Catholic Ceremony on Saturday/Reception on Sunday??? HELP!

Don't do it on two separate days. for allll the reasons you just mentioned and more (like, are you going to get your hair done and wear your dress both days?) it just doesn't make sense.

either:

-change your date altogether (i.e. not labor day weekend)

-change your venue altogether and stick with that Saturday night

-get married at your venue on that Sunday and get confirmed or whatever Catholic churches call it later if you want

I think that having it take up two separate days of a holiday weekend will be asking a lot of your guests. What about not doing it on Labor Day weekend? ....or by "private, small, ceremony" do you mean just you, FH, and close family?

Also, why would need another ceremony at the reception venue on Sunday? If you did the two-day option why would it not be ceremony on Saturday at the Church, and then Sunday reception at the venue?

Basically guests wouldn't really know we got married the day before. We would just do it "to get it out of the way" and then have a ceremony with friends, family, and a justice of the peace on Sunday.

I would just pick a different date and have it all in one day. It's just a lot on anyone (financially and mentally) who would have to attend both days.

The only people that would attend both days would be our parents.

Um, please do not lie to your guests by having a fake ceremony after you get married.

Pick a different date and do it on one day. Your venue is not the perfect venue if it's not available on the date you want. So either pick a different date or a different venue.

I know someone who was married in a Catholic Church on a Sunday. It was for 9 AM mass and the entire congregation in addition to invited guests came. Everyone took communion and the entire thing lasted for more than 2 hours. I have no idea how they pulled it off, but they did. This was over Labor Day weekend last year. Not sure where you're located, but the church was in Lorain, OH.

Okay...understood. ANOTHER option would be to get married on Sunday by a justice of the peace, and then get it recognized by the Catholic church that week. Thoughts?

I know I'm trying to make it work because I want guests to have a fun weekend, it's really for the good of the guests experience, however it's difficult to get what they want and what I want.

Lying to your guests is rude.

and it sounds like you are trying to get us on board with your situation because it's unique. it's not, sorry. we all had to sacrifice certain parts of our weddings for one reason or another. doing this stuff on two separate days just doesn't make sense.

Oof, don't assume your guests won't know. They'll find out and it will look rude and dishonest. If you can swing it, I'd just pay to move everything to Saturday :-/

I would do the Catholic Ceremony Later that week so you are not "lying " to your guest. Good lUCK choosing

Do the second option. Get married legally by the JOP and get it recognized by the Catholic church later.

If you can't/ don't want to move it to Sat, then having it recognized by the Church later that week also sounds like a good option. Your anniversary would still be the Sun wedding because that's when you were legally married, but no one said you can't have two night of anniversary celebrations ;-)

Ditto to Samantha

It's not that easy to get a convalidation in the catholic church. Usually you need a better reason than "my reception venue was too expensive on a Saturday."

If you want a catholic ceremony, it usually must be on a Saturday. Some parishes will do fridays-- have you looked into that?

We're getting married in a Catholic Church on Sunday so I'm not sure what you've heard. Our church does Sunday weddings all the time. It's a Franciscan church, so maybe see if you can find one of those. Where are you located?

I would LOVE to find a church that would do it but I've called pretty much everyone in a 30 minute radius and got nothing. We're having the reception in Mystic, CT.

I thought of doing a Friday but with the Labor Day Weekend, it kind of defeats the purpose of giving my traveling guests extra days that weekend.

Will your church not marry you at a Sunday mass?

No Tina, the Catholic church does not perform weddings on Sundays unless it's approved by the Bishop (which is rare and usually only in case of emergency).

Ok, our priest and others here do it so maybe it's a regional thing. Best of luck, we went around in circles for a bit. It will work out