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Marriage

  • 01-10-2009 8:54am
    #1
    zoos
    Closed Accounts Posts: 80 ✭✭


    Hi all, was wondering if someone could answer my question.
    I am catholic and my boyfriend is nothing and was never baptised.
    Is there anyway we could ever get married in a church without him having to get baptised? where I would say religious vows and he could have his own?


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  • #2
    antiskeptic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,555 ✭✭✭antiskeptic


    zoos wrote: »
    Hi all, was wondering if someone could answer my question. I am catholic and my boyfriend is nothing..

    Steady on there.. :)

    and was never baptised. Is there anyway we could ever get married in a church without him having to get baptised? where I would say religious vows and he could have his own?

    I'm not sure what the Catholic position is but I'm sure there's the ability for Catholics to marry non-Catholics without the non-Catholic having to convert. I think there is some statement about children of such a marriage being brought up in the Catholic faith however.

    If that's not on then you could try the Unitarian church (there's an 'outlet' on Stephens Green which is very pretty indeed) It's not a Christian church as such, but they are accomodating of different beliefs I'm led to understand.


  • #3
    Stephentlig
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,114 ✭✭✭Stephentlig


    zoos wrote: »
    Hi all, was wondering if someone could answer my question.
    I am catholic and my boyfriend is nothing and was never baptised.
    Is there anyway we could ever get married in a church without him having to get baptised? where I would say religious vows and he could have his own?

    my suggestion is that you talk it through with your local parish priest.

    God bless
    Stephen


  • #4
    prinz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,598 ✭✭✭✭prinz


    Stephentlig wrote: »
    my suggestion is that you talk it through with your local parish priest.

    God bless
    Stephen


    +1 I attended a similar wedding. The parish priest in question was very accommodating. He conducted a ceremony that wasn't exactly the official wedding but included much of the usual ceremony and a church blessing. tbh not many people even noticed the difference. The priest at the time said not every parish would do the same. So it's best to talk to your local priest or the priest in the parish you wish to marry in.


  • #5
    zoos
    Closed Accounts Posts: 80 ✭✭zoos


    Thanks for the replies everyone. I've been to a wedding between a church of Ireland bride and catholic groom. And it was in the church of Ireland church but the catholic priest also did part of the sermon and everything was perfect.

    But I really wouldn't have thought it was possible for a complete unbaptised non believer to marry a catholic in a church. I suppose it would depend on the parish and priest. I will have to look into. Thanks again


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