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Ceremony - Question

  • 22-10-2015 2:58pm
    #1
    CPSW
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 274 ✭✭


    Hi all

    Quick question, maybe someone can advise?

    My Fiancée and I are getting married next March, and are having a spiritual ceremony, therefore both the ceremony and reception are in the same place.

    My question is in relation to the celebrant who will be marrying us. Is it the norm to invite him to the dinner afterwards? I am only going by church weddings and having the priest at the dinner in weddings I've attended in the past.

    Is this the norm, has anyone come across this before?

    Thanks!


Comments

  • #2
    fits
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,772 ✭✭✭✭fits


    We didnt anyway. I dont think its normal


  • #3
    lazygal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,644 ✭✭✭✭lazygal


    We had a humanist celebrant. He stayed for a drink or two but not the meal. We asked, and he said he never does.


  • #4
    pooch90
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,406 ✭✭✭pooch90


    Not usual as they are normally happy to take off after but I'd ask out of politeness. Although it actually didn't occur to us! I always hated the tradition of having the priest at the meal.


  • #5
    CPSW
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 274 ✭✭CPSW


    Thanks for the feedback folks, much appreciated


  • #6
    Milly33
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,658 ✭✭✭Milly33


    Think if ye would like to ask alright they will either say yes or no. We had a civil in the venue and invited out lady to stay for drinks and dinner if she wanted.. Most decline but tis always nice to ask if ye would like to


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  • #7
    Mimojo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,014 ✭✭✭Mimojo


    We had a spiritualist also, and we didnt have her stay for dinner. She does a lot of wedding at our hotel so I checked with them and they said that she doesnt stay on for the meal so I took their word for it!

    Our ceremony was at 3.30 and the meal at 6 and as she was on her own I didnt feel like she would have wanted to stay.


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