Please Review Invitation Wording

msisk08

So I’m stressing myself out over a few dozen words and would greatly appreciate feedback.  We will be having a Mass and my parents are paying for 90% of the wedding. Have I properly indicated that we are having a Mass? Is the capitalization correct? I should mention that the names/locations have been changed and that there will be delay between the ceremony and reception. So I’m not sure if I should put the reception on the actual invitation or include an attachment. I appreciate any help. Thanks! 


Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Smith
request the honour of your presence
at the Nuptial Mass uniting their daughter 

Meghan Anne Smith 
And 
Gregory Lawrence Wilson 

son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Wilson 

Saturday, the thirsty-first of March
at two o’clock in the afternoon 

Sacred Heart of Jesus
600 South Jackson Street
York, Pennsylvania

stardreamer1223

Needs to be "thirty-first" not "thirsty"   Everything looks good. Also, I believe if there's a break between the ceremony and reception or a change of venue then a separate reception card is needed. 

catarntina

The nuptial mass doesn't unite you, and you ought to mention the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony somewhere.

Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Smith request the honor of your presence
at Nuptial Mass at which their daughter

Meghan Ann
and
Mr. Gregory Lawrence Wilson

will be united in the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony.

Or to include his parents...


Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Smith and Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Wilson
request the honor of your presence
at Nuptial Mass at which their children

Meghan Ann
and
Gregory Lawrence

will be united in the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony.

msisk08

I promise it will say "thirty" and not "thirsty".  For whatever reason my mom is really not a fan of us being called children and would prefer that it was on a separate line. Does anyone know the proper way to include the line "son of....." and "Sacrament of Holy Matrimony"?

ElisabethJoanne

You're getting married 1 day before Palm Sunday? Gosh, those antique canon law books raise headaches in modern times.

I think it's

request the honour of your presence
at the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony
and Nuptial Mass
uniting...

professorscience

catholicweddinghelp.com likely has lots of sample invitation wordings.

catarntina

Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Smith request the honor of your presence
at Nuptial Mass at which their daughter

Meghan Anne
and
Gregory Lawrence

son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Wilson

will be united in the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony.

------

Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Smith request the honor of your presence
at the Nuptial Mass
to witness the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony uniting their daughter

Meghan Anne
and
Gregory Lawrence

son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Wilson

Calypso1977

the mass does not unite you in marriage.  the mass is said in your honor.

id do:

Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Smith request the honor of your presence at the marriage of their daughter, Meghan Anne and Gregory Lawrence in the sacrament of holy matrimony and the celebration of the nuptial mass

msisk08

Thanks everyone!

lmeade62

Ours says:

LLM
and
RBM

request the pleasure of your company
in the sacrament of holy matrimony
and the celebration of the nuptial Mass

(Date)
(Time)
Church
Address

For the sake of our environment, RSVP at (our knot website)

Linda

(Edit: we didn't use our parents' names, since he's 53 and I'm 49...<g />)

bibliophile2010

we did

dad & mom last
requests the honor of your presence
at the nuptial mass where his daughter
first middle last
and
fi middle last
son of dad and mom last
will be united
in the sacrament of holy matrimony

It was a smidge wordy, but it contained all the stuff we wanted without going too far off course. Also, I know we didn't do last names by the book, but I feel like our last names are part of our identities; we're not random chattel (and this is coming from a gal who changed her last name and happily had her dad walk her down the aisle).