Hi all,
So FI's parents are hosting the rehearsal dinner. They thought we were supposed to reserve the church for the rehearsal, we thought they were supposed to reserve it, and in the confusion somebody booked a wedding for the night before. Right now they say the church is reserved from 4 - 6 pm, but the church secretary said that this could mean they have the church from 2 - 8 pm. We're trying to find out for sure, but they won't tell us when the wedding is supposed to start and they won't contact the bride or allow us to contact her to find out. The priest hasn't responded to any of my phone calls or emails for anything at all in this entire process, so he is no help.
My question is this: if the bride really does have the church booked from like 2-8, could we do an afternoon rehearsal with the dinner later on that evening? Or does the meal have to immediately follow the rehearsal? 2 of my bridesmaids are lawyers, and I can't ask them to take more than 1 day off of work, so doing it the day before doesn't really work for them (they are both out of town). We also do need an actual rehearsal because we are having a full mass and almost none of the wedding party is catholic.
Thanks so much