<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.18943"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV> <DIV>I didn't respond to you privately (or at least I didn't do so intentionally).</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>But more than that too, and I cited a couple of commonly known examples (patron saint's feast day,  using important feast days as a way of expressing faith even when that faith was banned, others...).  Even with the liturgical year it's a direct "preference" not to marry in those periods.  There's no church law or restriction to avoid those times of the year.  Only a preference not to marry during the periods of penitence. There's absolutely no reason otherwise why a Catholic couldn't marry during Advent or Lent  unless it was her or his preference not to do so (unless the parish priest was obstinate about not complying I guess).  I don't know how else to define "preference" but as a choice in the absence of any restriction</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>thanks</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Larry</DIV></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=auntlizzie@snet.net href="mailto:auntlizzie@snet.net">Aunt Lizzie's Trunk</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=apgpubliclist@apgen.org href="mailto:apgpubliclist@apgen.org">APG Public</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, October 08, 2010 7:39 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [APG Public List] Preferred time of year for Catholic marriages</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Thanks to everyone who commented on this topic, including Larry who <BR>responded privately. To me "a definite preference for Catholics as to <BR>preferred times of the year for marriages" is not the same thing as <BR>having times of the liturgical year when receiving the sacrament of <BR>matrimony is discouraged or even forbidden. I just wanted to be sure I <BR>understood what was said.<BR><BR>Nora Galvin<BR>Bridgeport, Connecticut<BR><BR>Aunt Lizzie's Trunk wrote:<BR>> Having been raised Catholic, I am quite surprised to hear this. Do you <BR>> have documentation?<BR>><BR>> Nora<BR>><BR>> LBoswell wrote:<BR>>> there was (is still?) a definite preference for Catholics as to <BR>>> preferred times of the year for marriages.  Could it be related to <BR>>> her religious faith?<BR>>><BR>>>     ----- Original Message -----<BR>>>     *From:* Michael John Neill <<A href="mailto:mjnrootdig@gmail.com">mailto:mjnrootdig@gmail.com</A>><BR>>>     *To:* APG APG Public <<A href="mailto:apgpubliclist@apgen.org">mailto:apgpubliclist@apgen.org</A>><BR>>>     *Sent:* Thursday, October 07, 2010 10:44 AM<BR>>>     *Subject:* [APG Public List] mid-late 19th Century Marriage Time<BR>>>     Preferences?<BR>>><BR>>>     My newly "found" aunt has five (so far) documentable marriage<BR>>>     dates between 1856 and 1883. Each marriage took place in either<BR>>>     February or March, which seemed a little coincidental. Has anyone<BR>>>     noticed anything in the way of "preferences" or tendencies for the<BR>>>     time of a year for marriages during this time period? Or was it<BR>>>     just that this lady apparently preferred marrying during those<BR>>>     months. These marriages took place in Nebraska and Iowa. Aunt Emma<BR>>>     has at least one other marriage, but I just don't have a date.<BR>>>          Michael<BR>>><BR>>>     --     ------------------------------------<BR>>>     Michael John Neill<BR>>>     Casefile Clues-Genealogy How-Tos<BR>>>     <A href="http://www.casefileclues.com">http://www.casefileclues.com</A><BR>>><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>