Entrance Procession

wrightd1 · July 2010

Helllo. I was wondering what your thoughts are on the entrance procession. Our church is leaving us the option to walk down the aisle however we want.

I believe I am traditional in the sense that I want my dad to walk me down the aisle. Does anyone typically walked the MOB down the aisle? The last wedding I went to the groom walked down the aisle by himself. I know there is no wrong or right way, just hoping to hear your thoughts!

blackfire5th · July 2010

The groom and gm's were waiting at the front of the church. In our church the groom used to walk in with the priest, but our new priest doesn't do that.

FOG and MOG walked in together, MOB asked my cousin to escort her, she was also thinking about asking one of her brothers, then bride and grooms grandparents (cousin escorted widowed grandma), then bridesmaids, flower girls, and me and my dad.

bellashauntee · July 2010

wright- I was surprised to find that the Catholic tradition is for the bride and groom to walk down together. I have seen many brides choose both parents to walk them down the aisle. It is a sweet sentiment.

Theresa626 · July 2010

My father is escorting my mother down the aisle then going around the back to escort me down the aisle after the bridesmaid's processional. After the mother's entrance, the priest is going to process in with my fiance right behind him. then the bridal party will come in.

Alyssa0421 · July 2010

Our processional was (pretty sure I'm remembering right):

Readers
Priest
MOB escorted by my brother-in-law, who was also an usher (she picked him)
Groom escorted by his parents
BMs escorted by GM
MOH and BM
FG and RB
Bride escorted by father

We had my mom seated before the groom's parents only because they were walking my husband in to his place at the altar. Otherwise, the MOB is seated after the groom's parents traditionally.

PharmacyBride · July 2010

My brother had all his groomsmen with him and they entered together on the side. All the BMs walked in by themselves. Then the GM & BMs paired up for their exit.

My priest suggested that or to have just the groom and best man walk in from the side. Have the GM escort the BMs down the aisle, except for the MOH, who walked by herself.

My sis (also getting married) and I talked about the benefits of the first way. We thought it would be nice for all the GM to be with the groom (bonding, giving support, etc) and the BMs with the bride without any guys (except FOB) around. Also, we thought it would be awkward for the BMs and GM to pair up for the walk down, but not so much for the walk after the mass. (We figured the nerves would be higher before the mass and make the walk down with men they don't know more awkward.)

HTH

Calypso1977 · July 2010

we only had a best man and MOH. they walked in together, and then my H and i walked down the aisle together. we had actually wanted to walk down the aisle together before we even knew it was tradition in teh catholic church.

as far as the moms seating, we had my BIL (who was best man) seat their mom (his dad has trouble walking), and then my H seated my mom (my father is deceased, otherwise he would have done this).

mswood1977 · July 2010

This is how we did it at our wedding. We had the groom suprised his mother by walking her down the aisle, then my dad walked his wife down the aisle, though this was not actually part of the processional. We then had Ave Maria sung in honor of the mothers. For the processional we had the altar server and priest process in followed by the Groom and the BM, then the other groomsman followed them. That was followed by my bridesmaid and MOH. finally we did a music change and I was escorted in by my father.

Riss91 · July 2010

My H and the best men waited at the altar. My MIL was escorted by one of the GM, then my mother was escorted by my brother (also a GM). Then the BMs were escorted by the GMs and my 2 sisters (both MOH) each walked alone. Then my father walked me down the aisle.

My sister had her H escort both his parents down the aisle.

[Deleted User] · July 2010

Our BM walked my Mom down the aisle. H Mom and Dad walked down together. One of the GM seated both of our Grandma's. The other GM each escorted one BM down the aisle (they met half way) and of course the BM and MOH walked down together. My dad walked me down the aisle. We had songs for me, BM and the Mom's & Grandmas.

christyhal · July 2010

While this is all still kind of up in the air, since we have 10-ish months to go, we're tentatively planning on:

Altar server (my little brother)
Priest
FI escorted by both his parents
Bridesmaids & Groomsmen in pairs
Me escorted by both my parents

We don't know yet about readers, etc...haven't decided who they'll be yet! We do know that we will almost definitely not have a flower girl or ring bearer...Neither of us has *any* relatives or friends with small children! (We don't have any nieces or nephews yet, and our friends are just getting married now also, or have infants.)

bel138 · July 2010

My two youngest brothers (Ushers)
Another brother with my GMa
BM with GM
MOH with BM
DH with ILs into nave, ILs go down
Me with parents into nave, parents go down
DH and me escorted by priest

GulfCoaster · July 2010

I wanted to walk down the aisle with my H, but the day before the wedding he freaked out and worried that people would think we were weird (I think he changed his mind after talking to his parents). I didn't like the symbolism of being given away, so this is what we did:

priest and altar servers waiting up front
BMs and GMs, in pairs
MOH and best man
H escorted by his parents
me escorted by my parents

I definitely would have preferred to walk only with my H, but it turned out ok.

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