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Saturday vigil mass

Louisa1000Louisa1000
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Just curious-- have any of you ever seen a wedding done inside a regularly scheduled parish mass (like, say, the saturday vigil mass)? According to the all knowing Internet, it sounds like it's at least allowed, but I'm wondering how everything works out, and aside from perhaps not being able to choose your readings, are there any huge problems with it?
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Re: Saturday vigil mass

  • CiardasullyCiardasully member
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    edited December 2011
    Our church offered us 1:30 and 5:30 on Sat.  We chose 1:30 so we would have time to do pictures and reception.  I believe the 5:30 would be considered the a vigil mass.  Like you said, you wouldn't get to pick the readings and some people might apprectiate it counting towards their mass obligation.
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    I have never seeen it. Since our wedding was on Saturday, we had to be out of the church by 4:30pm for the Saturday Vigil Mass at 5:30.
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  • agapecarrieagapecarrie member
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    edited December 2011
    I've seen it once or twice...there are 2 facets to it:

    1) Theoretically, its a very good thing because it brings home the point even more that you are part of the parish community in a vocational sacrament. Like many baptisms are done within the regular parish masses, etc.

    2) The other side is that the logistics are hard to pull off, depending on how big the wedding is. It's usually done when there isn't a big showy thing happening. 2 witnesses, bride and groom would process...not a 10 minute procession, 10 bridesmaids one at a time deal. Extra few hundred people at church, if they fit. 


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  • Jay&MarissaJay&Marissa
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    I wasn't there, but my old college minister did this in May. And invited the ENTIRE parish (granted, it's a small parish) to her reception. She was brave!
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  • Hope61Hope61 member
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    I've seen it done... like Agape suggested, it was for a smaller less showy wedding. An older couple, and it was the bride's second marriage. I think the only problem they had with it was having to make it clear that only guests with invites were allowed into the reception (which was in the church's own hall).
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  • Louisa1000Louisa1000
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    edited December 2011
    @agape: that was kind of my feeling-- it would feel more like what is actually happening, particularly as most of my guests aren't catholic. I'm not really interested in putting on a big production, anyway, so the less focus on me, and the more on the mass, the more comfortable I think I would be. We haven't booked a date yet because we're still waiting for an annulment, and the idea just struck me. @marissa & katieann: yikes, that could be a big snafu-- I'm imagining that episode of the office with Jim and Pam's baby christening, right? We have a HUGE parish, so plenty of room for the extra wedding guests, but uh, we'd have to come up with some tactful way to make sure that guests only are given reception information. Thanks for the input, girls!
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  • mica178mica178 member
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    edited December 2011
    We didn't consider it.  We knew we were having a largish wedding and did not want to deal with the logistics of "our guests" vs the parishioners.  Also, while all Bible readings have important messages, we wanted to pick our readings to reflect our wedding/marriage rather than whatever was the chosen topic of the week. 
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  • newlyseliskinewlyseliski member
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    An acquaintance had a Saturday night vigil wedding that was actually after the Saturday evening Mass time and during Lent.  It was at 7pm and they followed it with a fairly low-key dessert reception in the church hall.  I didn't attend, personally, but my friends that did said that it worked well and was very relaxed!

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