St. Mary's Church in East Islip?

Has anyone been married there?
I'm still deciding if I should get married at the ceremony site or at the church?
Are they helpful? Do they have any requirments on dress code for bride and bridesmaids?

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I WILL BE GETTING MARRIED THERE ON 3/27/04.
SO FAR THEY HAVE BEEN VERY NICE.
I DON'T OF ANY REQUIREMENTS ABOUT WHAT YOU OR YOUR BRIDESMAID CAN WEAR. YOU CAN ALWAYS CALL THE RECTORY AND ASK. THEY SEEM NICE.

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I live and work right around the corner. Mrs. Cunningham works in the rectory and she could not be nicer. such a pretty church too.

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I am attending a wedding there this Saturday so I can let you know how it went.

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OMG I went there for Grade school and when you just said mrs cunningham I swear to you that a butt load of memories came flowing out. They are so nice there. Once upon a time father jim was there and he was the bestest!! But then he got a radio show nad went to st john the baptist Anyway, from what I can remember (this was 10+ years ago) they did not have any restrictions.

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Aww, DLW, you made me so sad with the father Jim story, but it's just like a movie...Father Jim, radio personality!
Sorry, it's just that late at night, my imagination runs absolutely wild!

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He was soo awesome! The teachers would get mad at him because he would do screaming contests in the middle of the day. He would just walk in the middle of a class and yell...on the count of 3 yell as loud as you can! And I think he would buy pizza for the winners.

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I went to a wedding there this past Saturday and it was very nice. It is such a pretty church! The bride and her MOH wore strapless gowns so I wouldn't worry about a dress code.

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I went for my meeting today.
They were very nice.
i had to sign forms that I wasn't really allowed to read. I glanced at one and it said I promised to raise my kids Catholic.
The priest never discussed it though and his hand was covering most of the words.
I said I would not lie to the priest about this issue. I want to get married in the Church but I am not committed to raising my kids Catholic (my FI is Hindu). The priest was very liberal (almost as if he didn't want to push this idea about the kids).
But I don't know if this is going to become an issue at some point.
We filled out the Foccus form tonight and it asked about how we would raise the kids. I guess I'll wait and see what happens.
Do they want the truth or do they want me to just sign the forms and go along with everything?