to mass or not to mass (poll)

daisybride Posted: Jul 28, 2003 07:42 AM

to mass or not to mass (poll)

That is the question! FH and I are having this debate. Just wondering what you guys are doing!

babybride Posted: Jul 28, 2003 07:49 AM

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We are having a full mass. It is long, but I think the ceremony is so beautiful. It is a once in a life time moment. Plus, having your friends as readers or helping give out communion make it such a memorable day.

MayDay16 Posted: Jul 28, 2003 07:53 AM

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I second the notion of a Mass. I had one for my May wedding and it brings everyone together and ties the day into something even more special. Not only that but the priest I had was so funny and everyone was laughing the entire Mass.

daisybride Posted: Jul 28, 2003 08:04 AM

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That's what I think, but FH does not want to 'make' everyone 'sit' there for an hour. I think an hour is nothing its our wedding day that we've, I mean I've, been planning for over a year.

aliasPook Posted: Jul 28, 2003 08:13 AM

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We are having a ceremony. I wanted a mass, but the don't have them on Sundays for weddings in my church. Brian wanted a ceremony.

itsbouttime Posted: Jul 28, 2003 08:42 AM

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We are having a ceremony.

xjulietx Posted: Jul 28, 2003 09:08 AM

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We are having a mass. Both of us see this as a sacrament, so it is the right thing. Besides, it so beautiful.

Red30NY Posted: Jul 28, 2003 09:09 AM

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We're having a ceremony.

matt'sprincess Posted: Jul 28, 2003 09:52 AM

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We choose not to have a mass. Many guest on my side are not catholic and it is too long I just want to get to the reception and party!!

Betty Posted: Jul 28, 2003 09:58 AM

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We are just having the ceremony

firegal Posted: Jul 28, 2003 09:59 AM

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We are having the mass. Both of our families are catholic and we thought it was the proper thing to do. My Aunt and Uncle (who have become pseudo grandparents since my real ones passed away) are very religious and active in the Church, so we though it was a nice gesture. Also, FH and I both went to the grammar school connected with our parish so we thought a full mass was more appropriate.

sanmik Posted: Jul 28, 2003 10:00 AM

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We're having a ceremony only.

HappyEverAfter Posted: Jul 28, 2003 10:42 AM

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We are having a mass, both our mothers are very religious and it means a lot to them. I also like the idea of a church mass, the ceremony is so beautiful.

cw0904 Posted: Jul 28, 2003 11:20 AM

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We are doing ceremony only. You can still have readings done if you choose a ceremony. We will have 2. The only big difference between a mass and ceremony is the communion and offering of the gifts. So we chose the shorter route.

regina2 Posted: Jul 28, 2003 11:22 AM

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We are having a ceremony only because the cocktail hour begins at 12:30. We do not have the time for a full blown mass.

Melissa Posted: Jul 28, 2003 11:26 AM

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We didn't have a mass. We just did a ceremony. The mass is really long, and since not everyone at the wedding is Catholic, we only did a ceremony. It only took 30 min. instead of the 1-1.5 hours.

mirla122 Posted: Jul 28, 2003 12:51 PM

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Jenny5150 Posted: Jul 28, 2003 02:12 PM

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Full mass

FH's mom is a former nun and works at their church, so we were torn between Full Mass or Full Mass. If that extra 20 minutes makes her happy, than so be it.

Maribelle7777 Posted: Jul 28, 2003 02:19 PM

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I am having a mass, not just the sacrament of marriage. I think that it's important to have the sacrament as part of the mass. And if my friends and family can't 'sit' through an hour for it, then they don't have to come for any of it. It drives me batty when people skip the mass/ceremony and just go to the reception. I hope none of my friends do that (unless it's an emergency).

dino1109 Posted: Jul 28, 2003 02:26 PM

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This is a dilemma on my part too. A decision has yet to be made. FI, although catholic would rather not even get married in church but i put my foot down. I really would like the mass not just ceremony but as many of you have heard me talk of already: we need to be a our reception place by 12:15 in order to take pics there. and our ceremony starts at 11. so for this reason, I might skip the full mass. I believe jsut the ceremony will be b/w 30- 45 minutes, right- and while the full mass will be a hour- jsut 15 or so minutes more- it might force us to lose our beautiful picture landscape!

So that is my dilemma.....