Letters

Example needed

Betty Griffin

Contents - Nov 2005 - Buy a copy now Editorial: A remarkable Catholic parish National Press Club: Cardinal George Pell on the dictatorship of relativism - Cardinal George Pell News: The Church Around the World Sister Miriam Duggan: the Church's response to AIDS - Anh Nguyen Synod of Bishops on the Eucharist: areas for remedial action identified - Peter Westmore Thomas More Centre: Fifty years from Shadowlands: Childhood memories of the world of C. S. Lewis - Msgr Peter J. Elliott Call to Holiness: Contemplating the Eucharistic Face of Christ - Christine McCarthy Letters: Myths exploded - Nola Viney Letters: Church Music - Chris Wilson Letters: New Zealand visitor to Brisbane - Leo Leitch Letters: Gnostic gospels and the Da Vinci Code - Fr G.H. Duggan SM Letters: Example needed - Betty Griffin Letters: Basic differences to overcome - Dr Arnold Jago Letters: SSPX response - Timothy Hungerford Letters: Vatican II and Benedict XVI - Jim Howe Books: The Incredible Da Vinci Code, by Frank Mobbs - Michael Gilchrist (reviewer) Books: Philosophy 101 Meets Socrates, by Peter Kreeft - Bill Muehlenberg (reviewer) Books: Stem Cells, by Norman M. Ford and Michael Herbert - Kerrie Allen Books: More good reading from AD Books Reflection: The concrete character of Christianity - John Young

A short time ago, I read this item (advertising a tour of a Jewish museum) in a parish bulletin: "For synagogue tour, please wear modest dress". I thought, how good to stand up for your principles.

Subsequently, I heard a priest criticise the way some women dress at Catholic weddings. He said that "something should be done about it".

Interestingly, it is said that Our Lady told Lucia at Fatima that her Son was very displeased with some women's fashions.

The present lack of good taste promoted in the clothing industry and the fact that women are at risk is a cause of grave concern.

As Catholics, we should set a good example and "do something about it", such as designing and purchasing attractive, smart clothes that enhance women's dignity.

BETTY GRIFFIN
Ashburton, Vic

Reprinted from AD2000 Vol 18 No 10 (November 2005), p. 15