made sure my children and dh looked nice, too. Between the casual atmosphere, hypocrisy and my solidifying atheism, I just couldn't do it anymore. The Sunday obligation and threats of damnation aren't enough to keep me going. My family is relieved and we go hiking on Sunday morning instead.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do American families dress nice for anything today?

Country club

Fascinating that country clubs can enforce a business casual dress code but Catholic mass can’t?

Supply and demand.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do American families dress nice for anything today?

Country club

Fascinating that country clubs can enforce a business casual dress code but Catholic mass can’t?

Why do they want to enforce a dress code? They aren't even trying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do American families dress nice for anything today?

Country club

Fascinating that country clubs can enforce a business casual dress code but Catholic mass can’t?

Country clubs can enforce dress codes because they are happy to turn people away. That's not something the Catholic church is going to do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do American families dress nice for anything today?

Country club

Fascinating that country clubs can enforce a business casual dress code but Catholic mass can’t?

Country clubs can enforce dress codes because they are happy to turn people away. That's not something the Catholic church is going to do.

I wasn’t being literal. Families can dress nice to go have a few hours of leisure at a country club—often a couple times a week—but can’t for 55 minutes of Sunday mass?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do American families dress nice for anything today?

Country club

Fascinating that country clubs can enforce a business casual dress code but Catholic mass can’t?

Country clubs can enforce dress codes because they are happy to turn people away. That's not something the Catholic church is going to do.

I wasn’t being literal. Families can dress nice to go have a few hours of leisure at a country club—often a couple times a week—but can’t for 55 minutes of Sunday mass?

Where is there a Catholic country club? Why do you assume it's all the same people?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Life used to be a much slower pace. For many people, Mass was their Sunday activity. So you got dressed up for it, went out after, etc. For most families, this is no longer a reasonable expectation. Mass is one of the many things happening on a Sunday. The Church is smart enough to welcome anyone with open arms, regardless of what they are wearing. They desperately need young parishioners.

Oh please. People aren’t that busy on Sundays, at least with anything of note. If anything they just go shopping more since everything is open. Stores used to be closed on Sundays.

Actually travel soccer has crept into Sunday morning too. The kid stuff is relentless.

[Anonymous]

People are dressed very well at the Basilica of St Mary in Old Town. I usually wear a dress, skirt, or nice pants and my husband wears a jacket and dress pants. Most of the people around us are similarly dressed.

[Anonymous]

OP, sounds like you haven’t made mass a priority over the past few years. No need to pass judgment on those who come every week. We are there doing the best we can. At our church, the focus is on God, not what other people are wearing.