Catholic/Jewish Ceremony needed

What about having the ceremony at your RH?

That is what we did.

If you are looking for officiants, I have info in my review.

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Posted by RobNCyn

We are having the ceremony at the RH too. I don't know who we are getting to do the ceremony yet b.c FH really wants a preist to do it (if we can find one thats interfaith).

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You should look into Monsignor Lisante.

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Posted by Felice917

I am looking for advice on who to contact for a Catholic/Jewish wedding ceremony. If you know someone who had a interfaith ceremonly in a churc/synagogue, pass the officiant name or location on. Ideally, we are looking for a ceremony in Nassau, close to Westbury. Thanks for your help!

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To have a Catholic/Jewish wedding, you must first contact your parish. You CAN get married in Church. The difficulty arises in when rabbis will not go into churches and priests/deacons will not go into synagougues.

HOWEVER... you can still have a valid marriage in the eyes of the Church. (I am speaking from the Catholic perspective as I don't know the Jewish traidtion in terms of this.

First, you must contact your parish. it can be ANY church as long as one of the spouses and/or their parents are member of the parish, you can get married there. you and your FH will sit down and meet with a priest. He will discuss with you what your options are. You can get married in the church and have a Catholic ceremony with no rabbi present, but it is recognized as a Sacrament for the Catholic. OR you can have a rabbi come in (if they are liberal enough---many will not) and have it done in the Church... a friend of mine did this.

OR you can get married at the hall, a garden ,etc. BUT you msut have prior approval from the Church to do this. Ideally, all Catholics are married in Church in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament. OFten, this is not possible for inter-faith couples because either the other faith is not comfortable with that, or they can't get a rabbi to come in. IN that case, and only in that case, can the Catholic get married outside the Church and it still be a Sacrament. There is paperwork that is filled out, the couple attends inter-faith Pre-Cana and the rabbi and priest conceelbrate the ceremony. My SIL was married at her hall with a priest and rabbi present and it was a Sacrmanet for her.

PLease FM with questions but your first step MUST be contacting your parish, meet with a priest and get all the paperwork and logistical things sorted.

Contrary to popular belief, the Church will marry inter-faith couples, it just needs to be done in a specific way.

GOOD LUCK!

Hi!

We had an interfaith Catholic/Jewish ceremony at our reception hall. The first thing I did was contact the Chancellor's Office for the Diocese of Rockville Centre. Sister Kathleen helped out with all my questions for the Catholic portion. You can also contact your parish office for guidance.

Our rabbi was Alan Stein and he was wonderful!!!! (www.newyorkrabbi.com). He met with us twice to talk about our marriage and about the ceremony. He also proofread our program for us, FM me if you would like me to e-mail a copy to you.

If you are getting married in Nassau, you might want to check out the chapel at C.W. Post. It is non-denominational.

For us and our families, the reception hall was our best option. Our deacon helped us complete the proper paperwork.

Congratulations!