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I wouldn't recommend wrapping the rosary around your bouquet. I know that certain cultures develop different traditions but growing up we were taught the rosary is not to be used as "decoration" ie a necklace or accessory. Do you have any specific items that are important or were used in your families wedding ceremonies?
@Garnety: I had a rosary bracelet on my wrist. I ordinarily don't agree with wearing a rosary as jewelry (I absolutely cannot STAND rosaries worn as necklaces), but I know someone who makes beautiful bracelets from antique rosaries that have been broken beyond tasteful repair. Why that's different to me, I don't know, but it is.
I did have a Bible offered to me...wish I would have thought to have my mom hold it. Great idea there!
My mom has a rosary with blue beads that she wanted me use as my "Something Borrowed" and "Something Blue". It was important and special to her (and me) for me to have it with me while I walked down the aisle. I did not wrap it around my bouquet, but I did have it draped over my hand that was carrying the bouquet. I had to hold it until I was able to slip it to my MOH to put in the pocket of her bridesmaid dress (which I highly recommend dresses with pockets!!)
A friend of mine had her bouquet built onto her grandmother's prayer book.
This photo is from 2002, so the style of the flowers is a little out of date...
We had a ceremony and had neither a rosary, cross, nor bible. I honestly wouldn't know what to do with those during the ceremony. I was glad the altar girl took my bouquet.
I've seen the coins used at a wedding, it's called arras. The bride and groom exchange coins which are blessed. I think it symbolizes financial responsibility in the marriage.
Another hispanic tradition is having family members (usually the mothers) drape a lace mantilla over the bride and groom for a unity blessing.
I am planning to have a medal of my favorite saint, St. Teresa of the Little Flower, on my bouquet. I also plan to bring flowers to Mary. I am thinking about doing the mantilla tradition, but probably none of the others.
@liliangrae: Many saints wore rosaries around their neck or waist. The teaching is to not wear it impiously. I'm not putting the rosary on the bouquet "for decoration". It's my wedding rosary, so I want it to incorporate it somewhere. I'll ask my priest about it.
@peaches13: I wear a rosary bracelet 24/7 :) I assure you there is nothing wrong theologically with rosary bracelets and rings, these are sold in the gift shops of major cathedrals even.
@Garnety: Oh, yes, I'd forgotten about my rosary ring! I used to wear it as a purity ring until my hands got too chubby for it. :-(
P.S. If you're ever looking for Catholic jewelry, I'd be glad to send you the link to this lady's Etsy shop. She's wonderful to work with...PM me if you're interested.
I carried a family prayer book and a rosary with me, in lieu of a big bridal bouquet. They were both very special family heirlooms from my grandmothers, so having those with me as I walked down the aisle was far more meaningful than flowers. I wrapped the rosary around my right hand, and around the book, and it was very easy to hand them off to my sisters (bridesmaids) when the time came to during the ceremony. And, it's not that unheard of-- Grace Kelly carried a prayer book with her (you can spot it if you're looking for it in the pictures), and Melania Trump wrapped a rosary around her hands rather than carrying a bouquet.
I ended up carrying a few full garden roses up the aisle too. They were more bouquet-like than I anticipated, but they were to lay for Mary and it just made the mose logistical sense for me to carry them. It wasn't difficult at all to juggle the prayer book, rosary, and flowers either.
I love the idea of putting a saint's medal on the bouquet. Do you have one that is special to you?
Also, I buy this for my mom and grandmother every year and they love it! If you plan to serve coffee, this might be cute! http://www.mysticmonkcoffee.com/store/storefront.php
@red_seattle: I LOVE Grace Kelly's prayer book/missal!!!! I wish they still sold these!
@Garnety: I know-- huge bummer that you can't find new ones that beautiful anymore! They do have old ones on eBay. I spotted one on eBay (searching for "prayer book") that is VERY similar to the one I carried in how it looks, and in the fact that it deals specifically with the marriage sacrament.
(I can't get the hyperlink to work)
If you don't like that one, there are plenty others on eBay. Also, if you find one on eBay, and aren't wild about the cover, or if it seems to need a little extra protection because it's frail, you can see if you can get someone on Etsy to make you one. While I was skimming through what I found on eBay, I noticed a lot are in other languages-- Latin, Polish, German, French-- and some were beautiful, so if you have a connection to other languages, you could carry one of those, even if you might not speak the language well enough to use the book. But it could be a sweet little nod to your heritage if you found one in the language your great-great-grandma spoke (or what have you).
I'm going to carry my the family missal (look similar to Princess Grace's)! It was carried by my grandmother and by my mother. It actually contains the sacramental certificate for my grandmothers 1940 wedding.
I was worried about it being tough to handle it, plus my bouquet, plus my dad's arm when walking down the aisle. Then I picked a dress with pockets and my problem was solved ;)
I'll be having a blue rosary that I gave my father (who passed away) added to the stems of my flowers.
I agree with the person who said it's ok to wear or decorate with a rosary as long as it's done piously.
If you hang a rosary from your review mirror because everyone else does it, it's not right. If you hang it there because you pray in the car...totally fine.
"It's an instrument, not an ornament" is what i've been told.
@red_seattle: I'm thinking of maybe even trying to make my own cover... Buy some lace and pearl beads... possible DIY project!
@Magdalena: You are so blessed to have that missal! My family didn't have anything to pass down.
I am from northern Ireland, as we are having a mixed wedding it has to be non religious, and will be held in belfast castle. I will be wrapping my blue rosary around my bouquet as I won't e married in the chapel, I am also hanging a locket with a picture of H2b sister who passed away 2 years ago.
There is nothing wrong with wearin a rosary providing its done for the right reasons. As I child I wore not only my beads but also medals that my mother sewed into my uniform, from I began primary school to I left secondary school they NEVER left me.
For the record, I spoke to a priest and he advised that there is nothing wrong with wearing a rosary or using wrapped in your bouquet. "Misuse of a rosary would be if it were worn or used as a symbol for something other than devotion to Jesus and Mary."
Love this thread. :) My future MIL offered me a silver cross to put in the bouquet that her family brought to this country. I have our family rosaries and prayer books, but haven't decided whether to bring one or not. It's been hard to figure out how to incorporate our faith in a subtle way that is meaningful. FH said he may gift me a crucifix necklace as a wedding gift. **fingers crossed*
I bought all my bridesmaids rosaries to put around their bouquets. I then used a white rosary that had previously been my husband's grandmother's. My necklace was also a chastity necklace: a lily with open petals that had engraved words on them like: covenant, virtue, promise. The lily is a classic symbol for chastity.
To be honest though aside from going down the aisle, I felt like the bouquet got in my way. Granted, I wasn't about to do away with the wedding tradition, but in some ways I feel like its a bit impractical. Granted, maybe its practice for trying to figure out how to pray while holding a squirming baby who wants to crawl down the aisle. ;)
most of the weddings i've been to are traditional catholic weddings. what i've seen is the rosary wrapped around the bouquet or a cross pinned on the bouquet. sometimes it's a medal of your patron saint or your family's patron saint. sometimes the cross or the medal is pinned somehwere onto the dress. sometimes, the bride also carries the bible with her bouquet but most of the time, they have a bible bearer to that, similar to a ring bearer, (usually little boys)
also during the ceremony there is the arrhae or unity coins being passed from the groom to the bride. this is usually carried by a coin bearer during the processional. then there's the family's bible or the couple's bible being used. there's also the veil (different from the bride's veil) to put over the couple at one point of the ceremony. then the unity candles. also, the cord used to bind the couple (traditional part of a catholic wedding mass), a lot of times, instead of just an ordinary cord, the use 2 big rosaries that is merged in the middle. something like this: http://blissful-weddings.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/rosary_wedding_cord_06.jpg in fact, i'm making one for my cousin who is getting married.
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I don't even know how to title this post, I'll just explain :)
I'd like to know what Catholic items you had or will have for your wedding, such as wedding rosary, wedding family bible, wedding cross, or any other thing? Did you have them at the ceremony/mass?
I know in hispanic traditions they have the lasso and coins (which I have no idea how the coins are used?)
I am thinking about wrapping the rosary around my bouquet, having my mom hold the bible and FH's mom hold the cross during the mass.