Inn at St. John's

apfaff1197

Hey fellow brides-to-be! Is anyone having their ceremony at the Inn at St. John's? Or, has anyone been to a wedding at the chapel there? I ran into a woman when I was dress shopping yesterday who mentioned a peculiar fact about the chapel. According to her, her son and his fiance were thinking about getting married there, but were told that they were only allowed to have one attendant standing up next to each of them during the ceremony, and the rest of the bridal party would be seated down away from the altar. I am waiting to hear back from the woman who is in charge of the wedding details at the chapel there regarding this (she is out all weekend of course, lol), but I wanted to see if any of you may have any idea of how true this is, or is not. My fiance has two brothers and he is absolutely adamant about both of them standing up next to him while we exchange our "I Do's" and I can certainly understand that. If you guys have any insight into this, please fill me in! Thanks y'all  

sweet_melissa81

I looked at some wedding pictures of some people who have had their weddings at the inn at st john chapel and at one point the whole wedding party is standing up, but then they are sitting down and only one person from the bridal party is standing up next to them.  I also heard they are very strict in regards to the ceremony and they do not allow any changes. Also, you will be having a full mass, so do you really want them standing up for an hour?

kd1986

I was a bridesmaid in my friend's wedding there in April 2010, and all of us bridesmaids stayed in the pews, we were never standing up front.

Allycat11

We looked into having our ceremony and reception there but the guidelines for the ceremony are so strict.  I don't know if you have read over all of their policies posted online, but I would definitely look into it before making a decision.  The price was also pretty high for the time allowed for a ceremony.  I don't mind putting a lot of money into the reception but I do have an issue spending more than neccessary on a ceremony venue. 

With that being said, I have been to some amazing showers there and it was at the top of my list for a reception.  I ended up booking somewhere else because I was too stressed after all of the ceremony restrictions.  That is one wedding planning decision I wish I could do over.  So, even if you rule them out for a ceremony, don't let it steer you away from having your reception there.

apfaff1197

Thanks for the help everyone! We are only have a scripture service so our bridal party won't be standing for an hour or more...only about 20 minutes so I really want them to be up there with us and like I mentioned, it's very important to my fiance that his 2 brothers are up there with him. Does anyone know any Catholic churches in the metro-Detroit area that are absolutely breathtaking? Both my fiance and mine's home parishes are a little too modern for my preference. I've found some in Detroit, but if we have the reception at St. John's, I'd really like to keep the ceremony a little closer to there. 

zulamay

Old St. Mary's in Detroit next to Greektown is pretty elaborate: http://www.oldstmarysdetroit.com/

zulamay

Sorry, just read the end of your post - I don't know of any in the suburbs, but I'm not Catholic either!