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no no, you have a right to be happy and share the good news! this is very exciting!

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omg i just checked out the pics!! It is so beautiful!
You are going to have amazing pics!!!
yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!!

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Congratulations, that is a big thing you got done!!!

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Yeah! That is a beautiful church!

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Posted by STBMrsDaniRella

aww, don't be sorry-- that is a very big deal and really excitiing-- even tho my priest was mean to me i was still really excited!!

congrats--- now you could order invites whenever you want b/c you have a set time

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Your priest was mean to you!!! what did you say to him !!!

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well, this is the priest that is new to my church. the two priests that i grew up with and loved were transferred to other locations. first, he told me that i was 'wrong' for getting married on a sunday. so i told him that i wanted a sunday b/c i can't afford a saturday and was worried if i got married on a friday that not that many people would be able to come to the church b/c of work. and since that is the most important part to me (that people are there for our nuptial mass) we wanted a sunday. then, he said that he didn't understand why we couldn't just get the extra money together for a saturday LOL talk about no concept-- NONE. so, i explained that my parents had been parishioners there since i was a baby-- that we helped raise money to build the church to begin with (we were in a rented room before that point). then i became so deflated and let down b/c he was giving us an attitude about our wedding. he said he didn't feel like doing another mass after having to give two masses that morning. so i said that we had a family friend who was a priest (at another parish) who offered to come into do it so he didn't have to and he didn't even seem happy with that-- he was just like OK good b/c i wouldn't do the mass on a Sunday no matter what!!!!. he didn't even say that he was happy we were having a mass over a regular ceremony which you think, him being a priest, would be encouraging that. so then he tells us 'better make sure there aren't any christenings that day' so i was just like we booked 2 years in advance-- the babies that will be christened aren't even BORN yet-- they aren't even fertilized-- who says that?!! i was like ok, and then he goes 'by the way, here's a list of rules' and it was so mean the way it was written 'no rose petals, no pics AT ALL after the ceremony is over of me and FH in the church' we have to and i quote 'vacate the premises immediately' and THEN he said that my photog could not come within 35 FEET of the altar-- he would be in the parking lot!!!! the church is not that big!... and he said 'good luck getting altar attendants, bc we can't provide them' and he told us our fee which was around 700-800 dollars which i asked was that the standard and he said yes so i questioned why we were being charged the standard if he was not going to marry us, i'm getting someone else (who i have to pay seperately) to come in b/c he said he refused to do a mass on sunday, and we aren't getting any attendants-- infact, he told us the church would be completely empty-- so why are we paying as much as people who have the priest, 2 altar boys, etc etc?? and he said that was the fee and he was not changing it b/c we are CHOOSING to be difficult and get married on a sunday.

he is the meanest man ever and made me cry... when we left, i was so upset-- and i looked over at the courtyard of my church where i was christened, made my communion and confirmation-- and where FH proposed!!! and that's when i started to cry. i just can't believe it, my two good priests from when i was little would be so upset if they knew. thank god for our family friend who is a priest b/c deacons can't give masses-- he will marry us and he is so nice and told us it's ok with him if we break every rule!!

ok VENT OVER, sorry ladies-- but as a big catholic who really supports my church-- this incident really hurt, it was below the belt. and i don't think i'll ever forget it or get over it