Catholic Weddings

Invitation Wording

Is there a specific wording that should be used for the invitations?  Not one person is paying for our wedding (it's split between the groom's parents, bride's parents and the bride and groom) so we really don't want to make it formal and say that Mr. & Mrs. so and so request the honor of your presence...

I was hoping to more to say Together with their families, Bride's name and Groom's name invite you to......

and that's where I get stuck.  We are having a full mass so I'm not sure how to word it all so it fits and makes sense.  I also know that I'm planning a year too early since they don't need to go out until next year but I'm having a friend of mine who is a designer lay them out just to see if it's the style we want and I had no clue what to do about the wording.

TIA!

Re: Invitation Wording

  • HandBananaHandBanana member
    Seventh Anniversary 500 Comments
    edited December 2011
    This what ours was like. We made our names a much larger font.  About a 16 or so.  We also paid entirely for our wedding.  I'm sure other posters can give their own examples or say if I have something wrong.  I got a hilarious call from best man about spelling honor wrong.  This is the spelling you can use for the invite.


    Bride's name
    &
    Groom's name

    along with their parents
    Bride's parents names
    and
    Groom's parents names
    Request the honour of your presence at their marriage on
    Saturday the thirtieth of April Two Thousand and Eleven at
    two thirty in the afternoon

    Church Name
    Church Address
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  • chelseamb11chelseamb11 member
    2500 Comments Third Anniversary 25 Love Its Name Dropper
    edited December 2011
    X and Y request the honour of your presence at the sacrament of their marriage on Saturday the Twenty-Third of June, two Thousand and Twelve.....
    That's how ours is
  • Calypso1977Calypso1977 member
    Knottie Warrior 2500 Comments 25 Love Its First Answer
    edited December 2011
    we did:

    Full Name and Full Name
    request the honour of your presence at their marriage in the sacrament of holy matrimony and the celebration of the nuptial mass

    date, time, place

    if you are having Mass it should be mentioned on the invite.
  • ootmother2ootmother2 member
    Tenth Anniversary 5000 Comments 25 Love Its First Answer
    edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/cultural-wedding-boards_catholic-weddings_invitation-wording-5?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Cultural Wedding BoardsForum:615Discussion:8fb3fe34-911e-4f47-8ad6-6ff1ae1ebd50Post:d5c7bd2b-dcf8-4c6a-86b9-3bb284c7ea61">Re: Invitation Wording</a>:
    [QUOTE]This what ours was like. We made our names a much larger font.  About a 16 or so.  We also paid entirely for our wedding.  I'm sure other posters can give their own examples or say if I have something wrong.  I got a hilarious call from best man about spelling honor wrong.  This is the spelling you can use for the invite. Bride's name & Groom's name along with their parents Bride's parents names and Groom's parents names Request the honour of your presence at their marriage on Saturday the thirtieth of April Two Thousand and Eleven at two thirty in the afternoon Church Name Church Address
    Posted by HandBanana[/QUOTE]

    This is the most traditional form.  You don't have to mention the nuptial mass if you don't choose to.

    You don't need the street address of the church, just the town & state
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