Wedding Invitations

Traditional Catholic Wedding Invitation Wording

In this era of increased technological development, the wedding invitations still seem like the best method of announcing the wedding day. The custom of sending wedding invitations was made popular in the past by members of the high society but it was soon adopted by people from all social ranks.




The simple and classical white wedding invitation has evolved into the modern and colorful wedding invitation card; these cards come in a large variety of color combinations, designs and patterns to match with a certain theme selected for your wedding party, shapes and sizes, and most of all, perfect for your wedding budget.



The wedding invitations can be directly bought from online manufacturers and you will also be given the alternative to choose for some personalized cards just to make them look unique or one-of-a-kind.

Thermography with its raised letter effect remains the cheapest and fastest method of writing the wedding invitations; if your wedding budget allows it then I suggest opting for the hand written invitation. The calligraphy used for writing such invitations is intricate and gives a certain traditional and classical feeling to this whole process of sending and receiving the wedding invitations. This feeling can also be achieved by using the thermography method but only if you select some old letter fonts or a classy calligraphy style.

The wording etiquette demands the use of formal language to issue the wedding invitations; only the necessary and basic information about the wedding ceremony or reception should be mentioned: the names of the bride and groom, the name of the wedding hosts, the location of the wedding, the date and the time.

The wedding hosts, usually being the bride’s parents, will have to issue the wedding invitations because they will pay for the wedding. But I should also mention the fact that this custom has lost its importance and sometimes the bride and groom decide to pay for their own wedding so they choose not to mention the names of the wedding hosts but rather both their families.

The RSVP is an abbreviation from the French expression “répondez s’il vous plait”, translated as “please respond”, and can be often read at the bottom of a wedding invitation or written on a separate card. This RSVP is very important because usually it depends on the attendance response to plan the finishing touches of a wedding ceremony and reception; if the couple expects only a non-attendance response, the RSVP should not be written but rather the expression “Regrets only” and a simple phone number should be added for contact.

The alternative to the formal wording is the use of a non-traditional language which basically means that you can issue the inviting by using your own addressing form or language. You can also add some favorite quotes or verses but make sure that there aren’t any spelling mistakes or wrong uses of honorifics because they are to be blamed for some future embarrassments with your guests.

The traditional catholic wording for the wedding invitations is a bit different from the standard one because it involves the use of Christ’s or God’s names and the request of their blessing on this joyous day. Here are some popular wording examples:

“Samantha Turner and Simon Jenkins request the honour of your presence as Christ unites them to become one, on Saturday, the seventeenth of May, two thousand and ten, at ten o’clock in the morning, St. Mary’s Church, New Orleans, Louisiana.”

”Blessed be the tie that binds our hearts in Christian love. The fellowship of kindred mind is like to that above. We, Samantha Turner and Simon Jenkins, joyously invite you to witness the uniting of our lives as one, on Saturday, the seventeenth of May, two thousand and ten, at ten o’clock in the morning, St. Mary’s Church, New Orleans, Louisiana.”

“Samantha Turner and Simon Jenkins, together with their parents, invite you to share their joy as they are united in the Lord Jesus Christ, on Saturday, the seventeenth of May, two thousand and ten, at ten o’clock in the morning, St. Mary’s Church, New Orleans, Louisiana.”