Who should we order flowers for

KayD19

We are having a traditional Mass ceramony but our florist asked us who we need flowers for. ie priest,  organist, reader, servers.  I am not sure who it is approperate for?

mbcdefg

The priest will be wearing vestments and won't need flowers (I doubt he would be allowed to wear them even if he wanted to).

Unless the organist is a friend playing as a favor to you (in other words, if it's the regular church organist or another professional that you're hiring for the day), I would not get them flowers.

If you want to get flowers for the readers and Communion bearers, then that's your call.

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Usually you just do your wedding party, parents, any ushers. As far as the church goes, you are required to have altar flowers and you have to leave them after the ceremony as a gift to the church. If you would like to place a single flower at the feet of the Virgin Mary and Joseph, you can, but it is not required.

KRPadilla

I had a traditional Catholic mass.  I gave a bouquet of roses to Mary, left flowers at the church, our bridal party, parents, grandparents all were given flowers.  We gave flowers to singers, pianist, readers, communion servers, friends that presents the communion gifts.  We tried to give flowers to anyone involved in the day, as a thank you.  And, also to anyone that helped us in getting to that day, as a thank you and recognition.

I think, if the money is available, people always appreciate the gesture.

Riss91

By traditional, do you mean the mass in Latin?

I don't think you need flowers for anything. I had my bouquet, my bridesmaids bouquets and a bouquet for Mary. I made all of the boutonnierres for the groomsmen. We didn't do altar arrangements or corsages for anyone. We felt that having the traditional altar was enough decoration and we didn't want to distract from it. It's really your choice!

akg0053

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/cultural-wedding-boards_catholic-weddings_should-order-flowers?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Cultural%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:615Discussion:52896b04-40de-4c74-8bd9-64faf7ced848Post:7cef0401-2493-4ca9-871b-1f8da55801ff">Re: Who should we order flowers for</a>:
[QUOTE]Usually you just do your wedding party, parents, any ushers. As far as the church goes, <strong>you are required to have altar flowers and you have to leave them after the ceremony as a gift to the church.</strong> If you would like to place a single flower at the feet of the Virgin Mary and Joseph, you can, but it is not required.
Posted by MissySue20[/QUOTE]

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</div><div>We aren't required to leave any flowers. This depends on the parish I think more than anything.</div>

rlb81

Altar arrangements are not required in my church, and we are not doing them. I will have flowers for readers, godparents (Communion bearers), the bridal party and flowers for Mary.

fcla16

we're doing wedding party, parents, grandparents, readers, and ushers.  I have no idea who my communion bearers are going to be yet, so they might just be random parishioners or just the priest and a deacon.  Also, I want to do flowers to Mary, but I'm on the fence about decorating the altar.  We'll see what our priest says on that.

Calypso1977

altar flowers werent required for my church either.  its always nice to offer to provide them for that weekend's masses, although wehn we did this, the priest told us it wasnt necessary.

dibsontop

Altar flowers are not required for my church either, however we are doing them.

Also, the florist told me that some churches will not allow you to take them with you after the ceremony, however I checked with my church and they said that's no problem.

Otherwise we are just doing flowers for the WP and parent, plus a single rose for Mary.