a friend of mine recently got engaged. she is looking at RHs and Churches.
She has been told by several churches that they do not do weddings the entire 40 days of lent. is this correct? i believe lent starts this year on Feb 6
kimnsteve
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i can't see how they can do that ...I;m sure girls on here have gotten married during lent in a church
try to post on the 07 board
irishsweetheart
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no that is not correct they just won't hold a wedding during holy week
LauraD419
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I wasn't sure but I asked me mom and she said that she's heard that before. A lot of Catholic churches definitely do this!
FutureMrsRice
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I don't know about all faiths, but I know those that observe Lent don't do weddings during Lent. ie: Catholics, Episcopalians, etc... won't do weddings during Lent.
irishsweetheart
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no that is not correct they just won't hold a wedding during holy week
jgl
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its shocking because 40 days is a long time..
Toucan311
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My church does weddings during Lent, just not baptisms.
jgl
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Posted by irishsweetheart
no that is not correct they just won't hold a wedding during holy week
hmm.. maybe she should try to call again and talk to someone else
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Posted by FutureMrsRice
I don't know about all faiths, but I know those that observe Lent don't do weddings during Lent. ie: Catholics, Episcopalians, etc... won't do weddings during Lent.
Thats NOT true. I WORK for a Catholic Church. We most definitely perform weddings during Lent. During Lent there are certain changes to the wedding liturgy (ie there is no holy water for blessing, the word Alleluja isnt sung) but there is no liturgical reason for a wedding not to be performed. It might just be the decision of the particular pastor at that church but it is NOT a liturgical 'rule' that weddings cannot be performed during Lent. Absolutely not. They can be.
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Posted by Mimacat
Posted by FutureMrsRice
I don't know about all faiths, but I know those that observe Lent don't do weddings during Lent. ie: Catholics, Episcopalians, etc... won't do weddings during Lent.
Thats NOT true. I WORK for a Catholic Church. We most definitely perform weddings during Lent. During Lent there are certain changes to the wedding liturgy (ie there is no holy water for blessing, the word Alleluja isnt sung) but there is no liturgical reason for a wedding not to be performed. It might just be the decision of the particular pastor at that church but it is NOT a liturgical 'rule' that weddings cannot be performed during Lent. Absolutely not. They can be.
thanks for that info heather!
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Yes, in the Greek-Orthodox faith, the 40 days of lent is off-limits, and a period of time before Christmas, too.
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Not sure about Lent, but I know I tried to get married on the Assumption of Mary and my church said they would not marry me then.
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Posted by jgl
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Posted by FutureMrsRice
I don't know about all faiths, but I know those that observe Lent don't do weddings during Lent. ie: Catholics, Episcopalians, etc... won't do weddings during Lent.
Thats NOT true. I WORK for a Catholic Church. We most definitely perform weddings during Lent. During Lent there are certain changes to the wedding liturgy (ie there is no holy water for blessing, the word Alleluja isnt sung) but there is no liturgical reason for a wedding not to be performed. It might just be the decision of the particular pastor at that church but it is NOT a liturgical 'rule' that weddings cannot be performed during Lent. Absolutely not. They can be.
thanks for that info heather!
No Problem :
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I was told there's more restrictions during that time but they still do weddings.
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Not sure about Lent, but I know I tried to get married on the Assumption of Mary and my church said they would not marry me then.
Yeah, you cant get married (or have a funeral!) on a Holy Day of Obligation.
I bet if you had lots of cash tho they'd let it slide
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Not sure about Lent, but I know I tried to get married on the Assumption of Mary and my church said they would not marry me then.
Yeah, you cant get married (or have a funeral!) on a Holy Day of Obligation.
I bet if you had lots of cash tho they'd let it slide
its sad but that is prob true!!! money talks - even in religion
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wow...i have never heard of this..can that be true??? that seems like such a long time to not allow people to get married???
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Posted by Mimacat
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Not sure about Lent, but I know I tried to get married on the Assumption of Mary and my church said they would not marry me then.
Yeah, you cant get married (or have a funeral!) on a Holy Day of Obligation.
I bet if you had lots of cash tho they'd let it slide
Damn, I didn't know throwing cash around would fix it, lol.
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I don't know about all faiths, but I know those that observe Lent don't do weddings during Lent. ie: Catholics, Episcopalians, etc... won't do weddings during Lent.
Thats NOT true. I WORK for a Catholic Church. We most definitely perform weddings during Lent. During Lent there are certain changes to the wedding liturgy (ie there is no holy water for blessing, the word Alleluja isnt sung) but there is no liturgical reason for a wedding not to be performed. It might just be the decision of the particular pastor at that church but it is NOT a liturgical 'rule' that weddings cannot be performed during Lent. Absolutely not. They can be.
I know they can be, but some priests do not like to do it, like heather says above. I know my friend was warned by the priest that he could do a wedding, but it would be a somber ceremony.
