Catholic Wedding

I've never heard of a fruit basket, and I thought Unity Candles were not allowed anymore? That's interesting. ETA - We are doing the dedication to Mary.

Never seen or heard of fruit baskets, presentation of flowers to the Virgin Mary or lassles at a catholic wedding. Unity candles yes, they have been done at every catholic wedding I have been too.

I've never even heard of the flower presentation honestly. Especially not a fruit basket. And my priest actually suggested we do a unity candle. Maybe it's a regional thing

I've never heard of a fruit basket , but unity candles aren't an assumption (no pun intended) for a Catholic ceremony. Many churches won't allow them.

As a recovering Catholic, with a dozen years at parochial school under my belt, I can honestly say I've never heard of this, nor have I seen it done in any catholic ceremony I've attended. Can't offer any insight, but am definitely intrigued.

Celia wins the internet today for that pun

Can't say I've seen the fruit basket, but I have seen a gift for the poor brought to the altar with the communion gifts. The gift doesn't have to be monetary. The most touching one I saw was a basket of items for the local no kill pet shelter where the groom had adopted his dog.

Thanks for the insights everyone.

I'm leaving a flower bouquet for the Virgin Mary... I have not heard or seen a fruit basket being left but it makes sense... also, I have experienced the opposite regarding the candles.. all the churches I inquired with said that was not allowed in a catholic mass...

Maybe the priest loves to eat fruit ...

My college roommate brought flowers up to the Virgin as part of her ceremony and she's not Hispanic. I sang Ave Maria as she carried them over. It was really nice.

Also doing a catholic wedding, and I've never heard of the fruit basket at church. Our priest told us the unity candle was optional , as was the wedding lasso. Basically since there is a huge Hispanic community in his church, he's respectful of the traditions but leaves it up to us whether we want to do them or not. Not really required.

We did a presentation of flowers to Mary but never heard of the fruit basket. There was a floral arrangement under the alter and we presented the flowers right before the end to ave Maria. The current catholic marriage book, together for life, says no unity candles for the sacrament of marriage, even if you have it outside of mass like we did. Good luck navigating the catholic stuff... I learned a lot of random but also some useful stuff!

We did the flowers to Mary and our church didn't prohibit the unity candle, but we chose not to do it. We had an option to present a basket of non-perishable food during the offertory to donate to a local food pantry, but I've never heard of the fruit basket thing.

Never heard of a fruit basket. Offerings flowers to Our Lady is common regardless of culture, we offered her a bouquet while the Ave Maria was being sung. I don't think you have to have a fruit basket - it sound like it is optional (like the flowers to Mary).