Rejected by church for Memorial day wedding

epugy Posted: Aug 11, 2008 01:30 PM

Rejected by church for Memorial day wedding

The perfect time for our wedding is the Monday of Memorial day. My family is in the restaurant business and over half of the wedding invites are traveling. A memorial day weekend would be perfect for this feast, but our RC priest says no to weddings on a holiday. Is that right? Can he do that? Even if I find another priest, I'm afraid he will still say no. Now I might have to go to another church!! ugh

flairforfashion Posted: Aug 11, 2008 01:40 PM

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Not all churches have the same policy- I would imagine anyway. I would check other churches nearby. If they all say no, you could always look into an officiant.

MEMEJOR Posted: Aug 11, 2008 01:41 PM

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Posted by flairforfashion

Not all churches have the same policy- I would imagine anyway. I would check other churches nearby. If they all say no, you could always look into an officiant.

u took that words out of my mouth... i would really check around cause i had a friend get married on memorial day one year

nicopico13 Posted: Aug 11, 2008 01:43 PM

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Oh no! I wonder why he said no. I would call the office and ask if they do weddings that Monday and see if you get a different answer. I feel like that is a very popular weekend for weddings so I don't think you'll get turned down again if you go to a different church.

jonsgirl04 Posted: Aug 11, 2008 01:44 PM

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I was married on the 4th of july. No problems at all. I was married at St. Josephs in Lake ronkonkoma. Definatley dont give up and call around.

LatinaVix Posted: Aug 11, 2008 02:13 PM

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I know the Episcopalian church will not marry THAT particular Sunday (Labor day weekend) because it is a religious holiday for the church. I don't know how the Catholic church or any others work it.

VickiR510 Posted: Aug 11, 2008 02:20 PM

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My sister got married on teh Sunday before Memorial Day & they got married in St. Agnes RC Cathedral. They had a Monsignor marry them &there was no problem there! Im sure you can find aplace.

Mich2585 Posted: Aug 11, 2008 02:26 PM

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we are getting married on the fourth of july ... im not catholic but i am christian and the pastor of my church is going to marry us on the holiday anyway ... i think it really does depend on the person and the church.

its good to see a fellow holiday bride ... people get so mad when they hear a wedding on a holiday but you know what! its great for Out of town guest and it sure does make going away for your anniversary easy!!!

MaggieLuvsJoe Posted: Aug 11, 2008 02:29 PM

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go to another church, my church wouldnt marry us bc they were saving our date for baptisms...and we were booking over a year in advance which meant the kids being baptized werent even conceived yet.....the priest was being a jerk so we just went to another church and they booked us asap.