Posted on 11/01/2009 3:55:53 PM PST by NYer
Enjoy!
Loved it the first time I saw it—glad to see you are giving this wider exposure.
That was cute.
I haven’t attended any weddings at my present parish, but the photographers for Quinceaneras have been confused by the lack of a real “aisle” at our multi-purpose parochial facility. “Is the party going to enter through those doors facing the altar?” “No, that’s the kitchen!”
Why does a bride smile when she walks down the aisle?
Yes, Fr. Simon is a gem. He’ll make a good bishop some day if they can persuade him to take it. You should visit his website. He used to have some of his homilies up as MP3 downloads. If he still does, they are worth downloading and listening to.
Back in the day, he was pastor of St. Thomas of Canterbury in Uptown (Chicago’s Second Chinatown but more Vietnamese and Laotian than Chinese). He wrote a famous little piece about restoring the tabernacle to the center of the church and about being uncomfortable being enthroned where the tabernacle ought to be. It was copied and printed in the conservative Catholic press around the country.
But he also ran a big soup kitchen at St. Thomas of Canterbury. He’s a pastor all the way through.
It is always nice to know context and I would presume that this was a church founded and named by the Irish. Other than that I FULLY approve of the views expressed. Would that marriage be still viewed as a sacrament rather than a license.
This is sooooooo true.
I call BS!!!! I seriously doubt that is the average cost. That makes the rest of the article suspect.
I eloped, it cost $20 gas money and $20 for the court house filing fees. The honeymoon was WAY more than that ;-)
“On average, US couples spend $20,398 for their wedding. However, the majority of couples spend between $15,299 and $25,498 while their wedding budget is typically 50% less than the amount spent. This does not include cost for a honeymoon or engagement ring. Understanding average wedding cost now can help you with your wedding budget later.”
Then again:
“The average cost of a wedding drops another 14% from $19,212 in Q1/2009 to $16,546 in Q2/2009. Results are based on 909 survey samples of both couples and wedding vendors across the US, a 3.25% margin of error. Average cost based on weighted average demand.”
http://www.theweddingreport.com/m/post.cfm/the-average-cost-of-a-wedding-drops-another-14-in-q2-2009
Very good.
While you only spent $40, I have know couples that have spent over $50,000 of mom and dad’s money. A justice of the peace can run $200 easy.
$29K?? Wow!
We spent less than $3000. That included the honeymoon. Took in $3000 on the dot in cash gifts (Italians can be very generous with cash gifts - my godfather used to slip me a C-note every now and then.).
But then again, that was all nearly 27 years ago.
My sister-in-law is a wedding planner and 30k would be considered average. Really, people have gone insane. The last wedding I attended was a small affair (less than 100 people) and wasn’t very fancy (the food sucked and the wedding cake was a joke). I learned that the mother of the bride spent close to 20,000.
my wife & I got married for less than $3,000 15 years ago...and we thought it was a pretty nice wedding with 100 of our family & friends. I have no idea why you would have to spend 29K...
I agree. I had a $3,000 budget, 21 years ago, and stayed within it, including buying rings and a plane ticket for my maid of honor. We had about 85 guests (would have been another 20 or so without the sudden ice storm), and they had a good time.
I ante’d up for two lately.
They were 30 grand each, and not all that upscale, and in a low cost midwest locale.
Of course both sets of prospective in-laws were in “financial difficulty” and couldn’t help out.
But both SILs are class guys and I was happy to do it. And I believe they both learned from their poorly financial managing parents and are on a much better path.
And the grandkids seem like a hundred to one payback.
:- )
“The average American wedding costs almost $29,000”
I would say it’s an understatement.
52 years ago my father in law offered my wife $5,000 to elope, she refused and i’ll guarntee you it cost him a hell of a LOT MORE THAN $5,000.
Today that $5,000 would be well over $50,000 due to inflation.
A few decades ago I was one of those overpriced djs and saw a lot of this. There was one wedding that topped them all which I called the wedding from hell. It was so bad the bride commented as I and the wedding party was leaving that she was contemplating ending the marriage asap. I didn’t blame her a bit.
I believe the author, who seems to be pastor of a St. Lambert’s Parish, was making a joke about St. Dymphna, who is patron saint of the mentally ill.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.