Church Question

My FH and I are meeting with the priest soon, at a parish near the RH (not our home parish).
Just wondering is there a contract for the church, or some other paperwork confirming your date and time? Or do they just say they'll put you in the book?

THANKS!!

when we went he talked to us for a bit,asked us a ton of strange questions that u have to swear to gos our not true,such as he is not my brother,he tells u all the paperwork u need and they give u a paper u must have signed by a witness and notary..and then yes he put us in the book...hth

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Posted by gina409

when we went he talked to us for a bit,asked us a ton of strange questions that u have to swear to gos our not true,such as he is not my brother,he tells u all the paperwork u need and they give u a paper u must have signed by a witness and notary..and then yes he put us in the book...hth

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witness and notary??? what?? we didnt have any papers like that. we answered all the questions and he put us in the book. shoudl i be concerned??

hmm. was that maybe instead of doing 'marriage banns'?

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Posted by little j

hmm. was that maybe instead of doing 'marriage banns'?

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i dont know what a marriage ban is?lol why r these churches so confusing lol

ok i think i'm going to have to say that this varies by church. we went to 2 churches and both asked us the same set of questions- if we were married before, if our parents are catholic, if we are getting married on our own free will etc...

he then asked us for our date and he said it was open, told us to book pre cana, took a deposit and that was it!

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Posted by gina409

i dk..we got one that we both had to sign by us and a witness,and then have it notarized and bring it back to him??..saying that we were truthful in our answers,we r catholic,the purpose of this marriage was to have kids and raise them catholic

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Purpose of the marriage to have kids???? Are you kidding? When I get married I will be close to 50... we are not having children!!!

My priest asked us if we had any physical impediments that would restrict us from performing the 'marital act'

i thought that was the most interesting question/wording of a question ive ever heard!!!

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Posted by dmc1727

i had a paper that we had to each have 2 people who knew us separately sign stating that we had never been married before and that we were not related. it didn't have to be notarized. but i know we are in the book because they called me to start pre cana tomorrow night.

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I had to sign the same papers, but we did have to get them notarized. This is for Queens.

Pre-Cana and your church have nothing to do with each other. Just because you are registered for Pre-Cana does not mean your church date is secure. I am registered for Pre-Cana but my church date is not secured yet.

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Posted by NY2009

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Posted by dmc1727

i had a paper that we had to each have 2 people who knew us separately sign stating that we had never been married before and that we were not related. it didn't have to be notarized. but i know we are in the book because they called me to start pre cana tomorrow night.

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I had to sign the same papers, but we did have to get them notarized. This is for Queens.

Pre-Cana and your church have nothing to do with each other. Just because you are registered for Pre-Cana does not mean your church date is secure. I am registered for Pre-Cana but my church date is not secured yet.

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i'm getting married by a family friend who is a priest and in order for him to marry me at the church i grew up in, he had to have permission from the pastor, so i know i'm in the book.