Hello there! sharing with you my wedding journey..
Rex and I have been together for more than 4 years already and since both of us are the bread winner in the family, every time marriage comes to our mind we always look and ask each other, kaya na ba natin? (are we ready?) And more often our answer is not yet. Last Dec 2014 we’ve been having these conversations about our “future together”, like buying a larger cabinet for our clothes, getting a bigger and comfortable bed and how much do we plan to spend for our wedding. So being the impatient one, puffin’ my chest I asked him, should I start planning our wedding na ba? Giving me his typical goofy grin he said yes! No, this is not my dream wedding proposal but what can I do? This is as good as it is! Knowing me well he immediately add, “I want you to come with me in buying your engagement ring since I don’t know what your ring size is”. I’m excited!
A challenge has been set by my h2b, plan our wedding with 150K budget. Whut?! Is that even possible in this time and age?? But me being me, I accepted the challenge “bahala na!” Actually long before he asked for us to get married, we’ve set our mind already to be practical when the right time comes so I’m not that totally surprise. In addition to that, we still have our future to prepare on. With that I’ve started joining different wedding forums just to get ideas on the recent rates of the suppliers.
Ceremony budget, 10K Good luck to me!
I befriended Google to help me hunt for churches within Quezon City and it gave me more than i needed so i started calling them and below are their rates as of Sep 2015.
Parish of the Hearts of Jesus and Mary
Tel: +63 2 371.9102
Address: Daily Mirror St. corner Bulletin St., West Triangle, Quezon City
18,000 (inclusions: flowers,candles, carpet, pre cana, stipend, soloist,organ)
Tel: +63 2 371.9102
Address: Daily Mirror St. corner Bulletin St., West Triangle, Quezon City
18,000 (inclusions: flowers,candles, carpet, pre cana, stipend, soloist,organ)
Parish of the Holy Sacrifice
Tel: +63 2 926.9496
Address: University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City
Tues- Sunday 8am 1pm
10,000 (inclusions: church, flowers, red carpet, stipend, soloist)
Reservation fee: 1,500 (to be deducted and non-refundable)
Tel: +63 2 926.9496
Address: University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City
Tues- Sunday 8am 1pm
10,000 (inclusions: church, flowers, red carpet, stipend, soloist)
Reservation fee: 1,500 (to be deducted and non-refundable)
Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish
Tel: +63 2 929.0419 / 415.4353
Address: #28 Scout Ybardolaza St., Kamuning, Quezon City
Package A – 12000
1,500 – reservation fee / 500 seminar fee
inclusive of nuptial mass, red carpet, fresh flowers, stipend for officiating priest, soloist and organist, wedding candles, processing of documents
1 pair of sponsor inclusive of offering. 100/head for addt’l sponsor
Package B – 6500
1,500 – reservation fee / 500 seminar fee
inclusive of nuptial mass, wedding candles, soloist and organist, stipend for officiating priest, processing of documents
Tel: +63 2 929.0419 / 415.4353
Address: #28 Scout Ybardolaza St., Kamuning, Quezon City
Package A – 12000
1,500 – reservation fee / 500 seminar fee
inclusive of nuptial mass, red carpet, fresh flowers, stipend for officiating priest, soloist and organist, wedding candles, processing of documents
1 pair of sponsor inclusive of offering. 100/head for addt’l sponsor
Package B – 6500
1,500 – reservation fee / 500 seminar fee
inclusive of nuptial mass, wedding candles, soloist and organist, stipend for officiating priest, processing of documents
St. Joseph Mission Center – small chapel beside Sacred Heart of Jesus
5,000 -
1,000 – reservation / 500 seminar fee
inclusive of nuptial mass, wedding candles, stipend for officiating priest, processing of documents
5,000 -
1,000 – reservation / 500 seminar fee
inclusive of nuptial mass, wedding candles, stipend for officiating priest, processing of documents
Santo Domingo Parish
Tel: +63 2 743.7756 / 743.2124
Address: #537 Quezon Avenue, Quezon City
15,000 ( if preferred date falls on Jan – Aug, Nov – Dec 15)
20, 000 (( if preferred date falls on Oct – Dec 16)
inclusive of nuptial mass, red carpet, fresh flowers, stipend for officiating priest, soloist and organist, wedding candles, processing of documents
250 addt’l head sponsor
can bring own choir
reservation must be done 3-5 months
5k reservation fee
Tel: +63 2 743.7756 / 743.2124
Address: #537 Quezon Avenue, Quezon City
15,000 ( if preferred date falls on Jan – Aug, Nov – Dec 15)
20, 000 (( if preferred date falls on Oct – Dec 16)
inclusive of nuptial mass, red carpet, fresh flowers, stipend for officiating priest, soloist and organist, wedding candles, processing of documents
250 addt’l head sponsor
can bring own choir
reservation must be done 3-5 months
5k reservation fee
December is one of the busiest months for the Catholic churches and a lot of weddings happen during this month so we immediately booked the closest to our budget, Parish of the Holy Sacrifice aka UP Chapel the day we visited the church.
But..
A week after, my curiosity led me to ask for the rate of St. Peter Parish in Commonwealth(since its near Batasan). I was under the assumption that the fee is expensive because of the size of the church and its location. Regret rush over me when I learned that it’s the same with UP Chapel, what??! In addition to this, our preferred time schedule is available!
St. Peter Parish
Tel: +63 2 932.9581 / 951.5150 / 409.3948 / 952.4404
Address: Block 44, Lot 7 & 8 Commonwealth Avenue, Quezon City
10,000(inclusions: mass, carpet, flowers)
1,000 (soloist & organist)300 (electricity for videographer)
A week after, my curiosity led me to ask for the rate of St. Peter Parish in Commonwealth(since its near Batasan). I was under the assumption that the fee is expensive because of the size of the church and its location. Regret rush over me when I learned that it’s the same with UP Chapel, what??! In addition to this, our preferred time schedule is available!
St. Peter Parish
Tel: +63 2 932.9581 / 951.5150 / 409.3948 / 952.4404
Address: Block 44, Lot 7 & 8 Commonwealth Avenue, Quezon City
10,000(inclusions: mass, carpet, flowers)
1,000 (soloist & organist)300 (electricity for videographer)
We had to let go of our reservation at UP Chapel (and the fee!) and booked St. Peter Parish. We were asked to fill out the form and complete the requirements 3 months before the wedding date. As for our canonical interview and pre-cana, we just have to email them our preferred schedule.
One down!
