Wedding Invitations

Weddings to be performed in the Catholic Church are to be publicly
announced three times either from the pulpit or the church bulletin
before the wedding. Theses are called banns.

Catholics can be married in a simple wedding service but most
choose to include a Nuptial Mass (or service). If the wedding ceremony
will include a Nuptial Mass, that needs to be indicated on the
invitation because the mass itself will be around an hour long and your
guests need to be aware of that.

It used to be that Nuptial Masses were only performed before noon,
but now are performed in the afternoon as well. Unless the bishop has
granted special permission, Nuptial Masses may not be performed during
Lent or Advent.

The bride and groom “are joined together in holy matrimony” so “and” is used instead of “to.”

All of the above should be observed when setting the time and thinking about how to word your wedding invitations.