3 months to go. Sudden Catholic church fee. Agghh!!!

Hi

We're having a Catholic wedding and were told upon booking that it was a £50 fee for the priest and £50 for the church. Its also £100 for the organist. They were very upfront about the costs though and it's nowhere near £500.

I would speak to the church and see exactly what that fee covers and why you werent told upon booking.

Unfortunately there may be no option but to pay at this late stage.

Good luck!

A. It just Feels like it was deliberate to wait till now to tell us about this fee, when it's too late to do anything about it. Just if we'd known earlier we would have allowed for it more, now got to see what can be cut down.

I would definitely enquire about what this covers, and why you weren't told of it when you booked. Maybe they have recently changed this, in which case you may be able to argue out of it as you had pre-booked.

Very un-Christian of them to do this to you though! Good luck getting it sorted!

I have always known catholic ceremonies to be a donation. I would bring it up with the priest again and if you have no luck I would seriously consider bringing it up with the bishop of your diocese x

We get married in a catholic church in July. Our priest asked for a £100 donation but told us to give what we can afford. He said he had a couple recently who didn't make a donation at all because they couldn't afford to and he was fine about that. My cousins also got married in a different catholic church and were let off with the marriage preparation fees because they couldn't afford it. You should definitelyspeak to him , he may be more flexible than you think. Hope that helps - good luck!

Thankyou all for your advice. Have spoken to the priest and he is letting us just pay what we budgeted a donation for.