Less than four in 10 couples who got married last year had a Catholic ceremony
April 26, 2024
Less than four in 10 couples who got married last year had a Catholic ceremony
by MrTuxedo1
25 comments
Good to see, other than the lovely venues, the Catholic church has little to offer.
Four in ten couples are still massive nerds.
I can’t believe it’s even that many🤥
Funny cause of all the weddings I’ve been to (about 8 or 9) all but 2 were a civil ceremony.
*The Spiritualist Union of Ireland performed 1,674 (7.9%) ceremonies…*
What does a Spiritualist marriage look like?
It’s hardly surprising, the current generation of people who would be at the typical age for marriage grew up hearing nothing but story and horrific story of abuse within the church, from priests to nuns. It’s no wonder we don’t have any respect for or interest in the church. Marriage is to do with the two people getting married, the church doesn’t need to be involved.
My straight cousin and his wife just had a humanist wedding. They cited not wanting a religious one due to how the church treats certain groups of people (aka non straights)
I appreciate them greatly for being a straight couple that even cares about this kind of thing… Small steps tho.
A couple of years ago it was around 50% of wedding’s still happening in Catholic Churches. If it’s below 40% that’s another big drop.
Inconceivable to think that back in the late 80s/early 90s it would have been over 90%. That’s a pretty momentous change in a short period of time (in the grand scheme of things).
Less than 4 in 10? So is it 1, 2 or 3 in 10?!
Why not say 2/5 … simplify man, simplifyyyyyyy
:O
Who’d have thought people don’t agree with pedos, people trafficking, imprisoning single mothers & baby murder
I am a blow in.
I had a personal ceremony.
I know I am not reflective of the general populace, but I am here twenty years now and it seems more usual than ever.
How many people have a church wedding that are actually (practising) Catholics?
How many got married for tax purposes only?
Whatever about the horrible shit the church has done…an hour long mass is just so fucking boring
Careful what you wish for. The void will be filed with other faith traditions.
Catholicism has been declining in Ireland for the last 30 odd years. This shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone
Let us build a city of God, May our tears be turned into dance, For our Lord, our light and our love, Has turned the night into day.
Good.
Less than two in five is much easier to say…
And of course this is the case. I’d say barely one in ten are actual believers too. The rest are just doing it for tradition or Mammy’s sake.
Some of the kindest people you’ll meet are the oul’ ones who still religiously attend mass (aka my granny!)
I’m sure most will celebrate the inevitable death of Christianity and I completely understand why. Fuck them priests.
But I do sometimes ponder whether our ancestors got it all wrong or there’s a grain of truth to the whole thing. Guess we’ll only find out when we’re six feet under.
Lol it was never a consideration in my wedding. We didn’t even discuss anything to do with the church and us getting married. And same with not getting out kids christened… It only once entered into our discussions around us becoming parents, both of us nah absolutely not. That was that!
Church wedding is shit craic. Hotel wedding is right job
Been to two weddings in the last year. One was a humanist ceremony and their 2 year old was basically a part of it. it was in the hotel with the recepition and the one doing the ceremony was fantastic. Spoke brilliantly about the couple getting married, really made the whole event feel special and when the kid started acting up they entertained them by including them in the ceremony. The couple getting married and the kid were the stars of the show.
The other wedding was a church wedding and it was a harsh affair. The priest talking about the difficulites of marriage, the promise they are making to god and honestly he spoke at length about how important his role was that day and the months leading up to it and how he had to guide them there and watch over the ceremony. He made it as much about himself and the church as he could.
Until i had been to both of those weddings i honeslty was indifferent to a church wedding or not but now i would absolutely be against it. A humanist wedding is just better in every measurable way.
25 comments
Good to see, other than the lovely venues, the Catholic church has little to offer.
Four in ten couples are still massive nerds.
I can’t believe it’s even that many🤥
Funny cause of all the weddings I’ve been to (about 8 or 9) all but 2 were a civil ceremony.
*The Spiritualist Union of Ireland performed 1,674 (7.9%) ceremonies…*
What does a Spiritualist marriage look like?
It’s hardly surprising, the current generation of people who would be at the typical age for marriage grew up hearing nothing but story and horrific story of abuse within the church, from priests to nuns. It’s no wonder we don’t have any respect for or interest in the church. Marriage is to do with the two people getting married, the church doesn’t need to be involved.
My straight cousin and his wife just had a humanist wedding. They cited not wanting a religious one due to how the church treats certain groups of people (aka non straights)
I appreciate them greatly for being a straight couple that even cares about this kind of thing… Small steps tho.
A couple of years ago it was around 50% of wedding’s still happening in Catholic Churches. If it’s below 40% that’s another big drop.
Inconceivable to think that back in the late 80s/early 90s it would have been over 90%. That’s a pretty momentous change in a short period of time (in the grand scheme of things).
Less than 4 in 10? So is it 1, 2 or 3 in 10?!
Why not say 2/5 … simplify man, simplifyyyyyyy
:O
Who’d have thought people don’t agree with pedos, people trafficking, imprisoning single mothers & baby murder
I am a blow in.
I had a personal ceremony.
I know I am not reflective of the general populace, but I am here twenty years now and it seems more usual than ever.
How many people have a church wedding that are actually (practising) Catholics?
How many got married for tax purposes only?
Whatever about the horrible shit the church has done…an hour long mass is just so fucking boring
Careful what you wish for. The void will be filed with other faith traditions.
Catholicism has been declining in Ireland for the last 30 odd years. This shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone
Let us build a city of God,
May our tears be turned into dance,
For our Lord, our light and our love,
Has turned the night into day.
Good.
Less than two in five is much easier to say…
And of course this is the case. I’d say barely one in ten are actual believers too. The rest are just doing it for tradition or Mammy’s sake.
Some of the kindest people you’ll meet are the oul’ ones who still religiously attend mass (aka my granny!)
I’m sure most will celebrate the inevitable death of Christianity and I completely understand why. Fuck them priests.
But I do sometimes ponder whether our ancestors got it all wrong or there’s a grain of truth to the whole thing. Guess we’ll only find out when we’re six feet under.
Lol it was never a consideration in my wedding. We didn’t even discuss anything to do with the church and us getting married. And same with not getting out kids christened… It only once entered into our discussions around us becoming parents, both of us nah absolutely not. That was that!
Church wedding is shit craic. Hotel wedding is right job
Been to two weddings in the last year. One was a humanist ceremony and their 2 year old was basically a part of it. it was in the hotel with the recepition and the one doing the ceremony was fantastic. Spoke brilliantly about the couple getting married, really made the whole event feel special and when the kid started acting up they entertained them by including them in the ceremony. The couple getting married and the kid were the stars of the show.
The other wedding was a church wedding and it was a harsh affair. The priest talking about the difficulites of marriage, the promise they are making to god and honestly he spoke at length about how important his role was that day and the months leading up to it and how he had to guide them there and watch over the ceremony. He made it as much about himself and the church as he could.
Until i had been to both of those weddings i honeslty was indifferent to a church wedding or not but now i would absolutely be against it. A humanist wedding is just better in every measurable way.