Are you supposed to invite the priest

MLAngelo Posted: Jul 21, 2009 11:35 PM

Are you supposed to invite the priest

I just came to the realization with 3 weeks to the wedding that I think your supposed to invite your priest or clergy member to the reception. Does anyone know? I am not Catholic or really religious so I really never thought about it. Now I am worried.

Jess and Jon Posted: Jul 22, 2009 12:21 AM

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Yes, and he sits at one of the parents tables, ie your parents if he is from your parish.

MLAngelo Posted: Jul 22, 2009 12:32 AM

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He isn't from either of our Parishes. I am not Catholic and FH is very Catholic but is from NJ and we had a friend help us connect with him so we could get married there.

FutureMrsC614 Posted: Jul 22, 2009 01:14 AM

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yes you are supposed to invite the priest, and he sits at the family table :O)

MLAngelo Posted: Jul 22, 2009 01:59 AM

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what if you are certain your wedding will not stay priest appropriate?

And who do I sit him with, my non Catholic, non religious family or FH's NJ family?

And how do I send him an invitation when we are now way past the RSVP date on them.

AHHH!!!!

MrsZtoBe Posted: Jul 22, 2009 02:13 AM

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We invited our Reverend...

KerriJohnS Posted: Jul 22, 2009 08:49 AM

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We are sending an invitation to our priest.

mokie74m Posted: Jul 22, 2009 09:05 AM

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Hmmm. Do you send the invite to the church?

JennyAPH Posted: Jul 22, 2009 09:06 AM

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I invited our priest but he is a family friend of FH so he would have come regardless.

he gives me butterflies Posted: Jul 22, 2009 09:07 AM

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i forgot about this. do we send it to the church?

thenewmrsharrington Posted: Jul 22, 2009 09:22 AM

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you are supposed to invite the priest....i think they mostly decline....mine did. i sent the invite to the rectory.

MrsSM09 Posted: Jul 22, 2009 09:38 AM

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I did and he did't show show up ...

glenisland09 Posted: Jul 22, 2009 09:39 AM

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Wow I TOTALLY didn't even think of that.

I guess I would if the priest was from our parish or we actually knew him.

Is it horrible to say I really wouldn't want him to say yes

coldasice217 Posted: Jul 22, 2009 10:38 AM

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I think etiquette says that you should. We're inviting ours, but he is also close with FH's family. I don't think he will be able to attend though because there is a vespers going on at the church that night.

JamDancer Posted: Jul 22, 2009 02:08 PM

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You are supposed to... we have the same situation- my family isn't Catholic and not really religious, FH's family is, but they live upstate so the church we are getting married at isn't either of our parishes.

So, yes, I am sending him an invite but I highly doubt he will come.

I would mail one out ASAP. You at least made the gesture and especially if neither of you really know him I doubt he will come.

jmbc2377 Posted: Jul 22, 2009 03:05 PM

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Yikes, I didn't do this either. It is not our parish. Maybe I should just send one, hmmmm

MrsCM Posted: Jul 22, 2009 05:06 PM

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We aren't inviting ours past cocktail hour. I doubt it will be an issue since he seems to have weddings constantly and might be running to another but it was just preference.

FutureMrsC614 Posted: Jul 23, 2009 12:49 AM

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our priest came to the wedding, and you should have seen him swinging me around the dancefloor!!!! we all had a great time!

IrishBrideASmiling Posted: Jul 23, 2009 07:16 AM

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We did, but then again my priest is very close with my family. He ended up declining though. We invited him to the RD and he came to that. Is he doing your rehearsal? Maybe just invite him to that. Did you in laws ask you to invite him?