Ideas for incorporating Irish wedding custom into Catholic marriage ceremony?

[dilleachta]

Hello,

I am interested in incorporating an Irish custom into my upcoming Catholic wedding ceremony.

Initially I thought the old Irish custom of hand tying or “hand-fasting” would be nice to add to the end of the ceremony (the Deacon said it sounded similar to the Latino custom of the “Lasso”). Upon further research, I’m not sure if we will be allowed to do this since it seems to have predominantly pagan origins.

Any other ideas?

Thank you!

 

[1ke]

Hello,

I am interested in incorporating an Irish custom into my upcoming Catholic wedding ceremony.

Initially I thought the old Irish custom of hand tying or “hand-fasting” would be nice to add to the end of the ceremony (the Deacon said it sounded similar to the Latino custom of the “Lasso”). Upon further research, I’m not sure if we will be allowed to do this since it seems to have predominantly pagan origins.

Any other ideas?

Thank you!

I suggest you incorporate cultural traditions into your wedding reception rather than the wedding itself.

 

[pianistclare]

Hello,

I am interested in incorporating an Irish custom into my upcoming Catholic wedding ceremony.

Initially I thought the old Irish custom of hand tying or “hand-fasting” would be nice to add to the end of the ceremony (the Deacon said it sounded similar to the Latino custom of the “Lasso”). Upon further research, I’m not sure if we will be allowed to do this since it seems to have predominantly pagan origins.

Any other ideas?

Thank you!

This tends to be done in weddings outside of the churches, and even in some pagan and wiccan ceremonies. It’s not sometime dear to Irish Catholics, although it’s on trend to have all things “celtic” in a contemporary wedding.
This and other things like the unity candle are superfluous to the Catholic nuptial Mass.
You can do this at the reception if you want; literally “tying the knot”.
But in Ireland you would be hard pressed to find a priest to let you do this during the Mass.

Like many things, people want to “personalize” their ceremonies. But a Nuptial Mass is a thing of beauty on its own. :twocents:

Congratulations on your upcoming marriage. :shamrock2: