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What time should my cocktail and reception hour start??

I know my wedding is a little more than a year away but we are trying to get an idea of a timeline.

Our ceremony starts at 2pm and it is a full catholic mass which should be over at 3pm.  We are not doing a receiving line since that will take up too much time with 225 guests.  Our reception is over 45 minutes away drive time.

My fiance and I will be getting pictures at my church and then also an outside location on the way to the reception.

So the question is what time should the cocktail hour start and the reception start?  We were thinking 5pm for cocktail hour and then 6pm for the reception.
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