Palmarian Dress Code

Dress Code

Regarding dress code, the Palmarian Church says:

 “1. As We have already required, in order to enter the sacred enclosure of El Palmar de Troya, ‑ as likewise to assist at the Masses and other cults celebrated by our Chaplains throughout Spain and other parts of the world, ‑ and in order as well to take part in prayer groups, or those reunions called Cenacles, it is obligatory:

FOR WOMEN:  Head covered (veil, mantilla, etc.).  The dress at least four inches below the knees; not close fitting; not transparent; the sleeves long; not cut low at the neck. The legs covered with stockings, from 14 years of age, while those who are younger will at least wear socks. Trousers are forbidden.

FOR MEN:  Clothing that is dignified and decent (long sleeves, shirt buttoned at the top, and so forth).

2. Women as well as men have the obligation, wherever they might be, to observe the norms of Christian dress, that distinguish them as authentic Christians.  It is totally forbidden for a woman to wear trousers, since trousers pertain exclusively to men.  Deuteronomy, 22, 5; "A woman shall not be clothed with man's apparel; neither shall a man use woman's apparel. For he that does these things is abominable before God."

3. Our Chaplains must require the strict fulfillment of the norms given above, forbidding the faithful who do not comply from assisting at Mass, or at other cults, or at reunions for prayer.”

Priests are obliged to wear a cassock/soutane, including outside of church. They explain why this should be done:

“it keeps him from entering a place where he ought not to be… Above all it helps the virtue of chastity. Moreover it helps the faithful to recognize who those are, who, although taken from the world, are separated from the world.”

They also urge the faithful to wear the Scapular of Palmar.