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Inviting officiant to reception?

WeLoveLilo05WeLoveLilo05 member
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Are you supposed to invite your officiant to your reception? I kind of look at him like another vendor KWIM? I mean he's a nice guy, but he's not like a priest that I have gone to his services every Sunday. What did/will you do?
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  • mbcdefgmbcdefg member
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    edited December 2011
    Etiquette-wise, yes, you're supposed to invite him to both the rehearsal dinner and the reception. And his spouse if he has one (although since you said "priest" I assume he's Catholic and therefore not married).

    From what I've heard here, though, most priests decline unless they know you well. My priest was a family friend, so he attended the RD and reception and seemed to have fun. He gave the blessing at our reception.
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  • cindyn9178cindyn9178 member
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    edited December 2011
    Agree with PP.. technically you are supposed to.. but I don't think we are inviting him to the reception. We tossed the idea around for awhile though.
    He is not even going to be at our rehearsal, so we are not inviting him to the rehearsal dinner either.
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  • jcg98jcg98 member
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    edited December 2011
    I think it's  proper to extend the invitation, as mbcdefg said he probably won't accept if he doesn't know you well. 
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  • CristinaJoe21811CristinaJoe21811 member
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    edited December 2011
    I agree with intviting him.  I have another question about this topic.  Do you actually send him an invitation or just a verbal invite?  My ceremony and reception are at the same place.
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  • cutiepie12702cutiepie12702
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    edited December 2011
    We are using a priest and rabbi - and we are not inviting either. We were told to send them an invite with directions, but not to bother with an RSVP card as they do not attend receptions. We've only met them once in our life, so it's not a big deal. But if we knew them for a long time then we would.
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