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Do you send an invite to the priest for the wedding and rehearsal dinner?

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Do you send out an actual wedding invite to him? Obviously he's going to be there! What about the rehearsal dinner? Do you send out an invite to him? We are having 3 courses to choose from at the rehearsal dinner so I have to give the restaurant everyone's choices a week before the dinner. I don't plan on sending invites for that, just calling or emailing people about it.
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  • akg0053akg0053 member
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    edited December 2011
    We aren't doing a reahearsal dinner at all, but we are doing a brunch the day after the wedding. We are sending our priest an invitation to that. We are also inviting him to the reception, but we aren't mailing him a formal invitation I don't think.
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    edited December 2011
    *Rehearsal. Sorry.
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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] member
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    edited December 2011
    We will probably send him one for the actual wedding ceremony even though I am not sure about that since he is presiding over it and knows he needs to be there. As far as the RD goes, I am leaving that up to FI parent's on how to handle it. He will be at rehearsal, so if they don't send invites, I will just say "come have a bite to eat with us at________name of restaurant."
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  • meltoinemeltoine member
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    edited December 2011
    Yes. Proper etiquette dictates that he get a formal invitation to both.
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  • rlb81rlb81
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    edited December 2011
    We are sending our priest an invitation to the wedding & reception. We aren't doing formal invitations for the rehearsal dinner but he will be invited to that as well.
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  • samurai21samurai21
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    edited December 2011
    We're sending our priest a save the date and invitation, but we'll probably just had deliver them during one of our meetings.
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  • berrytrberrytr
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    edited December 2011
    Absolutely.
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  • kikibirdkikibird
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    edited December 2011
    Yup, sending both the priest who is performing the ceremony, and the one who we did marriage prep with, invitations to both.  We live in NJ and did Pre-Cana here, but are getting married in MA, hence the reason for two priests.  They might decline, but it's up to them to decide.

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  • Calypso1977Calypso1977 member
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    edited December 2011
    our priest received a formal invite to the wedding.  he declined coming to the reception due to the fact that he had to do a baptism right after our ceremony.

    he was verbally invited to the RD and did attend (everyone was verbally invited, formal invites weren't necessary).
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  • e_jakielae_jakiela
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    edited December 2011
    We have a really great relationship with our monsignor... Fi's mom says she could speak to him and invite him, but another couple we know, had a really bad experience when their mom did that... I guess he just likes invitations.. I really like the way he is with us, so, Yes, he is getting the STD and the invite :)
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