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Post by Legacy Girl on Apr 12, 2021 22:27:09 GMT
Definitely a no for me on the shower. Tight quarters indoors, potential for no masks, anti-maskers involved, PLUS the drive. I'd stay consistent with the decision to not go to the wedding and just send my regrets, along with a card and a gift.
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The Great Carpezio
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Post by The Great Carpezio on Jun 13, 2021 13:49:45 GMT
FINAL Update in OP
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jun 13, 2021 14:46:03 GMT
Read your whole update.
I have gone to just the wedding several times. The actual wedding truly IS what it is about. Not so sure I would do a full mass Catholic wedding though.
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Post by The Great Carpezio on Jun 13, 2021 15:15:17 GMT
Read your whole update. I have gone to just the wedding several times. The actual wedding truly IS what it is about. Not so sure I would do a full mass Catholic wedding though. It’s par for the course for me. Both sides of the family are Catholic. This one was definitely on the extreme end of a Catholic wedding mass. I told the kids to mediate or daydream.
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Post by ellen on Jun 13, 2021 17:47:02 GMT
Thank you for the update. I was interested. My daughter is getting married in a couple weeks and it was interesting to me just how different this family was handling things compared to ours. My daughter and her fiancé decided to scale back their guest list no matter what. We're looking at 150 people coming - no one under the age of 12, very few kids at all. Most people RSVPed that they were coming - which really didn't surprise me because everything was narrowed down to family and close friends. The invitations went out at a time where people knew that anyone wanting to get vaccinated could. The wedding, reception, and dance are all at the same location. The service will be outside, no buffet, and this will be an overwhelmingly vaccinated group of people. Covid rates in our area are at the lowest they have been in a long time.
We went from sweating this one out to planning a pretty typical wedding. I'm nervous about hosting a wedding, but I think it's going to be a wedding where people will enjoy being guests. I sure hope so anyway.
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Post by peabay on Jun 13, 2021 17:53:26 GMT
Interesting update. 16 to a table? Yikes.
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Post by lisae on Jun 14, 2021 1:49:50 GMT
I'm stuck on 4 priests. I've never attended a Catholic wedding so I don't know what the typical number is but I can't imagine what they all did.
Anyway, I'm glad you found a compromise that worked for you and that their wedding happened at a time of decreasing cases.
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Post by caangel on Jun 14, 2021 2:21:38 GMT
I'm stuck on 4 priests. I've never attended a Catholic wedding so I don't know what the typical number is but I can't imagine what they all did. Anyway, I'm glad you found a compromise that worked for you and that their wedding happened at a time of decreasing cases. I had a full catholic mass for my wedding. Just one priest. No idea what 4 would do.
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Post by auntkelly on Jun 14, 2021 2:23:30 GMT
I’m glad it all worked out.
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Post by Really Red on Jun 14, 2021 2:29:44 GMT
Phew! What a story. I have been to many Catholic weddings. They are LONG. I appreciate the update!
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Post by The Great Carpezio on Jun 14, 2021 13:12:45 GMT
Interesting update. 16 to a table? Yikes. Yes, instead of having more tables spread out, they reduced the tables and still had 16. Idk why.
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Post by The Great Carpezio on Jun 14, 2021 13:13:42 GMT
I'm stuck on 4 priests. I've never attended a Catholic wedding so I don't know what the typical number is but I can't imagine what they all did. Anyway, I'm glad you found a compromise that worked for you and that their wedding happened at a time of decreasing cases. Two Greek Orthodox priests came from his (and now her) home GO church in the Twin Cities. I am not sure why two came other than the main one wanted support going into a Roman Catholic Church. One of the orthodox priests was the “main” priest. Then there was the secondary but “main” Roman Catholic priest. He did the homily as he is a family friend and the main priest for the local Newman Center. THEN, they had a brand new priest help as well. He is another family friend what just graduated from seminary. He flew in for like 24 hours to attend. Yeah. It was very priest-y.
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Post by quiltz on Jun 14, 2021 14:36:40 GMT
How wonderful that this couple made the marriage ceremony the main event, focal point. Too many rush over the ceremony and then just want to party. They will remember this ceremony as well as other people attending. How great it is that they had priests who truly cared for them to be with them as they were joined together in marriage.
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Post by epeanymous on Jun 14, 2021 14:44:19 GMT
Thank you for the update. We have a family wedding in September and while I feel terrible about it (I love that part of the family), with four unvaccinated kids and no idea who else is or is not unvaccinated, this solidifies my decision to skip it (I am encouraging my husband and older, vaccinated kids to just go without the rest of us).
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Post by sleepingbooty on Jun 14, 2021 14:51:47 GMT
"How many priests does it take to officiate a Catholic wedding?" Glad there was a compromise you were comfortable with in the end. I'm still stuck on gathering over 250 people indoors with apparently quite a few unvaxxed but oh well, I've given up on common sense being a universal trait.
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