Catholic Wedding "Outside the Mass"

Normally the ones without mass and communion are 20 minutes.

We are still having it inside the church, it's just a super modified, non-denominational homily service with the Liturgy of the Word. When he said 20 min we were both smiling.

I'm sorry I misread the post, had to edit it out! Lol when my cousin was married she had one without a mass. About 20 from start to finish best of luck!

That would be amazing LOL

My priest told me about 45 mins outside mass but 20 mins would be amazing!

Hi date twin! Yeah that's what I think will ultimately happen but we will see.

Ours was in the church but without mass or communion. It lasted less than 25 minutes.

Oh wow

We did and it was 30 minutes

The church we're getting married at said about a half an hour without mass or Communion, which is reasonable. 20 minutes would be great though!

Just went to one it was only 20 minutes! Have a great time!

They said ours will be about 45 mins

Our priest also said it would be about 45 minutes. I wish it would be shorter. 20 minutes would be awesome

Man, we had the full mass and ours was only 45! Your priests must love to talk! Lol mine kept it short and simple!

Thanks for this thread, Melanie! FH and I are the same but switched, and planning to "water down" our Catholic ceremony as well, as we really want our ceremony to be a true blend of two families =)

Same as Christina, it was great!

Ours was still around 40 minutes. It just depends on the how long the deacon talks during the homily.

ETA: Most of our family and friends were not Catholic. If I were to do it again, I would have made a sheet that made it easier for guests to follow along. It was obvious they didn't know what was happening at all.

@nicole I made a program for my guests. It was something I was kind of against because of the time put in only to be thrown away! Some mentioned that they appreciated it that I made it easy to follow along since they weren't Catholic!

@tina I bet you had a beautiful wedding

We're not having a full Mass, just a Ceremony and our Priest said to expect it to be between 30-45 minutes.

We had a program like Christina, Nicole, and our priest was so good about guiding everyone along.

Thank you,Christina, it was everything we wanted as I know yours was too