Catholic wedding - any advice

[naturalblonde]

My dp and I are hoping to get married this summer, I'm Catholic, he's not, although neither us go to church.

However, I went to a Catholic school, and was raised Catholic and would love to get married in the same church as my parents, even though we don't live in the diocese.

The church was affiliated with my school though, so does anyone know if we will be able to marry in this particular church?

You will need a dispensation to marry a non-Catholic in a catholic church. Speak to the parish priest who should be able to help you out. Most places will require you to attend some form of marriage preparation course.

Speak to the priest.

You may need to to do a course before the wedding - don't know if your dp will need to convert. Some priests are more lenient than others.

Think you have to get permission from the priest of the parish you live in now and think you might need to actually start attending some services in the church you want to get married in. Hope that helps.

Also forgot to say, i'm non catholic but hubby is catholic. Priest had no problems marrying us and i didn't convert but we did have to go and see him for a chat a couple of times before the wedding. Some priests would insist on you both attending lessons.

DP will not need to convert! First stop speak to the parish priest, do your parents know him?
I got married in my parents' church, it is also complicated by the fact that a Catholic priest does not register the wedding so you also need to have a registrar present and need to register an adress, such as your parents with the registrar, they'll advise you.
You will be expected to undergo a marriage preparation course though that does not need to be with the priest that actually marries you if it is geographically difficult.
Good luck!

My aunt couldn't marry my uncle in her church as she is Catholic but he is not. The priest wouldn't hear of it. He has baptised 2 of their children there but may not do the third and won't give a reason.

anyway, i'd say speak to your priest and see what your options are.

You need to be able to prove he was christened (at least, I did) and then just get permission from the priest. Plus do a marriage prep course, possibly. I'm not catholic but we had a full Catholic wedding, complete with TWO, count 'em, TWO bishops (old mates of FIL)

There shouldn't be any problems getting married, but they may insist that you bring up any future children as catholics.

Really depends on the priest some are more strict than others but he probably won't need to convert.

The priest at the Church I attended refused to marry me and DH (protestant) unless he attended mass and confession every week for 12 weeks which dh wasn't really happy with as he isn't at all religious and thought it would be hypocritical. He was only willing to get married in church to please me.

He also wanted us to have DS baptised first.

Anyhow I asked the priest at my local church who was happy to marry us. His opinion being it was better for us to married in the eyes of God rather than a registry office regardless of dh's religion.