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Back to the OPs question. You are, of course, free to issue two invitations- one to the wedding, and one for the baptism of their child. Of course, as the other canon lawyer pointed out, ONLY if both parties are baptized should you call it a “sacramental” marriage. Otherwise, it is an invitation to a marriage. You may use the same formal wording as in a regular wedding because this is a wedding. Just because some couples choose to go the informal route doesn’t mean that it is mandatory to make this an informal occasion. The Church does not view this as an informal occasion in and of itself. This is a wedding, a marriage to take place. Handwritten notes are considered the most formal. Engraved is formal but is also used for the most informal of weddings… Therefore, the couple should use what they wish to use and make the wedding as informal/formal as they desire within the ramifications of the liturgies open to them. Since it is a convalidation, it is likely that one party is not Catholic. This may be a reason to not have the wedding in the context of a Mass so as to limit hard feelings about guests not being able to receive the Eucharist… Nevertheless, the bride may wear a wedding gown and have bridesmaids and so on…