sponsor couple question

kmgrecco

We have our last session with our sponsor couple this weekend.  We've really enjoyed the sessions and getting to know them!  I have a few questions regarding them..

**Should we take them something for our last meeting?  (a small gift, or cookies/brownies, or something?)

**Should they be invited to the wedding?  FI brought up this question after our first meeting, and after realizing how our list keeps growing saying.. "Do we need to add them to the list too?"  I wanted to see what your thoughts were on that.

Thanks!

caitriona87

I think both those gestures would be nice, but neither is necessary. If you are cramped with space on your guest list, then I definitely wouldn't worry about inviting them. They may come to the ceremony anyway. But bringing some kind of token gift to the last meeting would be a great way to show your appreciation to them.

chrissyinatl

We were going to give some kind of token gift to ours, not sure what yet.  And send them a nice thank you note.

We are planning to invite them to the wedding.  I don't expect them to come, but maybe they will?  They won't know anyone else, so we'll see how they respond...

newlyseliski

My husband and I invited our sponsor couple to our wedding.  Oddly enough, we discovered at the reception that they've known my godparents longer than I've been alive!  It's a small world...

It's hard to say what the etiquette is on this one since you are in a sense "thanking" them for being supportive of and witnessing to your vocation by inviting them to the wedding... but they aren't necessarily in the same category as close family and friends that you've known for years if your guest list is limited.  Maybe ask your priest if it's typical of engaged couples in your parish to invite their sponsor couples to the wedding?