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Originally Posted by matthewb0051
We attend a Catholic church mainly because my FIL goes there and my MIL died about 18 months ago. He is 88 and we don't want him to go alone. We would otherwise go to a different Catholic church if it were not for him (this one is just an auditorium with an alter on the side and looks nothing like a church, Catholic or otherwise). Background over.
So today we were in attendance and the adults that are taking classes (RCIA) to be baptized (having not been raised Catholic or didn't get it done when a kid) were being presented for admission or whatever it is called.
They walk in with the priest and then take their seats. One of the RCIA candidates was a young man about 25ish. Idiot walks in with a baseball cap on and halfway dressed like a cowboy. After Mass started it looked like an old man told him to fix himself and the hat disappeared for a bit. But it soon reappeared on his EFFEN head and was there during the Gospel reading and homily (sermon for you Prots).
Then when the entire RCIA group is called up to the alter for acknowledgement he walks there wearing his hat. Not one person from the RCIA leadership, nor his sponsor, said anything to him. Finally, a female usher comes all the way from the back of church and tells him to fix himself. He had a look like he didn't want to do it but finally did so, which was only moments before he was to walk up to the alter and sign some book.
I honestly don't get what is wrong with people. As for the kid; A. He is in a building, B. It is a church even if it doesn't look like one, and C. Cowboys don't wear hats indoors.
As for the RCIA leaders: they placed him in line to walk into church, then sat all around him, then were involved in the ceremony (one actually standing near him to tell people where to stand).
Did I miss a decorum or gentlemen memo that says it is ok for men to wear hats indoors, especially a church? I get it that times have changed but I seriously doubt that much.
Before anyone asks, I was land locked in my pew and couldn't get out and it was on the other side of the church. Otherwise I would have done it myself. Confrontation doesn't bother me.
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wow, imagine a life so perfect that someone else wearing a hat is the worst thing you can complain about.
literally, no one cares. no one should.