Re: > 8. Church Dress Code (Cecil Pinto) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 8 > Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2011 10:53:20 +0530 > From: Cecil Pinto <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Goanet] Church Dress Code
> > http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=VE9JTS8yMDExLzExLzI0I0FyMDEyMDQ%3D > > Publication: The Times Of India Mumbai; Date: Nov 24, 2011; Section: > Times Nation; Page: 12 > > > M?lore churches issue dress code > > Stanley G Pinto TNN > > Mangalore: Some churches in the Mangalore diocese have barred > worshippers from wearing sleeveless dresses, T-shirts with cheeky > messages and short skirts saying it would distract other worshippers. > > Fr Victor Machado, parish priest, Bejai Church, said: ?We expect > the devout who come to church to be dressed decently. It?s a place of > worship and not a party hall or place to display the latest fashion. > We expect worshippers not be distracted by others dressed immodestly.? > > He added: ?We see people take extra care to dress when they attend > a function. Why this disregard when they come to the house of God?? (...) "The church is _not_ the house of God. It is the house of the _people of God_ who have build it to come, be togeter and worship God" - Fr. Gaston Roberge, SJ Cheers, p+3D! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
