Invite wording

Re: Invite wording

• Calypso1977 member

  

  May 2010 edited December 2011

  i've seen it done the way you have it, although its not technically proper.  you could omit the titles and do Joan and James Smith which would be correct, although not as formal.
  
  also, be careful with your wording regarding hte mass.  the mass does not marry you - the mass is said in your honor.  therefore, saying "at the nuptial mass uniting her daughter" isnt technically correct either.
  
  we had
  
  JLP and PAM request the honour of your presence at their marriage in the sacrament of holy matrimony and the celebration of the nuptial mass
  
  so, for your scenario, you could do:
  
  Joan and James Smith request the honor of your presence at the marriage of their daugher, Ellen Marie, to Mr. Robert Jones, son of Karen and Richard Jones, in the sacrament of holy matrimony and the celebration of the nuptial mass.
  
  or, you could do
  
  Ellen Marie Smith, daughter of Joan and James Smith and Robert Andrew Jones, son of Karen and Richard Jones, request the honor of your presence at their marriage in the sacrament of holy matrimony and the celebration of the nuptial mass.
  

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• [Deleted User] member

  

  May 2010 edited December 2011

  have you tried verseit.com for ideas?

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• GulfCoaster

  

  May 2010 edited December 2011

  We had first names on our invitation, no titles:
  
  [Dad] and [Stepmom] Gulfcoaster
  and
  [Dad] and [Mom] Mr.Gulfcoaster
  request the honor of your presence
  at the Nuptial Mass
  at which their children,
  Gulfcoaster
  and
  Gulfcoaster's soon-to-be husband,
  will be united in the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony.
  
  
  (I personally hate the "Mr. and Mrs. John Smith" phrasing, too.  It always bothers me a little when my husband's grandparents send us cards addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Husband's first and last name, as if my first name just kind of doesn't exist anymore.  But I recognize that this is what they grew up doing, and I don't hold it against them or say anything to them.  When I'm sending letters and cards to a married couple, I address them to "John and Jane Smith," rather than "Mr. and Mrs. John Smith.")

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• Calypso1977 member

  

  May 2010 edited December 2011

  if you are using first names, its technically Jane and John Smith as you do not separate the man's first name from his last name.

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• GulfCoaster

  

  May 2010 edited December 2011

  In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/cultural-wedding-boards_catholic-weddings_invite-wording?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Cultural Wedding BoardsForum:615Discussion:ab42241b-bf54-48f1-b953-eb9efa251d67Post:fcf5f02d-5a46-4423-adcf-a851830bc458">Re: Invite wording</a>:
  [QUOTE]if you are using first names, its technically Jane and John Smith as you do not separate the man's first name from his last name.
  Posted by Calypso1977[/QUOTE]
  
  Really?  I've never heard that.  Odd. 
  
  I guess all the cards and letters I get and send from people 45 or under wouldn't pass muster with Emily Post, because they're always addressed to [Husband's first] and [Gulfcoaster's first] [last name].  The only one I've ever seen addressed the other way around was a Christmas card from my brother -- and I'm pretty sure that's just because he thought of me first.  Clearly we aren't big on traditional etiquette in the circles I run in.  Haha.

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