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Sunday Catholic Ceremony

MrsPham2bMrsPham2b member
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in Texas-Houston
Hi everyone!

My name is Nicole and I am newly engaged! My fiancee and I agreed on a tenative wedding date of Sunday, 9/2/12. I know most catholic churches can't accomodate sunday weddings, but I was praying that someone out there in Houston, TX has had there ceremony in a church on Sunday. If so, where? Thanks in advance!
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Re: Sunday Catholic Ceremony

  • AGB03AGB03 member
    Tenth Anniversary First Comment
    edited December 2011
    I think your best bet is to contact the churches you are interested in directly.  I believe you will find discouragement from most priests since most parishes have 3 English masses per day that start at 8 am running through noon, follwed by a Spanish mass in the afternoon and evening masses around 5 or 5:30.   That doesn't leave much time for a wedding.  Good luck!  I'm interested to see responses on this one.  Good luck!

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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] member
    Eighth Anniversary 100 Comments
    edited December 2011
    If i'm not mistaken the houston/galveston dios. wont allow a sunday wedding.
    But like PP said, contact the church(es) to ask first.
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  • monkeysipmonkeysip member
    2500 Comments Fifth Anniversary 500 Love Its First Answer
    edited December 2011
    Congrats, OP!  Just out of curiosity, why do you want/need a sunday wedding?

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  • MrsPham2bMrsPham2b member
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    edited December 2011
    Thanks for replying!

    I'm originally from Houston, but I live out of town. We are having a sunday wedding because it would be easier for our guests from out of town to travel (its the sunday before labor day) and you get a lot more bang for your buck at the place we want our reception at.. at half price! There is a chapel in the reception building, but I'm trying hard to please my dad - he wants to see his first daughter walk down the aisle at a church :) Any ideas?
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  • monkeysipmonkeysip member
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    edited December 2011
    You need to make sure that you're having a Catholic wedding for the right reasons.  If you intend on practicing the faith after your marriage, or if you want to raise your children Catholic, then you should try to have a Catholic wedding.  Otherwise, I wouldn't do it even if your family wants you to.  Your ceremony should reflect who you both are.

    If anyone in your family belongs to a parish, the priest there may be more sympathetic to letting you have a sunday ceremony there.  Otherwise, a lot of churches don't like to marry non-parishioners, so they'll probably be even less likely to marry them on a sunday.  

    Either way, if a catholic ceremony is important to you, you may have to change your reception plans.  

    Hope you find something!

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  • icekitty37icekitty37 member
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    edited December 2011
    Sundays / Fridays are not allowed at most Catholic churches. 

    If you are trying to save money on a reception, consider a Saturday noon wedding with an afternoon reception. We did this and the venue was even able to have an evening reception the same day, so we got basically everything for half price! 

    Also, I think you mean its the Sunday after labor day? I would almost go for labor day weekend so that guest COULD come and spend more time!
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