Weddings Usually you have the date and time of your choice.
We can arrange the flowers in the church for you at a charge.
A Professional Organist is available - and you may use your own musicians if you prefer.
First contact the Parish Priest or Deacon.
All couples have to attend a marriage preparation course. This is a course run not by a priest which covers both the practical as well as spiritual aspects of marriage The course is ran either locally or by Catholic Marriage Care.
After the course, there is a session with the priest or deacon who will conduct the wedding, part of which is to complete formal paperwork.
DOCUMENTATION - You will require the following prior to the wedding day :- Birth certificates, Baptismal certificates*, for catholics a "Letter of Freedom to marry" from your parish priest, if confirmed - proof of confirmation and from the registrar - Marriage Certificates/Licences. *These must be issued no more than six months before the date of the wedding The Roman Catholic Church may only celebrate weddings:
Between a man and a woman.
When one of the couple is a Baptised Catholic and where both are free to marry.
The rules regarding divorcees are that they may not marry in a Catholic Church unless:
For parishoners wishing to marry in the Catholic Church in another country please contact Father Paul. |