Monday, August 29, 2011

Barcelona: Shopping for a Chapel Veil

Tricky to preserve Catholic womanhood these days. But the veil does play a part. Thus the Madonna is veiled, our our sisters are veiled, our brides are veiled, and first communicants, etc..

6 comments:

  1. Tricky indeed. And I remember how hard it was to find a chapel veil even in Rome!

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  2. I love my veils. I wish I could find some combs as well. They keep the veils on my head.

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  3. Perhaps a fashion designer can craft
    shoulder veils, too. No?

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  4. Denita, you should not have trouble finding them in Spain, they're called "peinetas" (pronounced "pay net as". There is a special shop in Valencia called "la casa de las ollas de hierro" (the house of the iron cauldrons or dutch ovens) the name is a bit misleading because that was it's first merchandise but now you can find anything that is related to catholic practice. In Madrid there a few shops around the Plaza Mayor where you can find them, as well as in other cities like Seville Malaga etc. but I don't know them.

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  5. We veil that which is sacred, as the Tabernacle was veiled from the sight of the Hebrews, and the face of Moses when he had been face to face with God.

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  6. Well, if you can't make it to certain chic little boutiques in Barcelona, then you can always come to my place.

    www.RosaMysticaMantilla.com

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