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Inviting officiant?

Eliz77Eliz77 member
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I am assuming I am to send the Deacon officiating at our wedding an invitation, right?
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  • ElisabethJoanneElisabethJoanne member
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    yes
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  • ootmother2ootmother2 member
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    Yes, absolutely.  And his SO

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  • Eliz77Eliz77 member
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    Good to know since that is what I have ready to do! We meet tomorrow, so I have an invite all ready to bring him and for a moment, it seems strange. I am hoping he'll come, even if just a drop by-he did say he loves our venue, that it has the best food! 
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  • Calypso1977Calypso1977 member
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    your officiant should also be invited to your RD.
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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] member
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    I didn't invite my priest to our RD as he wasn't there. In our parrish, there are couples who volunteer to conduct rehearsals. It would have been strange to invite him to something he was not a part of. Also, I did not invite the couple either as they were not people we know and there are several couples who conduct the rehearsals. If you know who is conducting the rehearsal, they should absolutely be invited. I did not think it was appropriate to invite people we just met that night though.

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  • professorscienceprofessorscience member
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    Just a note: don't sit the officiant with the old folks.  I can't really think of a nicer way to put it, but I remember seeing on this board a priest mentioning to a girl that he wished that just once he could be seated with a younger crowd.

    We sat ours with my ILs, but he didn't attend.
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  • bibliophile2010bibliophile2010 member
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    Certainly invite whomever is going to be at the rehearsal to the RD.

    Invite the deacon, and his wife if he has one, to the reception. They may or may not attend, but if they do, seat them like you would any other couple -- with people they would otherwise get along with with.

    Our priest was seated with a group of people he knew -- mostly young people. He would have been invited regardless, because he is a friend, but he mentioned once how insulting he find it when he doesn't get an invitation to the reception.
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  • Eliz77Eliz77 member
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    We invited him to both. No idea if he'll come, but I hope so! 
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  • snuff9861snuff9861 member
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    Do you send the priest an invitation when you send out the others? Or do you make arrangements to drop it off at the church? Should they RSVP like a normal guest?
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  • bibliophile2010bibliophile2010 member
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    I would just mail it to the Church. He should RSVP like any other guest, but, like any other normal guest, he may convey his RSVP by saying something to you, sending an email, or whatever his normal methods of communication are.
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