Are you going to get married in a Catholic Church?
Not sure where to find your Catholic Wedding Mass Booklet Template?
If you are planning to hold your wedding in a Catholic Church, you will need to prepare your mass booklet (wedding liturgy) for the Priest to celebrate your marriage. On top of that, your guests will also need the wedding mass booklet to follow the proceedings, especially if you have invited your non-catholic friends. There will be lots of standing, sitting and kneeling at different parts of the mass, so if you do not want your guests to feel lost, it is best to prepare a detailed wedding mass booklet.
The Priest will also ask you to prepare your own wedding liturgy (mass booklet), where you choose the readings, hymns and gospel that you like, and the Priest will only check through to make sure all is according to the Catholic Church and Bible teachings.
Your Wedding Mass Booklet is highly customisable (within the parameters of the Church)
In other words, your wedding mass book is highly customisable according to your needs.
Also, Catholics can choose between a catholic wedding mass or a catholic wedding service.
What is the difference between a Catholic Wedding Mass and a Catholic Wedding Service?
The wedding mass will have the celebration of the Eucharist whereas the wedding service will not. This means that a wedding service will take around 40mins whereas a wedding mass will take around 60mins.
But fret not, I have just the template you need for your wedding needs (for both mass and service). This template has many options for you to choose from, so this is the one stop wedding mass booklet template that you need.
Typical format of a Wedding MASS
(with various options to choose from in the template)
1. ENTRANCE HYMN
2. INTRODUCTORY RITES
– signing of the cross
– greeting
– Gloria
3. COLLECT (3 options to choose from)
4. LITURGY OF THE WORD
– First Reading (5 options to choose from)
– Responsorial Psalm (5 options to choose from)
– Second Reading (3 options to choose from)
– Gospel Acclamation (9 options to choose from)
– Gospel (9 options to choose from)
5. HOMILY
6. RITE OF MARRIAGE
– Preparatory Dialogue
– Statement of Intentions
– Declaration of Consent
– Blessing of the Rings
– Exchange of the Rings
7. GENERAL INTERCESSIONS
8. LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST
– Offertory hymn
– Prayer over the Offerings (3 options to choose from)
– Eucharistic Prayer I
– Preface (3 options to choose from)
– Sanctus
– Eucharistic Prayer II
– Doxology
– Communion Rite
9. NUPTIAL BLESSING (3 options to choose from)
10. continuation to the LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST
– sign of peace
– Lamb of God
– Communion
11. PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION (3 options to choose from)
12. CONCLUDING RITE
13. SOLEMN BLESSING
14. DISMISSAL
HYMNS (19 options to choose from)
Typical format of a Wedding SERVICE
(with various options to choose from in the template)
1. ENTRANCE HYMN
2. INTRODUCTORY RITES
– signing of the cross
– greeting
– Gloria
3. COLLECT (3 options to choose from)
4. LITURGY OF THE WORD
– First Reading (5 options to choose from)
– Responsorial Psalm (5 options to choose from)
– Second Reading (3 options to choose from)
– Gospel Acclamation (9 options to choose from)
– Gospel (9 options to choose from)
5. HOMILY
6. RITE OF MARRIAGE
– Preparatory Dialogue
– Statement of Intentions
– Declaration of Consent
– Blessing of the Rings
– Exchange of the Rings
7. GENERAL INTERCESSIONS
8. OUR FATHER
9. NUPTIAL BLESSING (3 options to choose from)
10. continuation to the LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST
– sign of peace
– Lamb of God
– Communion
11. PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION (3 options to choose from)
12. CONCLUDING RITE
13. SOLEMN BLESSING
14. DISMISSAL
HYMNS (19 options to choose from)