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Question: I need to know proper capitalization for a catholic wedding invitation. can anyone help?

(Posted by: Stacey on 2010-07-25 17:06:55)

I am printing my wedding invitations and I am having a Catholic Mass. I need to know if "In the sacrament of holy matrimony and asking the blessing of God upon this union. " I need to know if Sacrament, Holy Matrimony, Blessing should be Capitalized. Please help me!!!

Posted by: JNS on 2010-07-25, 17:11:48

- "Sacrament " is capitalized if referring to a specific sacrament (like "the Sacrament of _____ ") because it's a proper name. For example, Baptism is a sacrament: the Sacrament of Baptism. So in that case, yes it is. - "Matrimony " is capitalized if you are referring to it as a sacrament, so it should be in your case. - "blessing " and "holy " are not capitalized unless they are part of the proper name (for example, the Holy Father is holy). Blessing is not a name in your sentence (it's a generic blessing), however the holy in Holy Matrimony would be part of the name, so it would be capitalized. "In the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony and asking the blessing of God upon this union. " Would be correct. I changed my original answer. The phrase "Holy Matrimony " is redundant, since all sacraments are inherently holy, but if you use it like that, I don't think it would really be wrong. --------- Edit: Suz, your references are completely wrong and were likely written by non-Catholics. A protestant that doesn't believe that matrimony is a sacrament wouldn't call it the Sacrament of Matrimony. Also, Catholic (in reference to the Church*) and Mass (in reference to the Sacrifice of the Mass) are always, always, always capitalized. * that's another one that's often messed up. A church (lowercase) is a building. The Church (capitalized) is the entire body of the Church of Christ (so the people, traditions, etc). An exception is used if the word "church " is in the title of the parish, for example "St. Mark's Church ". So: "St. Mark's Church is a church that is part of the Catholic Church. " Is correct. ------------- Also, your Crane reference is wrong. Banns have not been required for decades, though some parishes still post them out of tradition. Also, you can be married during Advent or Lent without the permission of a bishop. So I wouldn't trust that source at all.

Posted by: Suz123 on 2010-07-25, 17:42:55

From: blissweddings.com/ library/ invetiq.asp Mr. and Mrs. John R. Smith request the honour of your presence at the marriage of their daughter Barbara Ann to Richard Michael Jones on Saturday, the first of July Two thousand at an eleven o'clock Nuptial Mass St. Mark's Catholic Church 101 Main Street San Francisco, California And this site says the same thing wedding.invitations4less.com/ TraditionalInvitationSampleWording.asp There is also this alternative wiki.answers.com/ Q/ Wording_for_wedding_invitation_at_a_Nuptial_Mass Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Doe request the honour of your presence at the nuptial mass at which their daughter Jane Ann and Mr. James Philip Madison will be united in the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony Saturday, the fifth of June Two thousand and ten at seven o'clock Saint Vincent Church Bridgeport, Connecticut This site explains: crane.com/ etiquette.aspx?C= WeddingEtiquette &S= WeddingInvitation &I= Roman_Catholic_Weddings But I believe that Nuptial Mass is supposed to be capitalized. I think that you should not add "asking the blessing of God upon this union. " And yes . . . Sacrament, Holy, and Matrimony are capitalized, as above. To JNS: Our questioner wrote, "I am having a Catholic Mass. " She can include the phrase "Sacrament of Holy Matrimony. " She did not ask us what a protestant would do.

Posted by: C J on 2010-07-25, 19:36:38

Sacrament of Holy Matrimony <--- should look like that If you use the word blessings, capitalize it. God, Lord, He (referring to God) are always capitalized. Most Catholic mass invitations will read like this though: (names) Will be united in the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony (date and place)