Perhaps some of you could help me out here. I am Presbyterian, but have NEVER been to a wedding of my own religion. My FI is Catholic and has an uncle (a Deacon in the Catholic church) who would like to co-officiate. I don't have a major problem with this, except I wonder how much longer it will make the service. According to my minister a Presby. ceremony takes a MAX of 20 min. FI's uncle wants to add a bible reading and homily. Any guesses as to how much longer it will make the ceremony--it wouldn't be 'replacing' anything, so it would be additional time. FI hasn't really asked for much, so I don't want to make an issue if it'll only add a small amount of time. If it adds a big bulk onto the ceremony, then I might say something!
MonkeyLuv
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Boop2704
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Re: Religion question (kinda long)
It would probably, depending on the lengt of the reading and homily, which can't be that long, will be an additional 10 minutes!! I can't see it being any longer than that unless his uncle goes off on a tangent with the homily, which I am sure he won't if you tell him you want the ceremony to be a certain length!!
dpli
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It all depends on how long the homily is....the reading you will select, so you can choose one that is on the shorter side, and it will just be a few minutes. If you ask him to keep the homily brief, it shouldn't be too much longer. I am having a full mass and I know some people hate that (especially the non-Catholics) but it is important to us. Catholic ceremonies (without the mass) are usually no longer than 30 minutes, sometimes shorter than that.
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Much Appreciated!
Wonderful, thank you for your feedback, it defitely put my mind at ease!
