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The Unity Sand Ceremony
Information about the unity sand / unity sand ceremony for Catholic, Christian, spiritual
and other wedding ceremonies

In the recent years the Unity Sand Ceremony has become a popular alternative to the traditional Unity Candle Ceremony.  The simplicity of elements and the depth of symbolism made both traditions easily and beautifully incorporable almost into any type of wedding ceremony be it Catholic, Christian, Jewish, spiritual, non-religious or civil secular wedding celebrations. 

The unity sand ceremony requires three, preferably transparent, vases, glass or crystal containers that are wide-mouthed or bottle shaped.  The vases are placed together on a decorative table in the ceremony area relatively close to where the couple stands.  Two of the containers should be of the same size but with a different color of sand.  They represent the bride and the groom. The third container should be twice as big since it is going to accommodate all the sand from the two smaller containers.  At a certain point during the ceremony the priest, minister of other wedding officiant announce the unity sand ceremony.  This generally takes place after the exchange of vows and rings.  The bride and the groom approach the table and simultaneously pour the sand from their respective vases into the third larger vase.  The meaning of this action is self-evident and self-explanatory: two different lives, families, backgrounds, experiences, personalities and persons are being united in marriage.  It is the unity sand because two different colors of sand are now mixed in such a way that there is practically no way to separate them ever. 

The wedding couple may choose a more spiritual explanation of the sand ceremony.  In this case their wedding priest or minister would have an additional container with white sand for himself.  After the couple finished pouring their two colors of sand into the larger container the priest comes and fills up the container with the white sand as if he were sealing the commitment of the newly married spouses.  He does that in the quality of a clergy person that represents the Church. 

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