A little coffee-break

Thanks to reader Fintan who sent in this nice snapshot of Cardinal Agagianian and Archbishop Mcquaid enjoying a cup of coffee during the "Patrician Congress" in Ireland in 1961.

Buckled Shoes:

Always acceptable!

We need more prelates in carriages!

And I know this for a fact, cause I got the proof right here:






Dom Antonio Cardinal Mendes Belo, Patriarch of Lisbon from 1907 to 1928, makes it abundantly clear that it's more fun to travel slowly but in style.

Once upon a time...

I found this newspaper-article which I'd like to share with you:


I also recently read on a "Christian"-forum the statements of a couple of people who said that they met their bishops on a number of occasions and always refused to kiss his ring, although other present did do so.

Compare those two old ladies, which walked home rejoicing in the fact that they have a shepherd, to the 'rebels' flaunting their egos on web-pages. We've come a long way from simple and natural obedience to self-flattering doubt or criticism.

Kickin' it

Augustinus Josephus Callier, bishop of Haarlem, Netherlands from 1903 to 1928, is taking it easy with a couple of dignitaries and a decent smoke.

This...

... should answer a couple of questions you might have about clerical hats.

[From Costume of Prelates of the Catholic Church According to Roman Etiquette, by the Rev. John A. Nainfa]

Rome, late 40ies...

Students leaving the Gregoriana


Franciscans playing volleyball

Sigh...

Hats!

John Cardinal Murphy Farley, archbishop of New York from 1902 to 1918 (center) with a prelate who looks like Diomede Falconio, Apostolic Delegate to the United States from 1902 to 1911 and another cleric.