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gina674
Going to Tahiti !!!
Member since 4/04 3037 total posts
Wedding Date:
11/9/2006 2:30 PM
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Riviera in Massapequa
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Need Help Concerning Catholic Ceremonies and..
Where I can get married.....??
I am Catholic and so is my fiance. Granted we both haven't been to church in a while, but do I HAVE to get married in a church?? I really want to get married at the Reception Hall and have an outside ceremony. Will the church still recognize it as a Catholic wedding?? What do I do??? If I do get married in one Church, can I go to another for Pre cana, my sister is Paying $250 at our church... 
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Posted 7/12/04 5:35 PM 
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ckgmwedding
Baby Grace is 1 year old!
Member since 6/04 4817 total posts
Wedding Date:
7/16/2005 3:00 PM
Wed. Location:
Merchant Marine Academy- Melville Hall A++++++++++
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Re: Need Help Concerning Catholic Ceremonies and..
This has been debated on the boards but my church insists you have to be married in the church if you want it recognized. You always could do a small ceremony there to have it on record and do the big one at the reception hall. Also you can do the pre-cana at any church. I live out of town so we have to do it here in California. Hope that helps
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Posted 7/12/04 5:38 PM
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TwoBugs
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9/4/2004 12:00 AM
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Re: Need Help Concerning Catholic Ceremonies and..
There was a thread about this just recently. The consensus was that the church will not recognize a wedding held outside of the church, but there are exceptions to that. I'll see if I can find the thread.
If you do decide to get married in a church, you can do pre-cana anywhere you want.
ETA: Here's the thread I was talking about.
Message edited 7/12/2004 5:40:52 PM.
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Posted 7/12/04 5:38 PM
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gina674
Going to Tahiti !!!
Member since 4/04 3037 total posts
Wedding Date:
11/9/2006 2:30 PM
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Riviera in Massapequa
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Re: Need Help Concerning Catholic Ceremonies and..
Thank you SOOO Much for the info... I really appreciate everyone's help
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Posted 7/12/04 5:43 PM
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Nautical bride
My best friend
Member since 2/04 1440 total posts
Wedding Date:
5/21/2005 2:30 PM
Wed. Location:
Danfords on the Sound
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Re: Need Help Concerning Catholic Ceremonies and..
I am Catholic and my fiance is not. On top of that, we live in DC but are getting married on LI. We wanted an outdoor ceremony officiated by a Catholic priest, but we were told that the priests won't do the ceremony outside. I am not sure if this policy is Church-wide, or depends on which parish you ask.
We then had trouble finding a church that would marry us in the church because we do not live on LI, so we do not belong to a LI parish. We tried asking churches in Port Jeff, where our reception place is, and they said no because they only do weddings for their parishioners. Then we went to my the church I grew up in and got my sacraments at, and they said yes.
The pastor of this church is really easygoing and is letting us do the pre cana in DC!
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Posted 7/12/04 5:43 PM
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BriBri529
Thank You . . . .
Member since 8/02 7121 total posts
Wedding Date:
7/10/2005 3:00 PM
Wed. Location:
Villa Lombardi's
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Re: Need Help Concerning Catholic Ceremonies and..
Posted by ckgmwedding
This has been debated on the boards but my church insists you have to be married in the church if you want it recognized. You always could do a small ceremony there to have it on record and do the big one at the reception hall. Also you can do the pre-cana at any church. I live out of town so we have to do it here in California. Hope that helps
I believe this is the case as well.
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Posted 7/12/04 5:44 PM
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FoxHollowbride0617
Finally Mrs. K
Member since 5/04 1305 total posts
Wedding Date:
6/17/2005 5:00 PM
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Fox Hollow
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Re: Need Help Concerning Catholic Ceremonies and..
I think you may only need to pay for precana if you have it on a weekend session. FH and I went during the week and ours was free.
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Posted 7/12/04 6:23 PM
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