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<\/a>\u2026that is the question. I\u2019m thinking of starting to wear my cassock every day. Up til now I have worn \u2018ordinary\u2019 clerical dress every day except Friday (when we have our school mass) and Sunday.<\/p>\n
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What do readers think? Do you prefer to see your priest in cassock or black trousers and clerical shirt and jacket? Why one or the other?<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"To Cassock or Not to Cassock...<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"...that is the question. I'm thinking of starting to wear my cassock every day. Up til now I have worn 'ordinary' clerical dress every day except Friday\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/standingonmyhead\/2008\/08\/to-cassock-or-not-to-cassock-2.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"To Cassock or Not to Cassock...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"...that is the question. 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