christening fee??

dave92

Hi all we're having a christening soon in knocknacarra church and i'm just wondering do i need to pay the priest and if so how much???

JonJoeDali

I'd say around €150 to €250 should do it.

fattymuatty

From talking with friends a "donation" of about €50 is about average. Maybe people payed €150/250 a few years ago but not now.

Arnold Layne

The priest in Knocknacarra was happy with €50 euro over 2 years ago.

Rumple Fugly

JonJoeDali wrote: »

I'd say around €150 to €250 should do it.

WTF :eek::eek::eek::eek:
Up to €250 for an hour work.... no wonder the country's shagged!

Unrealistic

I asked around about this before we had a christening at another Galway church late last year. The consensus was €100.

hairyfairy00

I think €100 is more than enough.

ErnieBert

hairyfairy00 wrote: »

I think €100 is more than enough.

Agreed. Place two €50 notes in 2 envelopes. Mark one envelope with the priest's name and the other envelope with "upkeep of church" written on it.

Enjoy the day.

Das Kitty

He wouldn't take our 50. We put it in the poor box.

Karen23

JonJoeDali wrote: »

I'd say around €150 to €250 should do it.

Thats madness

Our Parish Priest just asked for a donation of whatever you can afford and put it in an envelope but dont put your name on it so nobody knows what anyone else gave.

cfeeneyinterior

€100 would be sound I'd say. All depends I suppose whether you are an avid Church goer / collection plate contributor I suppose. But seems reasonable to me.

celtictiger32

there is no set amount they just ask for a donation, 50 euro is usually the amount paople put in. although i did do godfather for a friend of mines kid a while back and they were asked for 50 euro, i know its the same amount but i just thought it was a bit presumptuous of the church worker to put a figure on it

alibabba

150 !
Are ye mad.
We have 4 kids in our family, and along with the extended family, there have been a fair few christenings. Even during the so-called celtic tiger era, no more than 50 quid would be paid to the priest for a christening.

average_runner

Rumple Fugly wrote: »

WTF :eek::eek::eek::eek:
Up to €250 for an hour work.... no wonder the country's shagged!

Thats taking the piss. Most churches look for a donation between 40-50 euro and no more.

We were told even by the priest that its a donation and not necessary. He told us the average was 40-50 but times have changed so only give what you can afford.

This was in Dublin

Sizzler

JonJoeDali wrote: »

I'd say around €150 to €250 should do it.

That was a joke right? They were looking to get the child christened not put them through the priesthood!

Sponge Bob

€100 if there is no other christening that day, €50 if there are a few on back to back.

amiable

The priest wouldn't take a penny from us for my boy's christening nearly 18 months ago

spiritcrusher

JonJoeDali wrote: »

I'd say around €150 to €250 should do it.

Fr. Dali, is that you?

JonJoeDali

Sizzler wrote: »

That was a joke right? They were looking to get the child christened not put them through the priesthood!

No, if you were to hire a hotel function room for an hour you'd be expected to pay at least that. Especially when no food/drink would be sold.

I don't understand why people think Catholicism is cheap. Fair enough if you've paid your monthly dues for the last decade to hand over €50 or €100.

JonJoeDali

amiable wrote: »

The priest wouldn't take a penny from us for my boy's christening nearly 18 months ago

Must have been Foxrock parish?

amiable

JonJoeDali wrote: »

Must have been Foxrock parish?

Why must it have been Foxrock parish?
You know there are places outside Dublin that exist in Ireland

A2LUE42

Recent experience was that €50 was the norm, but also a 'tip' was required on the day for the Clerk/Sarchrastin in the church.

JonJoeDali

amiable wrote: »

Why must it have been Foxrock parish?
You know there are places outside Dublin that exist in Ireland

Oh sorry. The Pale complex. Forgot I should tip-toe around on that one for fear of getting up someone's goat.

amiable

JonJoeDali wrote: »

Oh sorry. The Pale complex. Forgot I should tip-toe around on that one for fear of getting up someone's goat.

Forget the Pale Jack.
You didn't answer the question

biko

Leave it folks and let's get back to Galway current prices.

amiable

biko wrote: »

Leave it folks and let's get back to Galway current prices.

My point exactly. It was a Galway price i posted originally:)

Rumple Fugly

JonJoeDali wrote: »

No, if you were to hire a hotel function room for an hour you'd be expected to pay at least that. Especially when no food/drink would be sold.

I don't understand why people think Catholicism is cheap. Fair enough if you've paid your monthly dues for the last decade to hand over €50 or €100.

I don't understand this, why should you have to pay the priest at all, this is they're job and they're already being paid to do it.
Although, saying that, I think it's ok to give a donation to the church if you wanted instead.

Surely you wouldnt 'tip' your doctor after they've carried out an operation on you???

nerophis

€50 and it's good form to invite him if you're going for a bite to eat afterwards- did that in December

Tedole

From my experience, it depends on the priest. Had a row with the missus over child number 3 last year, I said €50 was plenty as there were 4 other children been baptised at the same time. In what was an historic occasion, I won the argument! The two before that were €100 donations (3 different priests by the way), but given the times we are in, I would argue €50 is plenty

Unrealistic

Rumple Fugly wrote: »

I don't understand this, why should you have to pay the priest at all, this is they're job and they're already being paid to do it.

Paid how and by whom?

dave92

So I'm taking from this E50-100 is acceptable and is more than likely what ill be going with but now im confused about the ''clerk''??? I don't mean to be funny but will it not be awkward handing him/her cash or whats the protocol with that?