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e_jakielae_jakiela
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Hi, Does the unity candle have to be lit from the candles that our parents lit at our baptism? Thank you, Ela
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    JT325JT325
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    edited December 2011
    Not that I know of... Unity candles are an "extra" in the ceremony. FI and I aren't using one...
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    edited December 2011
    no.  the unity candle is not even a catholic ritual, although many priests today allow it.
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    GulfCoasterGulfCoaster
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    edited December 2011
    Nope.  It's not even a Catholic tradition, although some parishes do permit it.  It's a Protestant tradition that has migrated to some Catholic ceremonies recently.  (My parish did not allow it, which was fine b/c we didn't want to have a unity candle anyway.) 
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    e_jakielae_jakiela
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    edited December 2011
    Wow, I did not even realize that it was not Catholic tradition. It was reading the booklet that the monsignor gave us and I found it there so I guess it is allowed in the church we are getting married.  I think it would look beautiful.Thank you
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    blackfire5thblackfire5th
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    edited December 2011
    We just lite the normal side candles from the Easter candle.
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    ffmaidffmaid
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    edited December 2011
    No Actually many Catholic parishes forbid them as they are not a Catholic tradition. Ask your parish
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    blackfire5thblackfire5th
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    edited December 2011
    What I don't get is why priests get bent out of shape about a unity candle but not about eulogies, which also aren't part of the Catholic cermony. There have been plenty of things changed in Catholic ceremonies. Why do people care about candles?
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    edited December 2011
    my catholic church does not do eulogies either, tehy do a funeral mass.
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    e_jakielae_jakiela
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    edited December 2011
    Apparently St. Margaret's does not care about the candles, they listed it as a thing that "some couples like to include in their ceremony"... I think it woudl be a nice accent if we lit the unity candle from the two candles that our parents lit for us at baptism :)
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