4:00 pm - 5:15 pm
Semi-Formal/Formal. “Sunday best” church attire is requested. No shorts, t-shirts, or flip flops.
Mass will last approximately 1 hour. Please arrive no later than 3:45pm. Seating at the church will be on a first-come and first-serve basis. Guests from the public, as well as invited guests, will be in attendance. The sooner your arrive the better. This will not be a "fashionably late" wedding. The ceremony will begin at 4:00p.m. Park in the Cactus Hotel parking garage and walk over to the Cathedral. Do NOT park on South Oaks Street, Beauregard Street, or Twohig Street. Due to the parade, streets will begin closing around the time our ceremony begins. The parking garage has been dedicated for our event parking only. Please show the parking pass that was sent with your invitation to gain entrance to the parking garage. The 2nd floor entrance to the Cactus from the parking garage will be open before the ceremony for guests in cases of emergency. You may walk through the Cactus Hotel and down to the first level doors to walk over to the church.
5:15 pm - 10:30 pm
Semi-Formal/Formal
Immediately after the ceremony at Sacred Heart Cathedral at the Cactus Hotel. Drinks, and appetizers, followed by dinner and dancing. Please follow the bridal party over to the Cactus Hotel. The Cactus doors will remain locked due to the parade before the reception. Only invited guests will be allowed to enter the Cactus Hotel by our bridal party.
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
The city Christmas parade will go around the Cactus hotel. The streets will begin closing down around 5:00pm and will open up after the parade. This is estimated to be about 2 hours based on the number of floats registered. Guests will be able to watch the parade if they desire from the 2nd floor parking garage or the windows from the ballroom and the mezzanine area. The sidewalks may be crowded outside.