Roses for the mothers

I think people usually do that as they reach the end of the isle, before your dad gives you away.

But we're wanting to give a rose to each mother and I don't want to take away from that special moment. I had thought about doing it after we lit our unity candle.

You could do this during the ceremony or even at the end of the ceremony. There are no rules for this special ritual…After you both lit the unity candle like you mention that will be a great moment for both mothers to be honored with a rose.

Congratulations and good luck!

Yea, they would both be seated on the end of the isle, and you would just hand them each their rose, and kiss them or whatever, then move forward with the ceremony. Usually you carry the roses with your bouquet.

I hadnt even though of this. We were going to have our parents light each of our candles though for the unity candle. Does that seem like enough? We are having a Catholic wedding and for the sake of our mostly non-catholic guests, I dont want it to last longer than it needs to.

After the unity candle is a good time for the roses.

@Taryn, having the moms participate in only the Unity is fine as well. But the presentation of roses only takes a minute - literally. Since yours is a catholic ceremony, if you are giving flowers to the Virgin Mary (don't know if this is still tradition) you and groom can present roses to the mom after that.

I have never heard of this... is this something typical at weddings??

We are doing our rose ceremony right after Foundation and Silent blessing.

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Vicki and Mike want to acknowledge their parents on this occasion, They offer their profound gratitude to their parents for all the love and care they showed in raising them. The unconditional gifts of love and support that you have continually offered have inspired them to become who they are today, and they thank you, from the bottom of their hearts, for guiding them to this celebration of love here today. Without you, this day would not be possible.

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Then...We give each other’s Mom a rose.

We are having a Catholic ceremony and we are planning on giving our Mothers flowers when we go to give them and our wedding party the sign of peace. We planned on going off the alter and giving them the sign of peace anyways so we aren't making a special trip down to the pews to give the flowers to them.