• A question of gender

    It seems to me that one rarely sees a priest who happens to be a woman happen to wear a maniple.

    Actually, one doesn’t see many people wear the maniple these days, for reasons that I’ve never quite understood.

    Why, when one does see such a thing, does it seem invariably to be sported on the left forearm of a priest who happens to be a man?

    Your thoughts please.

9 responses to “Jane Russell RIP”

  1. fr dougal Avatar
    fr dougal

    She had politics?

  2. Kelvin Holdsworth Avatar

    I believe she described herself as “a teetotal, mean-spirited, right-wing, narrow-minded, conservative Christian bigot.”

    Any more questions, John?

    (Apart from where one might find flesh coloured swimming trunks?)

  3. fr dougal Avatar
    fr dougal

    Well, at least she was honest – and by now she knows she was wrong!

  4. Rosemary Hannah Avatar
    Rosemary Hannah

    Not just the flesh colour but the little dark band on them which is – quite distracting.

  5. kelvin Avatar

    I wondered whether the little dark band was sewn on in order to show, for the avoidance of doubt, that they were in fact wearing something.

  6. Rosemary Hannah Avatar
    Rosemary Hannah

    I think we have to admit the little band does rather more than draw attention to their being to some degree dressed.

  7. kelvin Avatar

    I think its a curious visual paradox. It makes them appear dressed on the one hand and quite undressed on the other.

  8. RevRuth Avatar

    Oh I see!This wasn’t really about Jane Rusell at all…

  9. Kelvin Avatar

    Pay attention, Mother. Pay attention.

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