question for brides getting married in a church...

FutureMrsC Posted: Sep 01, 2007 08:09 PM

question for brides getting married in a church...

is the priest that you met with the one that will officiate the wedding?

little34 Posted: Sep 01, 2007 08:38 PM

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Not always...but you can request a priest for the wedding.

08JulyBride Posted: Sep 01, 2007 09:00 PM

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Not for us.. we are using a different priest that is a family friend of FH... We were afraid of not being able to specify who we wanted otherwise.. there was one priest at my church we would have preferred not to have had.. hope I don't get struck by lightning for admitting that!

FDWedding07 Posted: Sep 01, 2007 09:08 PM

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For me it was. I got married at a smaller church and the priest we dealt with worked with us on everything.

Kara and Todd Posted: Sep 01, 2007 10:30 PM

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Well, we first met with a deacon, but we were married by a different priest (who we requested). We met with him once before the wedding, too, to go over the details.

However, we were married in the parish I grew up in - so I knew the priest already.

jessamyn78 Posted: Sep 01, 2007 10:34 PM

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Ours is, unless we decide to pick another. We love him though!

november152008 Posted: Sep 01, 2007 10:42 PM

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usually our priest said because he met with him and he put us in the book we would have him marry us...BUT I AM BRINGING IN MY OWN PRIEST
i think it depends on the church though

LeeLee111 Posted: Sep 01, 2007 10:57 PM

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We met with a deacon and he is officiating our wedding.

Snickers76 Posted: Sep 01, 2007 10:58 PM

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mine was.

JACK808 Posted: Sep 01, 2007 11:05 PM

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When we called the church to arrange our first meeting with the priest, we were asked if we had a preference as to which priest we would like to preside over our wedding. We did not, so they scheduled us with whoever happened to be available and while we do like him and intend to have him perform the ceremony, he did tell us that if after our meeting we did not feel comfortable with him we could request another priest.

FutureMrsC Posted: Sep 02, 2007 09:39 PM

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so it wouldnt be rude to request another priest?
what is a good way to go about that?

soon2BMrsDee Posted: Sep 02, 2007 09:57 PM

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It depends on the church - at St. Brigid's Parish in Westbury, they assign you a priest or a deacon before you come for your appointment and that's who you have your initial appointment with and who does your ceremony.... at least that is what happened in my case. HTH

EJSD2006 Posted: Sep 02, 2007 11:23 PM

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Posted by soon2BMrsDee

It depends on the church - at St. Brigid's Parish in Westbury, they assign you a priest or a deacon before you come for your appointment and that's who you have your initial appointment with and who does your ceremony.... at least that is what happened in my case. HTH

not necessarily. i got married at St. Brigids last year and because of scheduling conflicts, Priests changing Parishes, and some Priests being sick, we werent 'assigned' our Priest until a month before the wedding. Adrianna actually told me that it was not customary for them to 'assign' or promise a Priest to anyone until a few weeks before the wedding cause they never know if things could change.

if it was not a full mass you're requesting and you wanted only the ceremony, then they have Deacon Frank do it and HIM they can promise cause he's basically always around.

billandme Posted: Sep 02, 2007 11:25 PM

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For us, that's the way it happened....

Mrs.NicolaXoXo Posted: Sep 02, 2007 11:43 PM

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Yes

jenn122397 Posted: Sep 03, 2007 09:58 AM

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not for me - im actually using a priest who used to be in my parish but is in a different one now

danniegirl Posted: Sep 03, 2007 10:01 AM

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usually unless you request another..but usually the one you meet one takes all the history..ect..

anneandchris Posted: Sep 03, 2007 10:01 AM

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We just met with our priest on Saturday and he will be the one who is marrying us -- unless something major happens.

MD835 Posted: Sep 03, 2007 07:27 PM

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My uncle who is a Catholic priest will be the one officiating at our wedding at St. Patrick's Cathedral - he's not a priest there but they make exceptions, they just require a ton of paperwork and some license for priests.

You may want to let the priest u want to marry you contact the church himself to find out about the requirements.

Goodluck!