Girls getting married at Catholic churches..

danniegirl Posted: Oct 06, 2007 12:35 PM

Girls getting married at Catholic churches..

I know you give a 'dontation' but how much do you give (tip) the priest? no clue but I would like to give him something

tmarie Posted: Oct 06, 2007 01:29 PM

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50-100? I don't really know.

drpepper318 Posted: Oct 06, 2007 01:33 PM

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$100 is good I think.

donegal419 Posted: Oct 06, 2007 03:30 PM

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you don't tip the priest... the donation goes to the church. him marrying you is part of his duty as a priest... to adminster the sacraments. a thoughtful gift like a gift card or bottle of wine, something along those lines is fine, but not necessary. we gave our priest a gift because he was a friend of ours.

kBr Posted: Oct 06, 2007 04:40 PM

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depends on the church... mine is like $750 or something.

kBr Posted: Oct 06, 2007 04:41 PM

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Posted by o8bride

depends on the church... mine is like $750 or something.

ohhh you said tip the priest.. woops. i dont know about that.. i never heard of tipping the priest, sorry

hwolf812 Posted: Oct 06, 2007 04:53 PM

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Posted by o8bride

Posted by o8bride

depends on the church... mine is like $750 or something.

ohhh you said tip the priest.. woops. i dont know about that.. i never heard of tipping the priest, sorry

i have never heard of tipping the priest either were just paying a donation to the church

danniegirl Posted: Oct 06, 2007 04:59 PM

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ok - was not sure - think my mom wants to give him something - maybe a nice gift would be better

jenafee Posted: Oct 06, 2007 07:06 PM

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Posted by danniegirl

I know you give a 'dontation' but how much do you give (tip) the priest? no clue but I would like to give him something

We gave the priest an add'l $50 to do whatever he wanted with on top of the 'donation'

HTH!

xBrunette Posted: Oct 06, 2007 08:47 PM

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i'm doing a small gift..... i'm not going to tip.. i think my 'donation' is enough...

Colleen214 Posted: Oct 06, 2007 08:55 PM

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yeah we're definitely not tipping him, that would just feel wrong to me. Maybe a card or something. We also invited him to the reception, so I feel that's a good enough gift...in addition to the church donation of almost 500 bucks!

MD835 Posted: Oct 06, 2007 09:14 PM

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my uncle is a priest and he thinks tipping is 'rude' -I would suggest just giving a gift that the folks in the parish office will be able to share and enjoy - like a gift basket or something

B22 Posted: Oct 07, 2007 12:28 AM

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our donation was 700 (500 for the church, 200 for the organist...) we still had to pay for the organist even if we brought our own musicians..

we didn't tip our priest..