Sunday weddings

fintonafrills

Hi guys. Just wondering has anyone had a Sunday church wedding in co galway. We currently live in loughrea but all family will be travelling from Tyrone and further afield. We're having a small wedding and want to keep the cost down for ppl hence deciding on a bank holiday Sunday weekend. Our Diocese of clonfert doesn't allow and we're wondering if anyone else has got past this hurdle and can they give any recommendations as we can't move forward until this is solved.
Any advice is greatly appreciated.
Thanks peeps

tatli_lokma

fintonafrills wrote: »

Hi guys. Just wondering has anyone had a Sunday church wedding in co galway. We currently live in loughrea but all family will be travelling from Tyrone and further afield. We're having a small wedding and want to keep the cost down for ppl hence deciding on a bank holiday Sunday weekend. Our Diocese of clonfert doesn't allow and we're wondering if anyone else has got past this hurdle and can they give any recommendations as we can't move forward until this is solved.
Any advice is greatly appreciated.
Thanks peeps

AFAIK Sunday weddings in Catholic churches are very very unusual. I would guess that if you can't get one in your own dioceses then getting one in another dioceses would be even harder.

Have you considered a spiritualist or humanist ceremony instead? Then you won't be constrained by the day of the week.

pwurple

That's a shame. Are you buddies with any priests / have any in the family? If you can get a priest to agree to do it (family friends are usually flexible!) then they might be a better route to getting an exception in the diocese.

lazygal

I think you'll be hard pushed to find a priest who'll agree to a Sunday wedding being held in his church. I'd say they prioritise Sundays for mass services and christenings.

Galwayguy35

fintonafrills wrote: »

Hi guys. Just wondering has anyone had a Sunday church wedding in co galway. We currently live in loughrea but all family will be travelling from Tyrone and further afield. We're having a small wedding and want to keep the cost down for ppl hence deciding on a bank holiday Sunday weekend. Our Diocese of clonfert doesn't allow and we're wondering if anyone else has got past this hurdle and can they give any recommendations as we can't move forward until this is solved.
Any advice is greatly appreciated.
Thanks peeps

I was at a sunday wedding a few years ago in the city, maybe try some of the churches there?

pooch90

I've heard the diocese of Kilmore (cavan) are the only one that do weddings on a Sunday.
We're getting married on a Sunday by our Humanist celebrant.

jlm29

I remember hearing my hairdresser saying once that hairdressers often get married on Sundays, because they usually have Mondays off (I presume so that their colleagues could be in attendance, rather than coz the bride wouldn't want to take a day off!). So someone must do them!

mayobumblebee

i recently attended a bank holiday sunday wedding in a church so its not impossible, it may be a case of finding the right priest now this was the girls own church and the family all know the priest in a local little village in Connacht so thats a bit far a field for you but it is done at least.

fintonafrills

We have our own priest from home who's a good family friend and who is willing to say the service so its literally getting a church is our problem. He said the decision is down to the Bishop of the Dioceses that its down to so I presume there is little point him interfering. I know it can be done as I have done hair for ppl going to sunday weddings (yes jlm29 I am a hairdresser) lol !! Sunday ticks a lot of boxes for us for both work and family travelling!
certainly trying some of the city churches could be worth a shot, thanks Galwayguy35

Senna

I'd ask your friend the priest to contact the bishop, might get a better response than a random person not from the parish/Dioceses.

AoifeCork

Have done a couple of Sunday weddings but always late in the afternoon (3pm-4pm) to facilitate Sunday mass, confessions, christenings etc...

I think your best bet is to find a church you are happy with (maybe a small enough one that doesn't have a terribly large parish with lots of services happening), attend mass, enquire with the parish priest and take it from there.

I also agree with above poster-maybe your family priest should contact the Bishop/PP when you know where and when you want the ceremony.

Best of luck!

solerina

My friend got married on a sunday and our dioscese doesnt allow Sunday weddings...she found a private church in the locality and got her local priest to do the wedding (it seems the priest didnt matter---just the actual church building ??). Church was aformer COI church and was stunning btw