We have suggested the wording below as a guide - but you can have anything you wish on the wedding stationery. Either include your wording on the order form or email us - this is essential for the Ceremony Program and for the booklet format where you must email us your guest list to have typeset on the invitations.

Wording for wedding invitations - to Church and reception venue
Mr and Mrs Thomas McCourt
Request the honour of your presence
At the marriage of their daughter
Katherine to Mark Old
On Saturday, June the fourteenth, two thousand and eight
At four o’clock in the afternoon
Saint Bernadette Church
918 Quonset Place
North Kingston, Rhode Island

Reply address should be added if you are not including a Reply Card, and if required, a dress code.

Alternative wedding invitation wording
The wording may change according to who hosts the wedding:
If the brides’s parents are hosts: Mr and Mrs McCourt…the marriage of their daughter Katherine
If one of the parents is widowed: Mrs McCourt…her daughter Katherine / Mr McCourt…his daughter Katherine
And if they have remarried: Mr and Mrs Harrison…her daughter Katherine / Mr and Mrs McCourt…his daughter Katherine
If the parents are divorced and co-hosting: Mr McCourt and Mrs Harrison…their daughter Katherine
If the bride and groom are hosts: Miss Katherine McCourt and Mr Mark Old…at their marriage
An invitation to a blessing: Mr and Mrs Thomas McCourt are delighted to invite (guest’s name) to the service of blessing, following the marriage of their daughter Katherine to Mark Old …

Ceremony of Commitment
Katherine McCourt and Emma Old invite you to join them at their Ceremony of Commitment, On Saturday, June the fourteenth, two thousand and eight, At four o’clock in the afternoon…

Ceremonies abroad
Following the marriage of Adrian and Áine in St. John Lateran Church, Rome, Mr and Mrs Tony Mullan requests the honour of your prescence at the marriage of their daughter Katherine to Mark Old on Saturday, June the fourteenth, two thousand and eight at four o’clock in the afternoon at Kees Hotel, Stranorlar, County Donegal.

Following their wedding in Mauritius on 1st March 2006 Miss Sophie Cottrell and Mr Anand Gopaul invite you to join them at a party in celebration of their marriage at the Bang Bar, The Aquarium Restaurant, Ivory House, on Saturday, June the fourteenth, two thousand and eight at four o’clock in the afternoon.

We can also print bilingual copy if you send the translation when you order.

Wording for evening invitations
Mr and Mrs Thomas McCourt invite you to join them as they celebrate the marriage of their daughter Katherine to Mark Old at Alexander House Hotel On Saturday, June the fourteenth, two thousand and eight, At eight o’clock in the evening.
(Evening Invitations should have the reply address and remember to add Black tie if there is a dress code)

Wording for Reply Card
Your reply address is included, so guests can post directly. If you are worried about the timing, you can also add a reply by date.
Name of guests: (your guests will write here)
– Yes, I/we would love to come
– Sorry, I/we will be unable to attend
Please reply using this card by 1st April 2003.
If necessary you can also add other questions such as are you a vegetarian, or do you have any specific dietary requirements?

Ceremony Program
Entrance music, hymns, prayers, marriage, benediction - you will be able to obtain this from the Church you are getting married in and must always check it with the clergy before ordering. Due to the amount of text in your Ceremony Program we must receive this in a typed format on CD or email.