Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's called the Catholic gap.

I didn't realize people got to adulthood unaware of this. The church needs to be open for Saturday evening services, so weddings have to be wrapped up early.

Having gone to catholic college, the gap is when we'd all go to get a few drinks. If you were in the wedding, you'd go take pictures in different places and have a snack.

I am Catholic and went to a Catholic college and had a Catholic wedding mass. I have never had this experience. It has always been from the church right to the reception. I went to college in the DC area and had my wedding in my hometown in New York.

So there were only afternoon receptions? Or the churches allowed evening ceremonies?

Saturday evening mass "counts" as the Sunday service, so most Catholic churches want all the Saturday weddings done by around 4-4:40 PM. First bride to book gets first choice of time slot, so if you're lucky, you have a 2:30/3 PM wedding with only an hour gap until cocktail hour at your reception venue. If that afternoon slot is taken, you're look at at noon ceremony and a larger gap.

I used to work for a wedding planner and am Catholic myself.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's called the Catholic gap.

I didn't realize people got to adulthood unaware of this. The church needs to be open for Saturday evening services, so weddings have to be wrapped up early.

Having gone to catholic college, the gap is when we'd all go to get a few drinks. If you were in the wedding, you'd go take pictures in different places and have a snack.

I am Catholic and went to a Catholic college and had a Catholic wedding mass. I have never had this experience. It has always been from the church right to the reception. I went to college in the DC area and had my wedding in my hometown in New York.

So because it wasn't your experience, you don't think it's a thing? I'm telling you it's a thing.

https://thecatholicbridalcollective.com/the-catholic-wedding-gap-explained/

Anonymous wrote:This is what I am used to... Noon weddings are followed by a luncheon. Afternoon weddings are followed by cocktail hour and dinner.

This is the way it was back in the day. A noon wedding was considered *the* time for a Catholic wedding Mass, with an afternoon luncheon reception. Jack and Jackie Kennedy, for example, were married at a noon Mass with an afternoon reception.

I had a lot of cousins growing up, and all their weddings and receptions were in the afternoon, both Catholic and Protestant. It wasn’t until I was in college in the 80s that the idea of a “candlelight service” with an evening reception became a thing.

I would agree its annoy, but it's traditional I guess.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's called the Catholic gap.

I didn't realize people got to adulthood unaware of this. The church needs to be open for Saturday evening services, so weddings have to be wrapped up early.

Having gone to catholic college, the gap is when we'd all go to get a few drinks. If you were in the wedding, you'd go take pictures in different places and have a snack.

I am Catholic and went to a Catholic college and had a Catholic wedding mass. I have never had this experience. It has always been from the church right to the reception. I went to college in the DC area and had my wedding in my hometown in New York.

So there were only afternoon receptions? Or the churches allowed evening ceremonies?