I know that most churches wont marry you the Saturday before Easter, but do they frown upon weddings the weekend before Easter? And do they cover the crucifix and not allow you to decorate the church?? I hope not otherwise I am def. changing the date!!
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Lent is a very busy time, so some churches may not have weddings during that time. Typically there are no decorations allowed. My brother was married during lent and they were not allowed to decorate (at least with nothing too elaborate). The crucifix is covered up on Good Friday. Definitely speak to your priest and find out if they perform weddings during this time.
Julybride08
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I would definetly speak to your preist. Alot of churches don't perform weddings during lent.
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I'm getting married the week after Easter and my priest said we would be hard pressed to find someone to marry us during Easter weekend so I would advise against the weekend before as well. On the plus side if you get married the week after the church will still be decorated from Easter Sunday so you can save some floral decorating dollars that way. Definitely talk to your church b/c they'll know for sure.
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Posted by Julybride08
I would definetly speak to your preist. Alot of churches don't perform weddings during lent.
Ugh, I have already changed the date so many times!! My wedding is sooooo far away and I am already getting stressed out!!
When does lent usually start? How many weeks before Easter? We were thinking about changing the date to March 28. Easter is on April 12 in 2009.
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My sister got married right before Easter. All the church had was some sticks, rocks and sand on the alter. No flowers and it looked bad. SOOOOOO what they did was have the florist make up 2 big baskets of flowers and babybreath and put them next to the alter. SO in all the pics there were the two beautiful floral backets. The pics look gorgous. The church had no objections to the baskets.
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Posted by mishmosh514
Posted by Julybride08
I would definetly speak to your preist. Alot of churches don't perform weddings during lent.
Ugh, I have already changed the date so many times!! My wedding is sooooo far away and I am already getting stressed out!!
When does lent usually start? How many weeks before Easter? We were thinking about changing the date to March 28. Easter is on April 12 in 2009.
Lent starts on Ash Wednesday, 40 days before Easter Sunday. That would be February 25 in 2009.
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Thanks mishmosh for putting up this thread.....i guess we kinda got our answer lol
I just hope if I choose that date that my church will allow some decorations!!
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im getting married the saturday before palm sunday this year....3/31and im a catholic school teacher.....and u can definitely get married during lent....u just cant get married holy thursday, good friday, holy saturday and easter sunday and yes u cant decorate the church during that time....some churches might be more open to the days leading up to holy week but definitely holy week u cant decorate the church....i was fine with it bc it was cheaper florist-wise
eta by the way as far as no decorating it just means no decorating the altar....u can put bows or flowers on the pews
mishmosh328
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Stupid question...when is Holy Saturday??
My mom stopped by the church today and they said we can get married during lent. BUT they wont have their 2009 book ready until September I was planning on booking the church and RH next month!! Ugh, this planning is making me miserable!!
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Stupid question...when is Holy Saturday??
My mom stopped by the church today and they said we can get married during lent. BUT they wont have their 2009 book ready until September I was planning on booking the church and RH next month!! Ugh, this planning is making me miserable!!
holy saturday is the day before easter sunday
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by the way in 2009...easter is april 12th...holy saturday is april 11th soooooo u could get married the saturday before....kinda like us this yr??
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Thanks for all the help, so glad I dont have to change the date AGAIN!
Im so scared to book my RH without knowing if the church is free now. Did any of you have to do this??
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Thanks for all the help, so glad I dont have to change the date AGAIN!
Im so scared to book my RH without knowing if the church is free now. Did any of you have to do this??
I would get a hold of a liturgical calendar somewhere... you could prboably find one on the internet... SOme one posted that Lent starts 50 days before Easter... it's 40 days before Easter. Some very conservative parishes will not let you marry during Lent (Before Vatican II, you were not allowed to marry during Lent at ALL) NO Catholic Church will marry you during Holy Week: Those days would include Passion Sunday (palm Sunday), Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday.
Also, the liturgical calendar changes very year, so the Easter and Lent dates vary every year by as much as a month or more.
If you do get married during Lent, you will probably not be able to decorate the church. When I met with the priest to set my date, he specifically checked to see if it would fall during Lent, because if it did, NO flowers. I am getting married on Feb. 17th. the last weekend before Lent this year.
