MOH paperwork?

bethb Posted: Feb 04, 2007 03:29 PM

MOH paperwork?

I am married already, married by a reverand at my hall...even though my groom and I are both catholic, our marriage will not be recognized by the church.

I am my friends MOH, and she says her catholic church needs my sacramental certificate from my marriage -otherwise I can't be her witness. I have never heard of this -is this the case everywhere? Is there anything I can do?

Espo22 Posted: Feb 04, 2007 03:32 PM

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Posted by bethb

I am married already, married by a reverand at my hall...even though my groom and I are both catholic, our marriage will not be recognized by the church.

I am my friends MOH, and she says her catholic church needs my sacramental certificate from my marriage -otherwise I can't be her witness. I have never heard of this -is this the case everywhere? Is there anything I can do?

I have heard of someone else mentioning something like this before on the boards but i cant tell you for sure, i have no clue about alot of these things...I dont get why it matters, whats the big deal.

Hmmm my MOH is not even baptised, are they gonna give me a problem?

leena07 Posted: Feb 04, 2007 03:36 PM

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my MOH is Hindu this should be intresting!

Espo22 Posted: Feb 04, 2007 03:37 PM

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Posted by leena07

my MOH is Hindu this should be intresting!

thats what im saying, i mean you cant pick a MOH of a different religion...And what does it matter where she got married. AHHH i hope this is not a problem

portjeffbride Posted: Feb 04, 2007 04:02 PM

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heh, I'm a combo of you girls...

my MOH is catholic an married by a reverend at a hall, and my back-up BM is Hindu

My mom rasied me catholic, but was never baptized, so she can't.... oh this ought to be interesting indeed!

Mrs_C_in_'07 Posted: Feb 04, 2007 04:07 PM

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What happens if you pick a MOH who is not married? They couldn't present a marriage certificate! I would double check with the church.

bethb Posted: Feb 04, 2007 04:13 PM

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Posted by Mrs_C_in_'07

What happens if you pick a MOH who is not married? They couldn't present a marriage certificate! I would double check with the church.

If your not married, I believe your attendant would need a letter from their parish stating they made their sacraments -like communion and confirmation....

tricia3381 Posted: Feb 04, 2007 04:19 PM

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wow! i never heard of this, interesting. good thing my FSIL (moh) has all her sacrements and just in case they want someone married, but sister has all her sacrements and is married.

eelharas4700 Posted: Feb 04, 2007 04:57 PM

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fh and i are getting married at a VERY old fashioned traditional catholic church. they needed both of our paper work and only asked if both of our witnesses were catholic. they are going on our word. they never requested anyone else for paperwork-i haven't heard of that before.

Espo22 Posted: Feb 04, 2007 05:05 PM

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OH NO this is horrible, and so not fair..I'm not even catholic and getting married in a catholic church why does my MOH have to be catholic

MichLiz213 Posted: Feb 04, 2007 05:31 PM

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Does the Best Man have to produce the same paperwork? Because my dad's best man was Jewish, and they were married in a Catholic church. That was 25 years ago, but it doesn't make sense to me. Maybe every church is different?

ali120206 Posted: Feb 04, 2007 05:35 PM

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We got married at a Catholic Church and we didn't need anything from our MOH or BM. They were both Catholic but, we were never asked if they were or needed to provide records of their sacraments, we only needed to provide records of our own sacraments.

dreamworld06 Posted: Feb 04, 2007 05:40 PM

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my church never even asked if either were catholic. I didn't realize they were supposed to be

Espo22 Posted: Feb 04, 2007 05:55 PM

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Ok glad to hear this, i mean seriously that would be very wrong to say you can ONLY have a catholic MOH, and if she is married she HAD to get married in a catholic church.

LBride Posted: Feb 04, 2007 06:01 PM

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she probably can just pick a different witness to sign the marriage certificate.

bethb Posted: Feb 04, 2007 06:19 PM

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I just talked to my mom who considers herself religous -she said that it depends on the diocese. She said the only time she was asked to produce information was for our godparents, and even then, only one god parent had to be catholic. This is a church in Conneticut, so hopefully it won't apply to many of you girls...