Getting Weddy: Choosing Our Location for the Solemnization

Pardon the hiatus, but it's time we continued thinking about location, location, location! This time for the solemnization (holy matrimony) part of the wedding!

 

We're both Catholic so that narrowed our options down a lot. We couldn't hold it at Risen Christ (where we both attend Sunday Mass) because the Saturday Novena services were going to be held there for 2 years from this October, so we had to expand our search!

Here was our criteria for choosing the church:

1. Had to be easily accessible from our homes in Braddell/Toa Payoh.
2. Non-air conditioned church is ok, but we would like to have an air conditioned reception area at least.
3. The venue had to accomodate at least 200 guests
4. Since we're not doing any pre-wedding photography, we want to schedule a short session for photo taking after service. So the venue has to be pretty!

And we narrowed our options down to 2 churches!


Church of the Holy Spirit, Thomson

COST

• Chapel - $200
• Canteen - $400
• Total Cost - $600

MASS TIMES

• 930am, 1130am

 PROS

• Extremely close to both our homes.
• Air conditioning both in the chapel and canteen.

CONS

• We wouldn't be allowed to use the main church - just the chapel, so space might be an issue for the nuptials.
• Not many places for photos.

Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Hougang

COST

• Church - $200
• Canteen - $350
• AV Projection - $50
• Powerpoint - $20
• Total Cost - $620

MASS TIMES

• 9am, 11am, 1pm

PROS

• I mean, it's gorg.
  
• My family has a lot of history with this church. Marriages, baptisms and even funerals.
• Definitely enough room to accomodate a larger number of guests.

CONS

• The church is non-air conditioned, but the canteen area is.

Okay so I guess it's pretty obvious which one we went for...

NATIVITY CHURCH!

No, we didn't already get married. This is the Nativity marriage renewal mass. Check out the album here.

It's gorgeous ... I mean the vaulted ceilings, spanish tiles and antique wood pews are e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g. Added bonus is that it makes my grandmother so happy that we're doing the nuptials here - she used to attend mass here as a little girl!

Now to think of what I'm gonna wear down the aisle and how I'm going to decorate the church!

The possibilities are endless!

xx,
Miss D.