We are getting married in November, how long before the wedding should we get a copy of our Baptisimal Certificate's?
TommysWife08
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usually around the time you start taking pre-cana classes through the church... thats when my church asked for them....
ETA: ahh yes no earlier than 6 months... i forgot that rule... that is true!!
Mrs B to Be
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my priest said it cant be more than 6 months in advance....they want to be sure you couldnt sneak a wedding in to someone else before hand!!!! but seriously anytime after the 6 month mark you can get it =)
gina409
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we were told it has to be dated no earlier than 6 months b4 the wedding
Caramelatta
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Posted by Mrs B to Be
my priest said it cant be more than 6 months in advance....they want to be sure you couldnt sneak a wedding in to someone else before hand!!!! but seriously anytime after the 6 month mark you can get it =)
we were told the same thing....but why does it have to be six months? FH and I got into an argument about this last night....he asked why does it have to be within 6 mos and i told him i didnt know and blha blah blah it escalated... but i'm curious to know though.
kimmaymb20
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I already sent mine in to the church and I am getting married in 2011.
shelly17711
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Posted by Caramelatta
Posted by Mrs B to Be
my priest said it cant be more than 6 months in advance....they want to be sure you couldnt sneak a wedding in to someone else before hand!!!! but seriously anytime after the 6 month mark you can get it =)
we were told the same thing....but why does it have to be six months? FH and I got into an argument about this last night....he asked why does it have to be within 6 mos and i told him i didnt know and blha blah blah it escalated... but i'm curious to know though.
Me and my FH were just discussing this issue yesterday too! It doesn't really make any sense does it?
TommysWife08
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Me and my FH were just discussing this issue yesterday too! It doesn't really make any sense does it?
they do have a reason for it... i forget what it was... but i asked my church b/c i was like
thenewmrsharrington
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Posted by gina409
we were told it has to be dated no earlier than 6 months b4 the wedding
this is weird - isn't your baptismal certificate dated from when you were baptized? in that case for me, it was 1979!
JACK808
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Posted by gina409
we were told it has to be dated no earlier than 6 months b4 the wedding
this is weird - isn't your baptismal certificate dated from when you were baptized? in that case for me, it was 1979!
Yes, but all of your subsequent sacraments are recorded on the back of your Baptismal Certificate. Your Communion, Reconciliation, Confirmation and any previous Marriage would be recorded on the back. If the Church you are getting married in is not your home parish, they'll use this to verify your Sacraments and to record the marriage so that it's up to date when it is returned to your home parish.
FutureMrsG
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I was told no more than six months in advance BUT when I received mine in the mail it does not have the date it was requested on it anywhere so I do not think it really matters.
Lsorrent
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I'm getting married at the church where I received all of my sacraments, so they're looking it up for me. However, when we met with the priest last weekend, we gave him a copy of FH's baptism and confirmation certificates right then and there. He didn't say anything about 6 months and we're not getting married til June 2010.
thenewmrsharrington
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Posted by gina409
we were told it has to be dated no earlier than 6 months b4 the wedding
this is weird - isn't your baptismal certificate dated from when you were baptized? in that case for me, it was 1979!
Yes, but all of your subsequent sacraments are recorded on the back of your Baptismal Certificate. Your Communion, Reconciliation, Confirmation and any previous Marriage would be recorded on the back. If the Church you are getting married in is not your home parish, they'll use this to verify your Sacraments and to record the marriage so that it's up to date when it is returned to your home parish.
oh, i get it now. i don't think either me or dh had our subsequent sacraments recorded on the back...i guess every chruch is different. you'd think they'd like to be uniform!
