Event Hosted by Engaged Catholics
Enjoy a Date Night Workshop for Engaged Couples!
Friday, November 20th, 2009, 7:30pm, St. Leo the Great, Fairfax, VA
We'll have games, organizing worksheets, a reflection on spirituality for couples, and tips to save $1,000's in wedding planning.
Look forward to seeing you there!
RSVP to unity@engagedcatholics.com
Friday, November 20th, 2009, 7:30pm, St. Leo the Great, Fairfax, VA
We'll have games, organizing worksheets, a reflection on spirituality for couples, and tips to save $1,000's in wedding planning.
Look forward to seeing you there!
RSVP to unity@engagedcatholics.com
Wedding Day Dollars
Weddings are expensive. But many spend beyond their means in order to have a fairy tale event. Don't let this happen to you or your family.
Engaged Grooms
I've encountered 3 main reasons why Grooms may not initially jump at the chance to be involved in wedding planning:
I'm confident that "Christ on Your Guest List" is a workbook that will draw Grooms into the planning, and Brides will be delighted at the unity and communication that blossoms from these opportunities to share decision-making responsibilities during engagement.
So Grooms, grab the book and give it to your fiance as an awesome engagement gift.
Brides, grab the book, go on an ice cream date with your fiance, and read the first chapter together (I promise, it's really short!)
COMMENTS>>
I think a lot of grooms stay out of the way because weddings are touted as "the Bride's day" and their opinions don't matter or worse, any difference in opinion will turn their fiancee into "bridezilla".
Posted August 9, 2009 by I. Viorritto
- they're out of town or have shift work
- they're not into girly stuff
- their fiance never asked
I'm confident that "Christ on Your Guest List" is a workbook that will draw Grooms into the planning, and Brides will be delighted at the unity and communication that blossoms from these opportunities to share decision-making responsibilities during engagement.
So Grooms, grab the book and give it to your fiance as an awesome engagement gift.
Brides, grab the book, go on an ice cream date with your fiance, and read the first chapter together (I promise, it's really short!)
COMMENTS>>
I think a lot of grooms stay out of the way because weddings are touted as "the Bride's day" and their opinions don't matter or worse, any difference in opinion will turn their fiancee into "bridezilla".
Posted August 9, 2009 by I. Viorritto
This would be why some Catholic Churches present you with a long list of guidelines for proper conduct in Church. Some parishes even have a list of songs that are appropriate for the wedding ceremony.
This video sent chills down my spine. Objectively speaking, it's cute, but I hope it wasn't actually the processional for the ceremony.
Attitudes Towards Marriage Among the Young (18-35)
What a bleak outlook!
Generation X — ages 25 to 35 — and Millennial Catholics — ages 18 to 24 — are confused about marriage, and their attitudes are closer to those of the general population, [according to The Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) at Georgetown University’s 2007 survey of U.S. Catholics on marriage in the Catholic Church]...Are we really that wishy-washy and relativistic?
Sixty-nine percent of young Catholics believe that marriage is whatever two people want it to be, and the sacramental understanding does not figure as prominently into their understanding, she said.
Confession and Checklists
Our Publicist asked, "Do you include any suggestions regarding Confession before the wedding day? It's just wonderful to receive the sacrament, to begin marriage with a clean slate."
Yes! Yes, our book does include, in some of the checklists, the suggestion to go to Confession.
Daughters Escort Bride Down the Aisle
Just as the Maid of Honor started walking, both girls looked at each other, and knelt down on the marble floor of the vestibule, folded their hands, and began to pray.I've now been a Detail Coordinator (wedding planner) for two weddings. At this wedding, the bride was a widow who has two daughters, ages 4 and 6. The bride wanted her little ones to escort her down the aisle, instead of her father. Very specifically, the bride's daughters were not flower girls; they were her bridal escorts. I was standing with the bride, keeping her daughters occupied right before they received the cue to walk mom down the aisle. Just as the Maid of Honor started walking, both girls looked at each other, and knelt down on the marble floor of the vestibule, folded their hands, and began to pray. The bride and I couldn't look at each other; tears welled up in our eyes. Two little angels with flowers and white dresses quietly knelt on the floor, praying for their new family. Heaven offers glimpses on Earth on rare occasions - this was one of them.
Labels: aisle, bride, flower girl, wedding day
