Hey all! So I'm having a Catholic ceremony without a mass (as I am a Catholic marrying a non-denominational Christian) and my fiance and I just had our second meeting with our priest. I've known him for years and I'm very glad to have him doing our ceremony, but he's so easygoing that we're finding it difficult to make some little decisions and I'd love some suggestions. For our "homework" before our next meeting with him he asked us to decide (among other things) whether our attendants would stand or sit during the ceremony (and when they would stand up and sit down), whether my fiance and I would sit for parts of the ceremony (and if so, for which parts) or stand for the entire ceremony, and how the wedding party and parents would process down the aisle. He gave us so many options as to how to do the procession that I was overwhelmed. Should the groom walk alone, wait, and then have the groomsmen and bridesmaids walk down paired? Should the best man go ahead with the groom so he doesn't have to stand alone? Should the groom walk down with his mother and father? Should his walk just his mother, and if so where does that leave his father (they are still married)? The only thing we're sure of is that I am going to walk down last with my mother and father.
Long story short, I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed by things that don't matter very much to either of us. I'd love to hear what you ladies did with these details in your weddings or what some of your plans are. Thanks!!
