Priest/officiant question

Ladies,

My ceremony is going to be held at Coral House, not a church. I am Catholic. My FH's father is Jewish, but his mom is Catholic and he was baptized and received communion, but was never confirmed. He lives in MD, so we wouldnt have been able to do the Pre-Cana classes with our schedule and getting married at our hall is fine by us. Now I'm looking for an officiant though.... I've heard that a Catholic priest won't marry people outside the church. Is that true? If not, any recommendations?

If no recommendations for a Catholic priest, than a non-denominational minister? We either want someone who's Catholic or who holds no affiliation and will let us bring in Catholic parts to our ceremony when we write it. Please help!

Oh, another question -- if we arent married by a Catholic priest or in a church, is it still the same as years ago that your children cannot be baptized?? oy!

Thanks in advance ladies!

I am catholic and my FH is Jewish. We are being married by a Priest and a Rabbi. Some priests will marry you outside of the Church. The more conservative priests will. If you have an old school priest they may not marry you outside of the church. We will be married by a Priest from my Church. Due to the fact that a priest is marrying us, the marriage is recognized by the Church. The priest must be affiliated with a church though.There were a few stipulations:
1. The ceremony must take place indoors. ( I don't know why)
2. We have to attend Pre-Cana (THe Diocese of Rockville Centre offers them as a 1 weekend deal. This may work for you since your FH is out of town. You can complete it in a weekend)
3. The children must be raised Catholic. I had to sign a contract with the Church.

Hope this helps

I think so, but your marriage won't be recognized by the Church if you are married by a justice of the peace or a nondenominational minister. So, it may be a sticky situation when it comes to raising your children because I don't think they will be recognized by the Church.

For example, when my sister remarried, she was married by a justice of the peace but when she had her daugher her and her husband had a small wedding ceremony in the Church when they christened their daughter.

It may be something you want to look into. Call your parish and ask to speak to the priest. You may be pleasantly surprised.