Wedding Blog

Father O’Neil: And now for our second reading I’d like to ask the bride’s sister Gloria up to the lectern.
John Beckwith: 20 bucks First Corinthians.
Jeremy Grey: Double or nothing Colossians 3:12.
Gloria Cleary: And now a reading from Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians.

~Wedding Crashers, 2005

The wedding program text is almost complete! We were given a book called Partners in Life and Love by Giandurco and Bonnici. It’s a preparation handbook covering Catholic marriages similar to the book we received at Precana. However, this book contains the format for a Catholic wedding - all the readings are laid out and Mr. Snow Pea and I just have to check which reading we would like to use.

I typed the program up line by line based on this book. Most weddings that I have attended do not include the readings in their program and I keep hearing comments from guests saying, “Oh how are we going to follow along?” So I thought I would cater to all those would want to follow along. It’s a nice keepsake as well.

For the titles, I used a font called “Beautiful ES” (font size 22), a font that I downloaded for free. Since it is a word file, I went with a simple script font that would not enlarge my line spacing; therefore, pushing my regular text down. Had I done it in Illustrator or Photoshop like Miss Spider, I could use fancy fonts and move the regular text around as I like and not worry about spacing. Since it was so long and so much text, I used MWord over Photoshop or Illustrator.

We didn’t know who was supposed to do the readings. We had no rhyme or reason. We didn’t know if it would offend someone if we didn’t ask him or her. We didn’t know if we should choose the godparents to read. For my bridal shower, every guest was asked to write down some marriage advice. My future sister in law wrote Corinthians 12:31-13.8 down to me, so that’s why I chose her to read. Then the other choice was Mr. Snow Pea’s favorite uncle who is also his godfather.

Who are you having to do your readings?