#12634 How Should We Approach Modesty? Culture, Dress, and Respect - Catherine Rose
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🗓️ 18 March 2026
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
“How should we approach modesty?” This question opens a discussion on the cultural sensitivities surrounding dress and respect. The conversation also touches on how the Church can promote proper attire at Mass and the responsibilities men have regarding custody of the eyes, highlighting the importance of respectful presentation in a faith community.
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Questions Covered:
- 33:33 – How do we consider the different geographic and culture sensitivities to dress when it comes to modesty?
- 40:27 – How can the Church restore a renewed sense of proper and respectful dress at Mass?
- 44:29 – What responsibility do men have when it comes to custody of the eyes?
- 51:45 – At her parish the pastor has instilled a presentable dress code for volunteers during Mass which is setting and example for the congregation.
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| 0:11.5 | Learn more at realestateforlife.org. Welcome back. Catholic Answers live. We're going to talk about modern fashion this hour. Yes, we are. You're like, no, they're not on Catholic. Yes, we are. And so that's why I'm calling this hour a fashion show. Even though I know a fashion show is a different thing. This is a fashion show that we're doing. This hour, Catherine Rose is our guest. She has a beautiful new book of Return to Beauty, Ancient Catholic Wisdom. |
| 0:55.0 | Here it is. |
| 0:56.0 | She's holding it up in modern fashion. |
| 0:59.0 | Catherine Rose, thank you so much for being here with us. |
| 1:01.0 | Congratulations on the book. |
| 1:03.0 | Thanks for having me. |
| 1:04.0 | This is really exciting. |
| 1:06.0 | This is not the, I would say, the cutting edge of Catholic, you know, Instagram, YouTube, social media. |
| 1:17.0 | We don't see a lot of people out there talking about this. |
| 1:19.7 | Why are you talking about it? |
| 1:21.7 | I did not want to. |
| 1:24.6 | Well, that's encouraging. |
| 1:26.4 | Let's be honest, because people, especially women, can get so offended if they feel condemned. |
| 1:33.2 | So I do not want this mission from God. |
| 1:37.8 | The short story is that I was raised Catholic-ish, but I got the sacraments, but no catechetical formation. |
| 1:45.5 | So in high school, I took on cultural norms in terms of how one dresses. |
| 1:50.4 | And I was prom queen, so you can imagine. |
| 1:54.1 | I had a big conversion at Notre Dame to, like, the depths of the Catholic faith. |
| 1:58.1 | It was all new to me, and it was incredible. |
| 2:02.2 | So then I felt a good deal of shame at how I presented my body. Pope John Paul's theology of the body was |
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