Noticing the attractiveness of modesty among FUS women

the University Concourse
Volume IV, Issue 6
April 12, 1999
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Noticing the attractiveness of modesty among FUS women

I want to thank both Regina Schmiedicke and Katie van Schaijik for giving us their thought-provoking perspectives on modesty. Thanks to their discussion, the issue has been on my mind, and at the Easter Vigil Mass on campus this year I couldn't help but be struck by the appearance of the young women attending. Virtually all the ones I saw were dressed with unquestionable modesty--most with ankle-length skirts or dresses, without garish make-up or jewelry. Their outfits were form-flattering, not revealing or attention-grabbing. They radiated femininity and beauty. I had to agree whole-heartedly when someone commented that, dressed that way, they were even more beautiful than when they were decked out for a formal dance.

How God must have looked down lovingly on His daughters that day as they celebrated the resurrection of the Bridegroom!

Justine Schmiesing, Class of '94

Related Articles:
• Modesty and beauty - the lost connection, Regina Schmiedicke (IV,4)
• A different perspective on the modesty question, Kathleen van Schaijik (IV,5)
• Another thought on modesty, John F. Crosby (IV,6)
• Noticing the attractiveness of modesty among FUS women, Justine Schmiesing (IV,6)

By the same author:
• The Catholic Church and the Little Green Man, (II,5)
• The ivory tower of campus life, (II,6)
• They're ba-a-ack, (III,6)
• Noticing the attractiveness of modesty among FUS women, (IV,6)
• Literary works not severed from their human source, (V,3)