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[chelle]

Hey Missies - just wondering how much you plan on paying priest ? Also my parish priest said that people give a donation to church but I haven't a clue how much to give . Any advice is greatly appreciated ! Thanks x

[Its_my_day_soon]

Sometimes your dioesce website might give guidance on the typical donation. But it very much depends on your own money situation. I was told you should give the priest the equivalent to a days wages for yourself. not sure about church donations, we were told 500. Some other places are 100. All depends, if possible talk to another bride who got married there.

[Muffin]

hey hun,
Our church are expecting €400 !! UPFRONT... Im sick thinking about it and that does not include paying the priest!! Think the norm is €150-200 for the priest and something similar for a church donation. .hope that helps...

[glee26]

Ours is 400 too, thats for the use of the church (its not our parish church)

The priest never mentioned a "donation" but 150 - 200 seems to be the going rate

[mrs L to be]

yep ours is 420!!! i really think this is steep! its my h2bs parish and yet we still gota pay to use it

[Muffin]

hey glee26 our church is expecting €400 and its 2mins up the road from our house and our local
church .... still reeling from the shock ....oh and its just a small church paint flaking off the walls
inside etc but we want get married there so suppose we will just have to fork out....and pay the priest, sacristan and altar boys!!!

[stick]

We got married in the church were we are living
they never mentioned money etc, hubbys cousin got married there so asked him and they said it was 200euro for teh church we used a family memeber as priest and gave him 200 and paid for his hotel room.
he didnt have alter servers as the parish office said no they dont bother with them for weddings

[Virginia Woolf]

we planning on giving the priest €150 and I havn't heard aything about church donations. Oh girls actually think I'd get sick if I had to pay €400 for church

[glee26]

I thought you only had to pay if it wasnt your parish church! thats terrible but I suppose we cant complain if we look at how much were spending on the reception!!

[stick]

i think you are still menat to give a donation towards heating lightening and up keep of the parish chuch even if your local-

[dreamhusband2b]

we are goin to give the priest 100-150.he never said nethin bout payin nethin so i presume theres no payment r nethin.i think its a disgrace lookin for 400 euro for an hour a bit work! especially if its ur parish! is everyone havin the priest at the meal aswell?

[letmeeatcake]

We are getting married in our local cathedral. It is not technically in my parish, as I live about 200 metres outside the parish lines. However, I have never been to my own parish church and I was confirmed and I was an altar server at the cathedral for 3 years. Therefore, there is no way that I am going to pay the €250 "donation" that the church asks for if you do not live in the parish! So I was just planning on paying the priest and a small bit to the sacristan. Is that wrong? Do I still have to give money to the church?!

[fionab1385]

i haven't heard anything YET about a church donation, it's my parish so I would be a bit peed off if I had to pay for it! I do intend on slipping the priest €300 - he married my sister and that is what she gave him so I kinda have to do the same. Then again she had him up for dinner as well before the wedding a few times and they went to mass every Sunday coming up to it - that I will not be doing !!!!!!!

[chelle]

hey hun,
Our church are expecting €400 !! UPFRONT... Im sick thinking about it and that does not include paying the priest!! Think the norm is €150-200 for the priest and something similar for a church donation. .hope that helps...

OH MY GOD that's alot . Priest said not to let it worry me so hopefully he's not expecting that much !!! Or he'll be the one wit the shocked face when he opens the envelope !!!

[chelle]

we planning on giving the priest €150 and I havn't heard aything about church donations. Oh girls actually think I'd get sick if I had to pay €400 for church

Ah let them off - sure what can they say once we're married ?!!!!! I think it's enough payin the priest.