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Catholic Wedding Sort-of-Programs

katetwkatetw member
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So our parish makes the programs (with the readings, hymns, etc.) themselves due to copyright law. Totally ok with that! Less work for me! However, they do not include family or bridal party information. I guess most brides make a separate, second program for this.

Have any of you ever done this or seen it? If so, was it just a list of names? Was there anything else to it? I need some ideas!

Thanks!
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Re: Catholic Wedding Sort-of-Programs

  • uppereastgirluppereastgirl member
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    edited December 2011
    I have never seen that before, but in that case I'd just skip programs altogether.

    But I'll be honest, I'm having trouble getting past the copyright thing.  It makes absolutely no sense to me, and if I wanted to use a program of my own design I'd be fighting them hard about it.  I don't think that whoever told you that knows anything about copyright law, unless I am missing something.
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  • mmontronimmontroni
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    edited December 2011
    If they're making you a program, save yourself the work and don't worry about it.  I've never heard of a double program.
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  • cindyn9178cindyn9178 member
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    edited December 2011
    I agree with PP... what copyright law says the church has to make their own programs? That's strange.
    Personally, I'd probably still want to use my own programs, so unless someone from the church would be handing theirs out, I just wouldn't have them handed out and use my own.
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  • katetwkatetw member
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    edited December 2011
    Apparently it has to do with their licensing/rights to use/print the music (both notes and lyrics). My parish doesn't have missals (weird, I know), so they have to print these for people even for regular masses.

    I did talk to quite a few different people at the parish about this; I trust the parish wedding coordinator, priest, and the organist to tell the truth about it (apparently not all Catholic parishes are as strict, though, according to them).  I definitely can't go around them and hand out my own, since multiple people from the parish (the priest, the wedding coordinator, the organist) will all be there.

    Thanks for the feedback!
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  • uppereastgirluppereastgirl member
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    edited December 2011
    That makes slightly more sense, but couldn't you hand out the generic one with songs in it as one thing and a program (if you want one) with all of the relevant names as well as the list of "events"  as a separate thing?  I can understand why they don't want you to reprint the music, but it seems weird that they have a no programs rule as a result.
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  • cindyn9178cindyn9178 member
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    edited December 2011
    I agree, it sounds like what they want to hand out isn't really a program, it is just the printed words for the music, right? If that's the case, I don't see why you wouldn't be able to have your own actual program with the outline of the ceremony, list of names, etc. As long as you didn't have the music lyrics, etc printed in your program (which you wouldn't normally do anyway), I would think that would be ok.
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  • MCM1012MCM1012
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    edited December 2011

    I've never gotten a program with the words to the music in it. I don't think I've ever even picked up a song book during a wedding. Most programs I see just have the name of the song printed.

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  • katetwkatetw member
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    edited December 2011
    They also put the order of the service in there -- placing where appropriate the bars of music and lyrics, and the text of the readings.

    So basically a complete program excepting the bridal party / family names. They won't change / amend it, either.

    Thanks for the help! I think I will just skip a second program.
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  • gymchick05gymchick05
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    edited December 2011
    My church also offered to do the programs (for a cost) but they were plain and boring. I am making my own and for the songs, I just listed the lyrics. I really didnt see a need for the notes, etc in there for the songs. Since you would just be listing the lyrics, I cant see how this would effect copyright, so maybe you can do something like this? If you want, I can email you my template and you can just plug in your readings, lyrics, etc- its a four page program and then I made a beautiful cover for it so it matched the rest of our stationary :)
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  • katetwkatetw member
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    edited December 2011
    That would be awesome, gymchick, thanks! I will PM you with my email address.
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