I know this might be a silly question, but if you invite a Roman Catholic priest to your wedding....not to officiate, but because he's related to you, is he allowed to give a gift to the couple? I'm pretty sure they are not allowed to do such things, because they are not allowed to deal with money. Is this right?
ammie1016
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Correct. At least that is what I was told.
FutureMrsLV
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oh wow I didnt know this!
FutureMrs.T
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Does it matter either way?
WinterBride10
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Hmm...that's strange and a bit unfair. They can accept a gift, (which my church has informed me that I need to 'tip' the priest extra on top of what they are already charging me), but they cannot give????
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good question
cindyandkevin
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He may not be able to give you a monetary gift but he should be able to give you a gift off of your registry. We had a close family friend who was a RC priest and we would always exchange Xmas gifts so it's not like the church is opposed to gifts, just not money as gifts.
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There are different types of priest (sects). Vincentians and Franciscan Friars usually do not deal with money because their mission is to help the poor. Parish priests receive a salary so yes they do deal and have money.
A priest is allowed to give gifts. I have a few great-uncles that are priests and have given priests to us depending on the occasion.
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Yes, priests are allowed to give gifts, either monetary or otherwise. We had 5 priests attend our wedding and each of them gave us a gift.
Unless a priest is from an order that has taken a vow of poverty, they are allowed to have money.
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I think it depends on the order and whether they take a vow of poverty or not.
the priest that is marrying me is a close personal/family friend and we exchange Christmas and birthday gifts and when we go out to eat we've both taken turns paying the bill.
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Ours did....he didn't even marry us yet, but gave us a gift....we're still a little iffy on whether we should cash the check or donate it
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This is great. Thank you to everybody who posted.
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No Way I didn't know that. We are inviting our priest b/c we know him personally. No Gift! Not to be all messed up but not only are we inviting him we were going to donate to his church.
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Posted by carlsbride
Yes, priests are allowed to give gifts, either monetary or otherwise. We had 5 priests attend our wedding and each of them gave us a gift.
Unless a priest is from an order that has taken a vow of poverty, they are allowed to have money.
That's right. I had several priests come to my wedding and they each gave us a generous check.
gracejilly
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Sorry, I have to ask
Why do you want to know this?
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gracejilly
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something voluntarily transferred by one person to another without compensation
above is the definition of a gift
wow, I am really of ashamed some of the postings on this thread
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Posted by SoonToBeMrsBrady
I know this might be a silly question, but if you invite a Roman Catholic priest to your wedding....not to officiate, but because he's related to you, is he allowed to give a gift to the couple? I'm pretty sure they are not allowed to do such things, because they are not allowed to deal with money. Is this right?
This is completely FALSE!!!! Of course he is allowed to give a gift to the couple! Yes, priests do take vows, but not ALL take the vow of poverty. that is only in certain orders. and most priests do have some sort of income. Diocesan priests make a small salary, and priests in orders are taken care of by their order for life expenses. Priests are humans too with cars and other needed items. I would think you would receive a gift from the priest... it might not be huge monetarily, or it may be a religious gift, but i would think you would receive something. I wouldn't be surprised if you didn't receive anything, but it's not like it's not allowed or anything.
I had a good family friend that was a priest and he always remembered my siblings and I with with a few dollars for things when we were kids. The priest that married my DH and I did not give us a gift, but his gift was his presence. In fact, we gave him a big gift!
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I have to say some of you people are unbelievable.
I am guessing many of you are Catholic, but certainly not very Christian.
A gift is a gift and should be accepted graciously, but expecting one just shows how shallow some people really are.
A donation to the church, and possibly no gift.........OMG
This has to be one of the saddest, sorriest posts I have read
Have a very pleasant, charitable evening.
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No Way I didn't know that. We are inviting our priest b/c we know him personally. No Gift! Not to be all messed up but not only are we inviting him we were going to donate to his church.
seriously? are you inviting all of your guests and expecting a gift in return?
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Posted by Cpt2007
Posted by jaep129
No Way I didn't know that. We are inviting our priest b/c we know him personally. No Gift! Not to be all messed up but not only are we inviting him we were going to donate to his church.
seriously? are you inviting all of your guests and expecting a gift in return?
