Preparing Your Wedding Liturgy

Starting Points — what you bring

It is likely that before your begin preparing the liturgy you will have made choices which will help shape the celebration. For example:

Where the wedding will take place?

the size and shape of the church may affect some of the practicalities of the celebration?

When it will be?

the date and time which may be chosen to factors beyond the church.

Who will be invited?

the size of the congregation as well as what proportion will be familiar with a church service will also have a bearing on the choices you make.

Your experience of other Weddings

It is likely that you will been to a number of weddings of family and friends. This will have given you ideas of what you like and what might be possible. These may well have been in a variety of places and circumstances. As a word of caution each place has its directives as to what is possible or permitted. For example, a civil wedding may not include readings from scripture. So something you liked in another wedding may not be transferable to a wedding in a Catholic church.

As a couple you will also have images and expectations about your wedding day which will be shared or individual. It may be helpful to share your thoughts before you begin.